TV Show Ratings for Saturday, 05/07/11

ABC came in first for the night with game three of the NBA Finals, having much more success than the network usually has with reruns and movies. FOX’s NASCAR coverage outperformed the usual Cops and America’s Most Wanted combo.

CBS had the usual two hours of repeats, capped off by an original 48 Hours Mystery. NBC had Law & Order franchise reruns in addition to one of the final episodes of Chase. The latter was up by 33% over last week’s episode but the numbers are still terrible.

8pm
Pregame, NBA Finals: Heat vs Celtics (ABC)
– 2.2/8 A18-49
– 5.72 million viewers

NASCAR Sprint Cup in Darlington (FOX, 120 min)
– 1.8/7 A18-49
– 6.37 million viewers

Chase
– 0.8/3 A18-49
– 3.62 million viewers

NCIS (r)
– 0.7/2 A18-49
– 5.24 million viewers

9pm
NBA Finals: Heat vs Celtics (ABC, 120 min)
– 3.2/11 A18-49
– 7.33 million viewers

CSI: Miami (r)
– 0.9/3 A18-49
– 5.10 million viewers

Law & Order: Los Angeles (r)
– 0.6/2 A18-49
– 3.65 million viewers

10pm
48 Hours Mystery
– 1.2/4 A18-49
– 5.93 million viewers

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (r)
– 1.2/4 A18-49
– 4.99 million viewers

Raw ratings data copyright Nielsen, courtesy AdWeek.