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Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on ABC was the big demo winner (0.9 rating) in primetime Wednesday, with more than 3.2 million viewers tuning in watch the Colorado Avalanche edge the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in overtime. Game 2 is set for Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. CBS managed to get more eyeballs, however, on the night…

UPDATED, 4:35 PM: Ice will form on the stream during the next week-plus. NBCUniversal said today that its streaming service Peacock will show all remaining games of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Final, starting with Friday’s Game 3. Peacock Premium will carry the NBC feed of Games 3 and 4 and, if necessary, Games 5-7 between…

Dancing with the Stars returned to the the ballroom floor to win Monday in broadcast primetime, delivering a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.04 million viewers for its Disney-themed episode. The reality competition series was followed by the debut of Emergency Call (0.7, 4.27M), the unscripted series…

UPDATE, 1:45 PM: Sports fans love stats and the record slashing Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup certainly provided a net full of data for the St. Louis Blues, NBC, the NHL and everyone else. First of all, the final numbers are in and the first ever championship win for the Missouri team over the Boston Bruins last…

UPDATE, 8:20 AM: The cast and creators of Hadestown and The Ferryman are probably still shining their new Tony Awards but CBS might just want to put Sunday's primetime telecast on the shelf after hitting an all-time low in the final numbers. Easily trounced by Game 6 of the 2019 Stanley Cup finals and slightly…

(UPDATED WITH FINAL NHL NUMBERS) The St. Louis Blues are only one game away from winning their first Stanley Cup but the real goal scorers are NBC and The NHL. Paralleling the viewership challenged though still dominate NBA Finals over on ABC, the fifth face-off this series between the 52-year old Missouri team and…

ABC’s The Bachelorette (1.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 5.49 million viewers) edged out NBC’s Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals (1.4, 5.00M) for top honors in the non-time zone adjusted fast nationals for Monday’s primetime, which also saw the summer premiere of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance. The St…

NBC's Memorial Day broadcast of the opening game of the Stanley Cup Final (1.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 5.15 million viewers) skated past its previous four years in overall crowd but slid slightly in the demo, early data indicate. Meanwhile, ABC's 8-10 PM The Bachelorette (1.1, 4.68M) gained in overall…

Whoever emerged as the victor in this year's Stanley Cup Final, we all knew it was going to be a franchise first for either the Vegas Golden Knights or the Washington Capitals and in the end, the veterans won. Taking Game 5 of the NHL battle with a 4-3 win over the Sin City newbies, the 44-year old Capitals took the…

It may have felt a bit too close to call up until the final minutes, but in the end the Golden State Warriors continued with tradition last night and beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Ohio to take a 3-0 series lead in the the 2018 NBA Finals. The continuation of course for the Warriors’ 110-102 victory in primetime…

A 6-2 blowout by the Washington Capitals over the Vegas Golden Knights in last night's Game 4 (1.5/7) of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals was a win for the DC NHL team and a win for NBC on a very unscripted night. The Comcast-owned net's 8-11 PM coverage of the ice action topped primetime among adults 18-49 up against the…

The beginning of the NBA Finals tonight on ABC and the fourth consecutive face-off between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers will undoubtedly dominate the Big 4 but last night belonged to another warrior. The highest rated and third most watched (5.35 million) show of an Empire-less Wednesday, Ameri…