Primetime Ratings: Stanley Cup Action Down But Good Enough for NBC Win

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NBC took the top ratings spot Thursday, thanks to the Stanley Cup Final. Game 5, a 6-0 blowout win for Pittsburgh over Nashville, did a 1.4 across prime in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights. Game 4 did a 1.9. NBC had a 6 share in prime Thursday night.

ABC was next at 1.2/5. The network aired repeats throughout prime, including two hours of Celebrity Family Feud.

Fox had a 0.9/4. Beat Shazam did a 1.0, down a tenth of a point from last week, and Love Connection a flat 0.8.

CBS, in repeats, weighed in at 0.7/3.

The CW too aired repeats, in the form of a couple Supernatural episodes, and tallied a 0.2/1.

Among Spanish-language networks, Univision did a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.  

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

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.