Sports Media

NBA FINALS DOMINATE NIELSEN'S PRIME-TIME TOP FIVE SHOWS

6.11.1997

          The following lists the top five primetime programs for     the week ended June 8 from Nielsen.  NBC won the week with a     10.2/19 average rating (N.Y. POST, 6/11).                   SHOW
        DATE            NET
               RTG/SHR
      
       1       NBA FINALS GAME FOUR     SUNDAY            6/8
               NBC
               16.9/30
      
       2       NBA FINALS GAME TWO     WEDNESDAY            6/4
               NBC
               15.1/27
      
       3       SEINFELD     THURSDAY            6/5
               NBC
               14.6/26
      
       4       NBA FINALS GAME THREE     FRIDAY            6/6
               NBC
               14.2/27
      
       5       SUDDENLY SUSAN     THURSDAY            6/5
               NBC
               12.2/21
      
          MORE RATINGS: USA TODAY's Rudy Martzke reports that     ESPN's and Fox's Stanley Cup ratings "finished 8% higher"     over last year (USA TODAY, 6/11)....Sunday's TNN coverage of     NASCAR's Pocono, PA, 500 recorded an event-best 4.8 cable     rating.  The cable rating was up 23% from '96's 3.9, and a     14% increase over the previous high of 4.2 in '95 (NASCAR).

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SHOW	DATE		NET	RTG/SHR
1 NBA FINALS GAME FOUR	SUNDAY	6/8	NBC	16.9/30
2 NBA FINALS GAME TWO	WEDNESDAY	6/4	NBC	15.1/27
3 SEINFELD	THURSDAY	6/5	NBC	14.6/26
4 NBA FINALS GAME THREE	FRIDAY	6/6	NBC	14.2/27
5 SUDDENLY SUSAN	THURSDAY	6/5	NBC	12.2/21