Primetime Ratings: Stanley Cup Finals See Uptick
NBC got first place in Thursday’s prime ratings, the Stanley Cup finals leading the net to a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. That easily beat ABC’s 0.8/4.
It was game five of the NHL championship, Bruins versus Blues. The game occupied all of NBC’s prime. Game four had done a 1.4.
Spoiler alert: The St. Louis Blues won to go ahead in the series 3-2 versus Boston.
ABC had game show reruns: Celebrity Family Feud, The $100,000 Pyramid and To Tell the Truth.
CBS did a 0.6/3. Comedy repeats led into Life in Pieces down 14% at 0.6 and Elementary at a level 0.5.
Telemundo scored a 0.5/3. Betty En NY got a 0.5 and La Reina del Sur a 0.6, both shows flat.
Fox was at 0.4/2 with the Paradise Hotel finale across prime. It was flat with last week.
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Univision rated a 0.3/2.
The CW did a 0.2/1. iZombie did a flat 0.2 and In the Dark a 0.1, down from last week’s 0.2.
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.