Ratings Roundup: NBA Finals Game 6 Down From 2015; Univision’s Copa America Besting 2014 World Cup Ratings
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Last night’s NBA Finals Game 6—the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors (115-101)– on ABC averaged a 14.1 overnight rating, according to Nielsen. The telecast peaked at a 16.7 metered market rating from 11:30 p.m. – 11:45 p.m. ET. The overnight is down 11% from the same matchup last year (15.9) and marks the lowest overnight for Game 6 of the NBA Finals since Celtics/Lakers in 2010, according to SportsMediaWatch. The NBA Finals is expected to win the night across all of television for the 54th consecutive time. The Cleveland market averaged a 44.3 metered market rating and the San Francisco market averaged a 34.9 metered market rating.
Thursday’s NBA Finals Game 6 was the most-watched NBA game ever on WatchESPN across metrics. It generated a record 1.3 million unique viewers, an average minute audience of 391,800 viewers and approximately 68.6 million total minutes streamed…
…Through 24 Copa America Centenario group stage matches, Univision Deportes coverage has averaged 2.6 million Total Viewers 2+ and 1.4 million Adults 18-49 per match, besting the 2014 World Cup group stage performance by +3% among Adults 18-49. Univision Deportes has reached 39.4 million Total Viewers 2+ through the Copa America Centenario group stage ending last night.
Throughout the tournament group stage, the Mexican national team matches averaged 4.9 million Total Viewers 2+ and 2.8 million Adults 18-49. The Mexican national team matches out-delivered the NHL Stanley Cup Final telecasts on all NBC networks and the Tony Awards on CBS among Adults 18-49.
The Chile versus Panama match which aired last night at 7:30pm EST averaged 1.9 million Total Viewers 2+ and 1.0 million Adults 18-49. The Argentina versus Bolivia match which aired last night at 10:00pm EST averaged 2.8 million Total Viewers 2+ and 1.6 million Adults 18-49.
The Chile versus Panama match made UniMás the No. 1 broadcast station during the time period (8:00pm-10:00pm EST, live across time zones) among Adults 18-49 in Los Angeles, Dallas and Phoenix, as well as Young Adults 18-34 in Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas and Phoenix.
The Chile versus Panama match on UniMás had higher viewership than the ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX stations combined in the 8:00pm-10:00pm EST, time period (live across time zones) among Young Adults 18-34 in Dallas and Phoenix.
The Argentina versus Bolivia match made Univision the No. 1 broadcast station during the time period (10:15pm-12:15am EST, live across time zones) among Total Viewers 2+ in Los Angeles, Houston and Dallas, as well as Adults 18-49 and young Adults 18-34 in Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Dallas and San Francisco.
The Argentina versus Bolivia match was No. 1 program of the day among Adults 18-49 in Los Angeles, Houston and Dallas, as well as Young Adults 18-34 in Houston.
The Argentina versus Bolivia match on Univision had higher viewership than the ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX stations combined in the 10:15pm-12:15am EST, time period (live across time zones) among Young Adults 18-34 in Dallas
Through the group stage, Copa América Centenario delivered 1.2 million total livestreams for 26 million minutes watched. 92% of all streams occurred in the mobile app…
…The group stage of UEFA Euro 2016 was averaging 726,000 viewers across ESPN and ESPN2 through Wednesday (15 matches), according SMW. The comparable six-day average in 2012 was not available, but the networks averaged 1.0 million for the full group stage that year. So far, Saturday’s England/Russia match ranks as the most-watched of the tournament with 1.2 million viewers, with Sunday’s Germany/Ukraine match not far behind (1.17M)…
