Primetime Ratings: NBA Game Three Leads ABC

ABC won the Wednesday ratings race by a mile, scoring a 4.9 in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 19 share. Jimmy Kimmel’s pre-game did a 2.5, down 7% from Game 2. NBA Countdown tallied a 3.2 and the game itself a 5.9. That matched Game 1’s rating, while Game 2 did a 5.7.

The Golden State Warriors lead the championship series 3-0 over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

No other network averaged a full point. Fox was runner up with a 0.8/3, with MasterChef off 10% from last week at 0.9 and The F Word with Gordon Ramsay down 27% from last week’s premiere at 0.8.

NBC was at 0.7/3. Little Big Shots scored a flat 1.1, while The Carmichael Show rated a 0.7 after last week’s double run of 0.9 and 0.8. It was followed by repeats.

CBS scored a 0.6/2 with repeats.

The CW, also in repeats, rated a 0.2/1.  

Among Spanish-language networks, Univision rated a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1.

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.