Ratings: Broadcast Finals for June 6, 2013

The NBA Finals, Game 1 drew very strong numbers on Thursday, pulling in 14.2 million viewers and a 5.7 million viewers. It was the third best numbers the Finals have pulled in, on ABC, in the past 10 seasons.

Over on FOX, Gordon Ramsey and HELL'S KITCHEN won the 8 p.m. hour in the A18--49 ratings, with a 2.2 rating. The 5.3 million viewers was second only to the CBS comedy encores.

NBC gave us two hours of original programming, but it ranked fourth during the 8 & 9 p.m. hours and last during the 19 p,m. hour.

Thursday Night Network Averages:

ABC - 11.9 million viewers, 4.7 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 6.8 million viewers, 1.4 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 4.0 million viewers, 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 2.4 million viewers, 0.8 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 0.8 million viewers, 0.3 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Jimmy Kimmel	4.14	1.2
8:30	ABC	NBA Countdown	5.38	2.0	+30%
9:00	ABC	NBA Finals, Game 1	14.24	5.7	+165%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	9.40	2.3
8:30	CBS	Two and a Half Men	7.23	1.7	-23%
9:00	CBS	Person Of Interest [R]	6.65	1.1	-8%
10:00	CBS	Elementary [R]	5.35	1.0	-20%
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries [R]	0.78	0.3
9:00	CW	Beauty and the Beast [R]	0.85	0.2	-6%
8:00	FOX	Hell's Kitchen	5.28	2.2
9:00	FOX	Does Someone Have to Go?	2.68	1.1	-49%
8:00	NBC	Save Me	3.12	0.7
8:30	NBC	Save Me	2.76	0.7	-12%
9:00	NBC	The Office [R]	1.83	0.6	-34%
9:30	NBC	Parks & Rec [R]	1.76	0.7	-4%
10:00	NBC	Hannibal	2.36	0.9	+34%

* - in millions