Primetime Cable Ratings: June 26, 2014

The NBA held it's annual college draft and ESPN, with exclusive coverage, drew the to ratings by a cable program on Thursday night. The basketball special collected 3.5 million viewers and a 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49. It is the best ratings in 19 years for an NBA draft and the best ever by ESPN.

HISTORY did well with it's combo of PAWN STARS and it's spin-off AMERICAN RESTORATION. between the two shw, they took three of the top 10 spots, plus an additional three more spots for the top 20. PAWN STARS was the top series of the night, getting over 3.4 million viewers.

It was repeats and reruns that ruled the night as half of the chart is populated with network reruns or theatrical movie repeats. THE BIG BANG THEORY placed three episodes in the top 10.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	NBA Draft	ESPN	730 PM	3.45	1.5
2	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:30 PM	3.41	0.8
3	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:00 PM	3.02	0.7
4	Movie: Toy Story 3	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.81	0.7
5	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.65	1.1
6	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.59	1.1
7	American Restoration	HIST	10:30 PM	2.58	0.6
8	American Dad	ADSW	10:30 PM	2.33	1.0
9	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.19	0.8
10	Live & Maddie	DSNY	10:00 PM	2.17	0.4

* - in millions