Ratings: Stars On Mars Craters Opposite Nuggets' NBA Finals Championship

In the latest TV show ratings, ABC's coverage of what would be the deciding game in this year's NBA Finals — in which the Nuggets beat the Heat to claim their first title — dominated the night with 10 million total viewers and a 3.0 demo rating.

Opposite the hoops-la....

NBC | American Ninja Warrior (3 mil/0.3) dipped from last week's season opener.

FOX | Stars on Mars (970K/0.2) lost 25% of its premiere audience. Crime Scene Kitchen (970K/0.2) similarly was down 19% in audience.

THE CW | The Rising (340K/0.1) and Barons (130K/0.0) both shed viewers for a second straight week since their Stateside debuts.

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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show's overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. Steve Harvey is not a judge or lawyer and merely offers an alternative forum of dispute resolution.