ABC Dominates Prime Time With Coverage of the NBA Finals and THE BACHELORETTE

With the season premiere of "The Bachelorette" and the first two games of the 2018 NBA Finals, ABC dominated the week (w/o 5/28/18) over its nearest competition by 27% in Total Viewers (6.2 million vs. 4.9 million) and by 73% in Adults 18-49 (1.9/9 vs. 1.1/5). In fact, among Adults 18-49, ABC scored the biggest weekly winning advantages for any network since February - since ABC also led Oscar week by 73% in young adults (w/o 2/26/18).

ABC claimed a resounding 6 of the Top 10 TV programs of the week in Adults 18-49, placing each of the Top 3: "NBA Finals on ABC-GM2" - No. 1, "NBA Finals on ABC-GM1" - No. 2, "NBA Finals-GM2 Post" - No. 4, "NBA Countdown-GM1" - No. 8, "The Bachelorette" - No. 9 and "NBA Countdown-GM2" - No. 10. In addition, ABC's coverage of the 2018 NBA FINALS produced the week's Top 2 most-watched TV shows overall with Game 2 and Game 1, respectively.

In viewers and young adults, ABC marked its strongest week in 3 months - since w/o 2/26/18.

WEEK NO. 36: ADULTS 18-49 TOTAL VIEWERS

No.1 ABC 1.9 No.1 ABC 6,160,000

No.2 NBC 1.1 No.2 NBC 4,870,000

No.3 CBS 0.5 No.3 CBS 4,630,000

No.3 FOX 0.5 No.4 FOX 2,010,000

No.5 CW 0.2 No.5 CW 730,000

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings for week of 5/28/18.

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