Primetime Ratings: Stanley Cup Opener Gives NBC the Win
NBC took top honors among broadcasters Monday, putting up a 1.6 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. The NHL Stanley Cup Final aired throughout prime. Last year’s hockey championship opened to a 1.2.
In second was ABC at 1.2/4. Two hours of The Bachelorette scored a 1.5, down 17% from last week’s premiere, before the Still Star-Crossed premiere did a 0.5.
Fox had a 0.9/4. Gotham fell 10% to 0.9, while the Lucifer finale grew 13% to a 0.9.
Airing repeats, CBS had a 0.6/2.
The CW had a 0.2/1, with a repeat of Supergirl followed by the season premiere of Whose Line Is It Anyway? at 0.2.
Among Spanish-language networks, Univision did a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.
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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.