Primetime Ratings: ABC Rolls With NBA Finals

ABC cruised to an easy Sunday win in prime ratings, scoring a 4.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 19 share as it aired Game 2 of the NBA finals. Runner-up was NBC at 0.8/3.

On ABC, Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night rated a 2.2 and NBA Countdown a 2.5, then Golden State Warriors-Cleveland Cavaliers a 5.2 from 8 to 11 p.m. Last year’s Game 2, also Warriors versus Cavaliers, rated a 5.7. The Warriors lead the series 2-0.

NBC had Dateline up 25% to 0.5 and the film Jurassic World at 0.9.

CBS did a 0.4/2, with a 60 Minutes repeat, then Instinct growing 25% to 0.5 and then more repeats.

Fox was at 0.3/1. One Strange Rock, a peek at Planet Earth that debuted on National Geographic, did a 0.2 and was followed by comedy repeats.

Univision did a 0.3/1 and Telemundo a 0.2/1.

Michael Malone

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.