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Final Ratings: Thunder-Lakers Series Sets Local Record In Oklahoma City

TNT earned a 34.1 local rating in Oklahoma City for the Thunder's series-clinching Western Conference Semifinals Game Five on Monday against the Lakers. The rating marks a record in the market for a Thunder telecast, beating the mark set by Thunder-Lakers Game Two (30.3 rating). The five-game series averaged a 28.3 in Oklahoma City, also a Thunder record. The previous series record was set last year for the Western Conference Finals against the Mavericks (OKLAHOMAN, 5/22).

CHELSEA LATELY: Fox finished with a 1.1 final Nielsen rating and 2.0 million viewers for last Saturday's UEFA Champions League final, which saw EPL club Chelsea defeat Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in penalty kicks. That figure is down from a 1.4 rating (2.6 million viewers) for last year's FC Barcelona-Manchester United match, but up from a 1.0 rating (1.6 million viewers) for Inter Milan-Bayern Munich in '10. Saturday's telecast peaked at 2.5 million viewers during the final three minutes of the broadcast (Fox).

The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RAT.
VIEWERS (000)
Preakness Stakes (race segment)
5/19
NBC
6:00-6:45pm
5.2
8,100
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals:
Heat-Pacers: Game Four
5/20
ABC
3:30-6:15pm
4.8
7,625
Preakness Pre-Race
5/19
NBC
5:00-6:00pm
2.7
3,880
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Spurs-Clippers: Game Three
5/19
ABC
3:30-6:15pm
2.3
3,182
MLB: (regional)
5/19
Fox
7:12-10:20pm
1.9
2,913
PGA Tour: Byron Nelson
Championship: Final Round
5/20
CBS
3:00-6:00pm
1.9
n/a
Preakness Pre-Race
5/19
NBC
4:30-5:00pm
1.5
2,240
PGA Tour: Byron Nelson
Championship: Third Round
5/19
CBS
3:00-6:00pm
1.1
n/a
Mexico Primera Division:
Santos Laguna-Monterrey
5/19
Telef.
8:50-11:20pm
1.1
2,270
UEFA Champions League Final:
Chelsea-Bayern Munich
5/19
Fox
2:45-5:30pm
1.1
2,000
NHL Eastern Conference Finals:
Rangers-Devils: Game Three
5/19
NBC
1:00-3:45pm
1.0
1,499
NHL Western Conference Finals:
Coyotes-Kings: Game Four
5/20
NBC
3:00-6:00pm
0.9
1,380
PBR: Pueblo Invitational
5/20
CBS
2:00-3:00pm
0.7
n/a
WNBA: Mercury-Lynx
5/20
ABC
12:30-2:30pm
0.6
687
"Red Bull King of the Rock"
5/19
CBS
2:00-3:00pm
0.4
n/a
TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RAT.
VIEWERS (000)
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Thunder-Lakers: Game Two
5/16
TNT
9:43pm-12:26am
4.6
7,445
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Thunder-Lakers: Game Three
5/18
ESPN
10:53-pm-1:33am
4.6
7,377
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Thunder-Lakers: Game One
5/14
TNT
9:43pm-12:22am
4.3
6,687
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Thunder-Lakers: Game Four
5/19
TNT
10:30pm-1:13am
3.9
6,366
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Spurs-Clippers: Game One
5/15
TNT
9:46pm-12:18am
3.4
5,040
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals:
Celtics-76ers: Game Four
5/18
ESPN
8:04-10:50pm
3.1
4,751
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Spurs-Clippers: Game Two
5/17
ESPN
9:40pm-12:11am
3.2
4,683
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals:
Heat-Pacers: Game Two
5/15
TNT
7:00-9:46pm
2.9
4,457
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals:
Heat-Pacers: Game Three
5/17
ESPN
6:58-9:40pm
3.0
4,453
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Spurs-Clippers: Game Four
5/20
TNT
10:30pm-1:20am
2.8
4,443

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