ABC averaged a Nielsen preliminary 5.6 rating/17 share and 14.0 million for the final game, which was a bit lower than the series average so far.
Overall for the five-game series, which gave the Los Angeles Lakers its 15th NBA title over the Orlando Magic, the event averaged 5.8/18. That's versus a 6.1/18 a year ago, when the Boston Celtics beat the Lakers in a six-game series. Last year's event averaged 15.0 million viewers versus a 14.3 million average this time around.
ABC easily won the evening overall with 3.9/12 among 18-49 viewers. Fox saw less than half those results at a 1.6/5. Other networks drifted in at a much-lower effort: CBS, a 1.0/3; NBC, a 0.9/3; Univision, a 0.6/2; and the CW at a 0.4/1.
ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" started off the night with a 2.9/11, with ABC's "NBA Countdown" show taking in a 3.2/11.advertisement
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Fox ran repeats of its Sunday night sitcoms: two reruns of "King of the Hill," as well as "American Dad," "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy."
NBC ran a made-for-TV movie, "10.5: Apocalypse," which got a dismal 0.9/3. CW went with the original version of the theatrical movie "Taking of Pelham One Two Three," earning an 0.5/2.