Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins Again With NBA Finals
ABC easily took Thursday with an overall 4.8 rating/16 share
with adults 18-49, according to Nielsen.
The Miami Heat's series-tying win in Game 4 of the 2013 NBA Finals averaged 16.2 million total viewers and a 6.7 rating from 9-11:49 p.m., up 15% in both measures over Tuesday's game and the highest marks of the series so far. Earlier, Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night was even with Tuesday's 1.1 and Kia NBA Countdown rose a tenth to a 2.0.
Fox was in second with a 1.5/5 as Hell's Kitchen fell
9% to a 2.0 and Does Someone Have to Go? dropped 18% to a 0.9.
NBC's Save Me turned in its lowest rating so far with
a 0.5 at 8:30 p.m., down two tenths from last week. Hannibal also drew a
series-low 0.7, down 22% from last week. NBC finished fourth with a 0.6/2.
The
CW and CBS aired repeats.
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