Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Sunday, June 5, 2016
Note: ABC’s live coverage of the NBA Finals will result in greater adjustments than usual in the final ratings.
The numbers for Sunday:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (millions) |
| 7 p.m. | Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night (ABC) | 2.4/10 | 7.70 |
| Miss USA (FOX) (7-10 p.m.) – S | 1.1/4 | 4.04 | |
| 60 Minutes (CBS) | 0.8/3 | 7.99 | |
| Dateline: On Assignment (NBC) | 0.5/2 | 4.03 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | NBA Countdown (ABC) | 2.5/9 | 6.87 |
| 8 p.m. | NBA Finals Game 2 (ABC) (8-10:30 p.m.) | 5.5/17 | 14.34 |
| American Ninja Warrior (NBC) (8-10 p.m.) – R | 0.7/3 | 2.81 | |
| Madam Secretary (CBS) – R | 0.4/1 | 4.00 | |
| 9 p.m. | Madam Secretary (CBS) – R | 0.3/1 | 3.79 |
| 10 p.m. | Game of Silence (NBC) | 0.6/2 | 2.45 |
| Elementary (CBS) – R | 0.4/1 | 2.98 | |
| 10:30 p.m. | NBA Postgame (ABC) | 3.4/12 | 8.77 |
Game 2 of the NBA Finals was down from the series opener, partly as a result of the Golden State Warriors’ huge 33-point win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Pending updates, the game drew a 5.5, down from the 6.0 for Thursday’s game in the fast nationals (it adjusted up to 7.3 in the finals). In the metered markets, it drew an 11.8 in households, down from the 13.1 for Game 1.
The Miss USA pageant scored a 1.1 for FOX, down 0.2 from the 1.3 for its last time on broadcast TV in 2014. (It aired on Reelz last year after former broadcast NBC cut ties with Donald Trump, who no longer controls the pageant.) A new “Game of Silence” drew a 0.6 for NBC.
Network averages:
| ABC | FOX | NBC | CBS | ||
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 4.5/15 | 1.1/4 | 0.6/2 | 0.5/2 | |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 11.88 | 4.04 | 3.03 | 4.69 |
Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
