Final Broadcast Ratings: June 13, 2016

Game five of the NBA Finals not only dominated the Monday night ratings, it became the highest rated game of the series, with over 20.5 million viewers and a 7.6 rating in Adults 18-49. What was looking like a four game sweep and a shortened series for ABC, is turning out to be a a very strong showing for a series that could go seven games.

NBC had a good showing agains the NBA finales, with AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR scoring a solid 1.9 rating in Adults 18-49, along with 6.8 million viewers. New series, SPARTAN, followed with promising numbers, including a 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49 and a 1.9 rating in Adults 25-54. Retention out of ANW was 70% in viewership and 80% in the A18-49 demo.

CBS' new series, BRAIN DEAD, was DOA against the tough competition. The 10 PM drama was last in the hour and onlu collected a 0.7 rating in Adults 18-49 and 4.6 million viewers. It's 0.3 rating in Adults 18-34 was the second lowest rating of the night, excluding The CW shows.

FOX was a typical 4th on the night and The CW fifth.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	15.40 million	5.3	5.6	5.9
CBS	4.40 million	0.6	0.7	1.1
CW	1.00 million	0.2	0.3	0.4
FOX	2.60 million	0.4	0.7	0.8
NBC	6.20 million	1.1	1.8	2.2

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Jimmy Kimmel Live	4.57	1.0	1.2	1.5
8:30	ABC	NBA Countdown	5.65	1.7	1.8	2.1
9:00	ABC	NBA Finals Game 5	20.53	7.2	7.6	8.0
8:00	CBS	Mom [R]	4.72	0.5	0.8	1.2
8:30	CBS	2 Broke Girls [R]	4.14	0.5	0.8	1.2
9:00	CBS	Scorpion [R]	4.13	0.4	0.7	1.0
10:00	CBS	Brain Dead (SP)	4.59	0.3	0.7	1.0
8:00	CW	Reign	0.81	0.1	0.2	0.3
9:00	CW	Whose Line is it Anyway?	0.98	0.2	0.3	0.4
9:30	CW	Whose Line [R]	1.06	0.2	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	SYTYCD:TNG	3.52	0.6	0.9	1.1
9:00	FOX	Houdini & Doyle	1.66	0.2	0.4	0.5
8:00	NBC	American Ninja Warrior	6.84	1.2	1.9	2.4
10:00	NBC	Spartan: Team Challenge (SP)	4.84	0.9	1.5	1.9

* - in millions