Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Stanley Cup Action

NBC took top honors in the Monday ratings race, with hockey leading to a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That beat the 1.2/5 put up by ABC.

Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals, Washington against Vegas, did a 1.5 and ate up all of prime. Last year’s Game 4, Nashville versus Pittsburgh, scored a 1.9.

On ABC, The Bachelorette rated a 1.6 from 8 to 10 p.m., 14% better than its premiere. The Crossing went up 20% to 0.6.

Fox did a 0.6/3. It had the premiere of So You Think You Can Dance at 0.7 before a 9-1-1 repeat. Last year’s So You Think You Can Dance opener did a 0.9.

CBS was at 0.6/2 with repeats leading into a new Elementary, which grew 50% to 0.6.

The CW did a 0.4/2. Supergirl increased 25% to 0.5 and the premiere of Whose Line Is It Anyway? scored a 0.3, same as last year’s premiere.

Telemundo and Univision were both at 0.4/2 as well, same as last Monday.

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.