Primetime Ratings: Stanley Cup Closer Paces NBC to Win

NBC won the ratings race Sunday, scoring a 1.8 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. Megyn Kelly led into the Stanley Cup Final. Her Sunday Night newsmag did a 0.9, a tenth of a point better than its premiere. The hockey action, which saw the Pittsburgh Penguins finish off the Nashville Predators, did a 2.1, a 50% improvement from Game 5’s rating.

ABC was next at 1.2/5. The network aired game shows: The Celebrity Family Feud season premiere did a 1.5, Steve Harvey’s Funderdome opened at 1.4 and $100,000 Pyramid did a 1.2.

CBS rated a 0.9/4. After a 60 Minutes repeat, the Tonys telecast did a 0.9, with just over 6 million watching. Last year’s show did a 1.4 with 8.73 million viewers. The craze around Hamilton helped last year.

Fox was at 0.7/1. After repeated comedies, a new Bob’s Burgers scored a 0.7, while American Grit premiered at 0.4.

Among Spanish-language networks, Univision had a robust 0.8/3 and Telemundo a 0.3/1.

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.