Nielsen's Sports Marketing Service reports preliminary
overnight ratings from Games 5 and 6 of the NBA Finals show the
"NBA on NBC" gaining a 18.8 rating and a 34 share on Friday and a
21.1/37 on Sunday. NOTE: As these numbers are preliminary, they
may not match later figures reported by networks or other news
outlets (THE DAILY):
NBA GAME 5 NBA GAME 6 MLB ON FOX
MARKET RATING/SHARE RATING/SHARE RATING/SHARE
ATLANTA 14.7/26 19.5/31 9.2/24
BALTIMORE 14.2/25 16.3/28 3.0/ 9
BOSTON 9.1/18 13.6/21 2.4/ 8
CHICAGO 50.9/74 56.0/80 4.0/11
CINCINNATI 12.7/24 14.4/28 1.4/ 5
CLEVELAND 11.7/20 15.0/26 14.8/43
CHARLOTTE 14.3/27 17.3/30 4.1/13
WASHINGTON 19.4/34 21.8/35 2.8/10
DETROIT 15.9/28 16.8/27 0.6/ 2
DALLAS 17.5/30 22.6/38 2.3/ 6
DENVER 12.0/23 14.1/29 3.5/10
HOUSTON 19.4/33 19.7/34 1.5/ 4
HARTFORD 15.0/28 17.6/29 1.7/ 6
INDIANAPOLIS 22.5/38 24.9/42 2.6/ 8
KANSAS CITY 12.1/23 14.4/26 2.0/ 7
LOS ANGELES 21.5/40 19.4/42 5.8/18
MIAMI 12.4/23 14.6/24 2.0/ 5
MILWAUKEE 18.4/33 26.4/44 1.7/ 6
MINNEAPOLIS 11.7/25 16.7/29 1.5/ 6
NEW YORK 15.5/26 17.4/29 5.4/18
ORLANDO 22.5/39 24.7/37 3.5/ 9
PORTLAND 21.0/42 21.8/46 0.9/ 3
PHILADELPHIA 13.3/23 16.0/27 1.9/ 5
PITTSBURGH 9.7/17 11.6/20 1.1/ 3
PHOENIX 23.1/41 21.3/42 2.2/ 6
SAN ANTONIO 23.2/41 24.7/42 2.4/ 6
SAN DIEGO 13.8/27 17.0/35 5.1/17
SEATTLE 40.7/67 38.1/65 1.3/ 5
SAN FRANCISCO 18.6/35 20.7/43 2.4/ 9
ST. LOUIS 14.5/29 15.1/28 3.8/10
SACRAMENTO 17.2/36 18.5/40 2.6/ 8
TAMPA 15.9/28 17.5/27 1.6/ 4
WEST PALM 10.5/20 14.0/22 1.8/ 5
CROSS-MARKET 18.8/34 21.1/37 3.6/11
BEHIND THE NUMBERS: The final numbers for Game 5 were a
17.2 rating and a 33 share. That number guaranteed NBC the
second highest rated Finals ever. Through five games, NBC was
averaging a 16.3/30. The average rating for the '93 Bulls-Suns
series was a 17.9/33 (NBC Sports). This morning, Nielsen Sports
Marketing reports the national rating for Sunday's Game 6 was an
18.8/35 (THE DAILY).
