First Dollhouse was renewed, now this! I had to donate $10 to Livestrong.org and promise to post the cable numbers for ABC Family’s Greek in the weekly cable viewing reports because I lost bets on Dollhouse’s renewal.
I would’ve made such bets again that Jon & Kate Plus 8’s stellar return on Monday night would lead next week’s weekly cable charts. Fortunately I didn’t wind up with the time to make such bets before finding out I would’ve lost…again!
On Monday night Kobe & Carmello were a little bit greater than Kate.
Jon & Kate Plus 8 reeled in 9.8 million Monday night, but Monday’s Los Angeles Lakers/ Denver Nuggets Western Conference finals game four pulled in 9.9 million (9.88 million to be more precise).
The 9.88 million make it the most-watched NBA game ever on cable, and the most-watched basketball game of any kind (college or pro) on ESPN, easily surpassing last week’s 8.1 million for game one of the series. Last year ESPN had the Eastern Conference finals, and game four of that series between the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons averaged 6.09 million, so this year’s Western Conference game four outpaced it in viewers by a whopping 62%!
More info about game four ratings is available on Multichannel News.
My goodness. The basketball playoffs are just dominating this season.
Game 5 should bring very good numbers as well, with Denver and LA tied at the end of the first quarter and now the half. As this series has been so close then it keeps the viewers watching for the entire game to see how it ends.
I should’ve stuck by my bet and not backed down. But, no, I had to hedge my bet that basketball would beat Jon & Kate.
Well, Jon & Kate Plus 8 will still be in the Top 10 next week, but the question is where it will chart at. We still have some basketball games this week that could break records again.
i guarantee at least 11 million for lakers nuggets games 5 and 6. This is monday night football territory. crazy playoffs this year.
how can’t the finals ratings be higher than Last Year?
how can’t the finals ratings be higher than Last Year?
Easily if the Lakers aren’t in them.
Or if they last fewer than 6 games. A 4 game series won’t come close to last season’s average even with the Lakers.