Game six of the NBA Finals was the most watched show on television last week. Unfortunately for ABC, Boston beat LA and the series did not go on to a seventh game. For the week, reality programming gave Fox the title in 18-49, while reruns of scripted fare made CBS the Households winner.
CBS scored an HH rating of 4.3 and an 8 share, with NBC 4.2/7, Fox 3.8/7, ABC 3.6/6, Univision 1.9/3, CW 1.1/2, MyNetworkTV 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1, Ion 0.2/0 and Axteca America 0.1/0.
In 18-49, Fox was followed by NBC, ABC, Univision, CBS, CW, a tie by Telemundo and MyNetworkTV, TeleFutura, Ion and Azteca America. That’s right, Univision beat one of the "big four" for the week in the big money demo.
There was a tie for 20th place, so here are the week’s top 21 shows.
Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 06/16/08 – 06/22/08
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 6(S) | ABC | 10.7 | 19 | 16879 |
| 2 | AMERICA’S GOT TALENT | NBC | 7.8 | 13 | 12777 |
| 3 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 6.2 | 12 | 9098 |
| 4 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 5.8 | 10 | 8948 |
| 5 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 5.5 | 10 | 7985 |
| 5 | CSI: NY | CBS | 5.5 | 10 | 8036 |
| 5 | DATELINE SUN 9PM | NBC | 5.5 | 9 | 8240 |
| 5 | DEAL OR NO DEAL 6/17(S) | NBC | 5.5 | 10 | 8717 |
| 5 | HOUSE-MON 9P | FOX | 5.5 | 9 | 8625 |
| 10 | MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD | CBS | 5.4 | 9 | 8199 |
| 10 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED | FOX | 5.4 | 9 | 8855 |
| 12 | DEAL OR NO DEAL-WED | NBC | 5.3 | 9 | 8337 |
| 12 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU | FOX | 5.3 | 9 | 8871 |
| 14 | CSI | CBS | 5.2 | 9 | 7855 |
| 15 | HELL’S KITCHEN | FOX | 5.1 | 8 | 8253 |
| 15 | SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER | FOX | 5.1 | 10 | 7846 |
| 17 | BACHELORETTE, THE | ABC | 4.9 | 8 | 7047 |
| 17 | COLD CASE | CBS | 4.9 | 8 | 7250 |
| 17 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 4.9 | 8 | 7250 |
| 20 | BONES-MON 8P | FOX | 4.6 | 8 | 7135 |
| 20 | CRIMINAL MINDS SUNDAY-SP(S) | CBS | 4.6 | 8 | 7002 |
Source: Nielsen Media Research
