Here are the national winners (for all persons 2+; all times ET), according to BBM/Nielsen, for May 26-June 1.
Hockey: The CBC’s Stanley Cup Finals hit #1 and attracted an average minute audience of 1.979 million viewers for the Monday, Wednesday and Saturday broadcasts. On the same nights, the Stanley Cup Postgame coverage, taking #4 on this week’s chart, recorded a 1.369 million average.
News and daily shows: CTV Evening News at 6 pm hit #5 with 1.235 million (down from 1.366 million on the previous week’s chart). The net’s Jeopardy/Access Hollywood at 7:30 pm took #11 with 1 million (up from 982,000) on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. CTV National News at 11 pm hit #22 with 792,000 (down from 923,000). Global’s The Young & The Restless at 4:30 pm took #24 with 775,000 (down from 875,000). Global National at 5:30 pm hit #26 with 726,000 (down from 772,000), while News Hour at 6 pm took #27 with 710,000 (down from 799,000).
Monday: CTV’s CSI: Miami at 10 pm hit #7 with 1.111 million (down from 2.135 million). Global’s House took #15 with 909,000 (down from 2.688 million). CTV’s Criminal Minds at 9 pm hit #17 with 896,000 viewers. Global’s Bones at 8 pm took #21 with 802,000 (down from 1.888 million).
Tuesday: Global’s NCIS at 8 pm won the night, hitting #9 with 1.028 million (down from 1.443 million). CTV’s Law & Order: SVU at 10 pm took #10 with 1.026 million viewers, while Criminal Minds at 9 pm hit #12 with 991,000 and The Moment of Truth at 8 pm took #16 with 908,000.
Wednesday: CTV’s So You Think You Can Dance, airing 8-10 pm, hit #3 with 1.418 million, while CSI: New York at 10 pm hit #6 with 1.231 million (down from 2.05 million).
Thursday: CTV’s Lost at 9 pm hit #2 with 1.448 million viewers (down from the 2.608 million attracted by Grey’s Anatomy the previous week). The net’s So You Think You Can Dance, airing 7-9 pm, took #13 with 976,000 viewers.
Friday: CTV’s Ghost Whisperer at 8 pm hit #28 with 650,000 viewers, while the net’s Without a Trace at 10 pm took #29 with 648,000.
Saturday: CTV’s 6 pm Evening News weekend programming’s Saturday-Sunday average hit #20 with 834,000 viewers (down from 844,000).
Sunday: CTV’s Million Dollar Password at 8 pm hit #8 with 1.096 million viewers, while Cold Case at 9 pm took #14 with 935,000. The net’s Law & Order: SVU at 10 pm hit #18 with 862,000 (down from 1.124 million). CBC’s Sunday night movie at 8 pm hit #19 with 845,000 viewers, while the pubcaster’s Sunday night news at 10 pm took #23 with 790,000. Global’s Family Guy at 9 pm hit #25 with 736,000 viewers, while The Simpsons at 8 pm took #30 with 621,000.
For lists of the top 30 TV shows nationally and by region for the week, according to BBM/Nielsen, please click the links below:
