Spotted Ratings, Sunday 6/17/12 & 6/24/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• The NBA Finals obviously dominated June 17, though it ended up being the lowest-rated game of the five-game series. The closing hours of golf's US Open hung in there pretty decently despite no Tiger Woods, getting as high as a 3.1 demo in the 10:00 half-hour.

• HBO's True Blood (2.6 on June 17, 2.6 on June 24) remained in charge of cable, more than a point ahead of any other options. On June 24, HBO launched The Newsroom (1.0), which took a big dip from True Blood, but at least the dip was a lot less big than HBO's recent comedy efforts in the slot (including June 17's finale of Girls (0.5)).

• TNT brought back Falling Skies (1.5 on June 17), down by about a quarter year-to-year against the Finals. It held up a little better year-to-year in week two (1.3) and is thus far in a virtual dead heat with Dallas for top demo on TNT.

• Other cable tidbits: Lifetime's The Client List (1.0) signed off on June 17 as one of the few shows to pick up steam against the NBA Finals. But AMC's The Killing (0.5) did not get a big finale spike as it did in season one. Won't get fooled again, I guess. A&E's The Glades (0.6, 0.7) and Longmire (0.7, 0.7) both seem to have settled in.

SUNDAY 6/17/12 FULL TABLE:

	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank
Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night	2.73	0.9	+0%	n/a	-5%	2/3
NBA Countdown	3.82	1.5	-25%	+0%	-30%	3/3
NBA Finals	15.55	6.5	-8%	-25%	-7%	3/3
60 Minutes (S)	7.51	1.0	-9%	n/a	-9%	2/2
Blue Bloods (SR)	4.82	0.7
The Good Wife (SR)	4.20	0.5
The Mentalist (SR)	5.02	0.8
US Open Golf	9.63	2.2	+29%	n/a	+29%	1/2
Off Their Rockers (SR)	3.11	0.6
American Dad! (SR)	1.70	0.8
The Cleveland Show (SR)	2.11	1.0
The Simpsons (SR)	2.88	1.3
Bob's Burgers (SR)	2.67	1.2
Family Guy (SR)	3.57	1.7
American Dad! (SR)	3.31	1.5

SUNDAY 6/24/12 FULL TABLE:

	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank
America's Funniest Home Videos (SR)	4.56	1.0
Secret Millionaire (R)	3.83	1.1
Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (R)	2.66	0.9
60 Minutes (S)	8.21	1.0	+0%	n/a	-5%	2/3
Person of Interest (SR)	5.25	0.7
The Good Wife (SR)	4.39	0.6
The Mentalist (SR)	5.06	0.9
US Olympic Trials	4.54	1.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1/1
Dateline Sun (S)	5.24	1.2	+0%	+0%	+6%	1/3
America's Got Talent (R)	4.47	1.2
America's Got Talent (R)	4.30	1.2
American Dad! (SR)	1.56	0.7
The Cleveland Show (SR)	1.72	0.8
Fox 25th Anniversary Special (R)	2.25	0.9

KEY (click to expand)

Viewers - The total number of viewers (age 2+, in millions) that watched the program.
A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
LeLa - A18-49 percent difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Avg - A18-49 percent difference from the show's average demo for previous original episodes this season.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.

(R) - Repeat.
(SR) - Summer repeat. (for shows not currently in season)

Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.