Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Hockey Finals
NBC got the top spot in Monday prime, game four of the NHL finals leading the network to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That topped the 1.2/6 put forth by ABC.
The Stanley Cup finals, Bruins versus Blues, took up all of prime for NBC. Last year’s Stanley Cup game four, Capitals versus Golden Knights, got a 1.5.
ABC had The Bachelorette up 36% to 1.5 from 8 to 10 p.m. and a Celebrity Family Feud rerun.
Fox got a 0.7/3. Beat Shazam and the premiere of So You Think You Can Dance both did a 0.7. Shazam went up a tenth of a point while last year’s So You Think starter got a 0.9.
CBS got a 0.5/3. Comedy reruns led into The Code down 29% at 0.5, then a Bull repeat.
Telemundo did a 0.5/2, as La Reina del Sur led at a level 0.6.
Univision scored a 0.4/2.
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The CW rated a 0.1/1. The Masters of Illusion 21st Anniversary Special got a 0.2 and led into a Burden of Truth rerun.
Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.