NBC's talent competition 'America's Got Talent' is having a hot summer so far. TV ratings are also strong for the NBA's conference finals.
The unscripted competition series “America’s Got Talent” was the top-rated program for the fourth time in the five full weeks of television’s summer season. Three NBA conference finals games on cable were last week’s only other prime-time programs to average more than 5 million viewers.
ESPN’s coverage of the Phoenix Suns’ Western Conference finals-clinching 130-103 victory over the Clippers last Wednesday was second for the week, averaging 5.857 million viewers, while the Clippers’ 116-102 victory two days earlier was third, averaging 5.745 million.The Milwaukee Bucks’ 118-107 victory over the Atlanta Hawks Saturday to win the Eastern Conference finals on TNT was fourth, averaging 5.237 million.
The CW again was fifth among the five major English-language broadcast networks, averaging 720,000 viewers.