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NBA RANKS FIRST, SECOND-TO-WORST: Game 7 of the NBA Finals was television’s most-watched show of the week from June 20-26, averaging 13.06 million households on a Thursday night. ABC averaged 9 million households for the seven-game San Antonio-Detroit series. Only NBC’s six-game San Antonio-New Jersey series in 2003, which averaged 6.95 million households, drew a smaller audience.
ESPN SCORES WITH N.Y. INTERLEAGUE GAME: ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” offering on June 26 (N.Y. Mets vs. N.Y. Yankees) was cable’s most-watched sports event for the week and the network’s best “Sunday” game to date, with an average of 2.72 million households tuning in for the interleague game. Among all cable offerings, the game was the 10th most-watched program of the week.

 
TOP 10 NETWORK SPORTS TELECASTS
RANK
 NET PROGRAM
DATE
RATING
SHARE
HOUSEHOLDS WATCHING (000S)
1
 ABC NBA FINALS: GAME 7 (DETROIT-SAN ANTONIO)
6/23
11.9
22
13061
2
 ABC NBA FINALS: GAME 6
6/21
8.8
15
9627
3
 ABC NBA FINALS: GAME 7 POSTGAME
6/23
7.7
18
8485
4
 FOX NASCAR: NEXTEL CUP SERIES DODGE/SAVE MART 350
6/26
5.7
13
6201
5
 ABC NBA FINALS GAMETIME: GAME 7 PREGAME
6/23
5
10
5465
6
 FOX NASCAR: DODGE/SAVE MART 350 PRERACE
6/26
3.8
10
4149
7
 ABC NBA FINALS GAMETIME: GAME 6 PREGAME
6/21
3.8
7
4141
8
 NBC GOLF: U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN (FINAL ROUND)
6/26
2.9
7
3140
9
 FOX MLB: SATURDAY BASEBALL (REGIONAL COVERAGE)
6/25
2.3
7
2530
10
 NBC GOLF: U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN (THIRD ROUND)
6/25
2
6
2245

 
TOP 10 CABLE SPORTS TELECASTS
-- RATING --
RANK
 NET PROGRAM
DATE
NATIONAL
COVERAGE AREA
SHARE
HOUSEHOLDS WATCHING (000S)
1
 ESPN MLB: SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL (N.Y. METS-N.Y. YANKEES)
6/26
2.5
3
5
2716
2
 FX NASCAR: BUSCH SERIES SBC 250
6/25
1.2
1.6
3
1360
3
 ESPN NCAA: CWS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES, GAME 1 (TEXAS-FLORIDA)
6/25
1.1
1.3
3
1156
4
 FX NASCAR: SBC 250 RAIN DELAY COVERAGE
6/25
0.9
1.1
2
938
5
 ESPN SPORTSCENTER LATE
6/26
0.9
1
3
936
6
 ESPN NCAA: CWS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES, GAME 2
6/26
0.8
1
2
907
7
 TBS MLB: BRAVES BASEBALL (BALTIMORE-ATLANTA)
6/26
0.8
1
2
880
8
 ESPN NCAA: COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, TULANE-TEXAS
6/20
0.8
1
2
860
9
 FX NASCAR: SBC 250 PRERACE
6/25
0.8
1
2
832
10
 ESPN PARDON THE INTERRUPTION
6/22
0.8
0.9
2
833
Rating — Estimated percent of all TV households of persons tuned to a specific program source. One ratings point equals 1,096,000 homes.
Share — Estimated percent of all households using television at that time which are tuned to a specific program source.Source: Nielsen Media Research

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