‘SVU’ Beats NCAA Baseball Tournament, NBA Playoffs for TV Watch-Time
Welcome to our weekly snapshot of TV by the numbers, highlighting the most-watched shows and networks for May 27 through June 2, with insights from Inscape, the currency-grade smart TV ACR data provider and data technology division of Vizio. Data is linear, live TV only and includes all episode types (new and reruns). Rankings are by percent share duration (i.e., time spent watching).
Myriad sports litter the ranking, but none garnered enough watch-time to beat Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which ascends to first place with a 1.20% viewership share. The Dick Wolf giant, perpetually in reruns, is almost always among the top ten but rarely takes the crown unless there’s a dearth of tentpole programming. So it’s all the more impressive that it takes first place in a week that had playoffs and tournaments across multiple sports.
A few more insights about the top programming for May 27 through June 2:
With only three games during the week, the NBA playoffs sinks from first to third with a 1.08% viewership share.
In the baseball world, the NCAA tournament flies to No. 2 (1.16% share), with MLB games moving up two spots to No. 6 (0.96% of minutes watched) while the women’s college world series lands at No. 11 (0.77%).
Elsewhere in sports, the Stanley Cup Playoffs move from ninth to fifth week-over-week, while the French Open takes No. 8 and PGA Tour golf sinks from No. 10 to No. 12.
Week-over-week ranking newcomers include FBI (No. 20), Dateline (No. 21), the OG Law & Order (No. 22), Chicago Fire (No. 24) and Ridiculousness (No. 25).
Check out the TV network ranking over on The Measure.
