Ratings: Blacklist Grows With Thursday Move, Even as NBA Finals Dominate

In the latest TV ratings, ABC’s broadcast of this year’s NBA Finals tipoff dominated Thursday in all measures.

ABC | The Nuggets of Denver’s Game 1 win over the Heat from Miami averaged 7.6 million total viewers and a 2.2 demo rating, down just 5% in audience from the prelim numbers for last year’s Celtics/Warriors opener.

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NBC | Now wrapping its run on Thursday nights, a first episode of The Blacklist drew a season high audience of 2.71 million total viewers, while steady with a 0.2 demo rating. A second episode did 2.2 mil (nearly matching this season’s second-biggest audience) and another 0.2.

CBS | Among non-sports fare, Young Sheldon and Ghosts reruns led Thursday in the demo (each with a 0.3), while the former copped the biggest audience (3.6 mil).

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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. This is only an exhibition, this is not a competition. Please, no wagering.

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