Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 6/7/11

WHAT MATTERS:

• In round two of the summer's biggest ratings showdown, the NBA Finals vs. America's Got Talent/The Voice, the Finals (5.5 prelim) look about even week-to-week (5.5 prelims with 9:00 start times have typically risen to about a 6.5 in finals). The best news of all for ABC is that we're now assured the Finals are going at least six games, and they're certainly rooting for Miami and Dallas to split the next two and force a Game 7 next Tuesday. 

• Got Talent (3.6) and The Voice (4.5) were both down from last week. Got Talent took the steeper 16% drop, but it's no big surprise considering it's coming off the two-hour premiere and this episode was just one hour. Perhaps it's a bit of a disappointment for The Voice in its first live show, and it dropped slightly in the second hour.

• Using the standards set by Monday's disappointing 1.8 premiere number, the Tuesday premiere of Masterchef (1.9) actually doesn't look so bad, especially considering the Got Talent competition. We'll see if the growth can continue.

Above based on preliminary adults 18-49 ratings unless otherwise noted.