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The Bachelorette season debut, in which publicist Becca Kufrin began her second shot at made-for-TV love, was Memorial Day’s most watched primetime TV show overall, but it suffered the ABC reality series’ lowest season premiere in the adult 18-49 demographic and total viewers. The two-hour opening’s 1.4 demo rating…

(Updated 12:52 PM with viewership numbers) The Stanley Cup Finals hit the ice for Game 1 between newbies the Vegas Golden Knights and the Washington Capitals in Sin City on NBC, but the real sports showdown last night was on TNT in Game 7 of the NBA playoffs’ Western Conference Finals. The Houston Rockets didn't have…

UPDATE: The six-game 2017 Stanley Cup Final featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators delivered a total of 4.762 million average viewers on linear TV and streaming, making it the most-watched Stanley Cup Final on record without an Original Six team. It was up +19% from last year. PREVIOUS: After…

A shutout Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals clocked a 1.4 demo rating and 4.3 million viewers in fast nationals Thursday night for NBC, though those live-game stats are not time-zone adjusted and subject to change. The Pittsburgh Penguins marched over the Nashville Predators 6-0 to take a 3-2 lead in the series, which…

ABC’s new Shondaland series Still Star-Crossed (0.5 demo rating, 2.1 million viewers) hung on to all of its demo ratings and most of premiere-week’s 2.3M viewers in its second outing Monday night. But it finished behind a Scorpion repeat on CBS (0.6, 4.2M). Better news for ABC earlier in the night. The Bachelorette…

The Pittsburgh Penguins won Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Nashville Predators on NBC Sports Network, but on the Big 4 last night Gordon Ramsay was the big player with back-to-back premieres. Taking over the night usually dominated by Empire, the often-explosive chef was back with an eighth season of Mast…

The NBA Finals are looming on ABC, but the NHL and NBC are feeling hot on the ice as the very lucky Pittsburgh Penguins were able to pull off a 5-3 win in Game 1 of the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals. It looked in the bag for the Nashville Predators last night but a surge and some very good timing gave the Keystone State…

UPDATE, 8:42 AM: Broadway blockbuster Hamilton took home an armful of awards on Sunday but the Tony Awards (1.6/5) themselves were the big winners last night. Among adults 18-49, the James Corden hosted 70th annual ceremony was up 60% from 2015 in fast affiliates vs. final numbers. Not facing an NBA Finals game, as…

NBC Sports’ coverage of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final scored a household 3.6 ratings in the 56 metered markets, which are time zone adjusted. The San Jose Sharks’ win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on NBC saw a 16% hike versus Game 4 on Monday night and 33% versus Game 1 on May 30. The Sharks' Game 5 win on NBC is up…

It was The Bachelorette (2.0/7) vs. the Stanley Cup Final (1.3/5) for the second Monday in a row – and, in early numbers, the search for love trounced the search for hockey glory. Game 4 of the battle between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the San Jose Sharks saw the former win 3-1 but NBC and the NHL take a drop of a…

To paraphrase, LL Cool J, don't call it a dynasty, because the Chicago Blackhawks never really went away. With last night's Game 6 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Finals (2.8/9), the Windy City's boys took home Lord Stanley's reward for the third time in the last six seasons, the franchise’s…

Things started out well for the Tampa Bay Lightning last night but they ended much better for the Chicago Blackhawks. In Game 1 of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals (1.8/6), the Original Six team won 2-1 in their opponent's own house. In what is the first playoff matchup between the two previous Cup winners, the…