According to BroadcastingCable.com, ABC dominated all competitors Thursday with the NBA finals, riding Game 1 of Warriors-Cavaliers to a landslide 4.3 rating in viewers.
The Jimmy Kimmel pre-game show rated a 2.5 and NBA Countdown did a 3.0. The game itself rated a 5.1. Last year’s Game 1, also featuring Golden State and Cleveland, scored a 5.9. NBC aired reruns of America’s Got Talent and World of Dance. CBS also ran reruns and Fox weighed in with repeats of MasterChef and Beat Shazam.