A Big Bang Theory Rerun Outdraws Fox's MLB Game Of The Week And ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, Combined. Last Week's TV Ratings, In Context.

A weekly feature wherein we contextualize TV ratings for national sports broadcasts. Data via Nielsen and Sports Business Daily. Viewership numbers represent the average number of households tuned to a given program; ratings share refers to the percentage of all households using a television who are turned into that program.

June 11: The Bachelorette (ABC): 6.0 million viewers WWE Raw (USA): 3.5 million viewers NHL Stanley Cup Finals, Game 6 (NBC): 3.5 million viewers

June 12: NBA Finals, Game 1 (ABC): 11.3 million viewers America's Got Talent (NBC): 7.4 million viewers

June 13: The Dream Team (NBA TV): 847,000 viewers Dallas (TNT): 5.0 million viewers

June 14: NBA Finals, Game 2 (ABC): 11.9 million viewers The Big Bang Theory rerun (CBS): 5.8 million viewers

June 15: Euro 2012 Sweden vs. England (ESPN2): 991,000 viewers U.S. Open, second round (ESPN): 2.8 million viewers

June 16: Baseball Night in America [ multiple games] (FOX): 2.0 million viewers, 1.8 rating The Legend of Korra (Nickelodeon): 2.4 million viewers, 2.1 rating NASCAR Nationwide Series at Michigan (ABC): 1.6 rating (viewership numbers unavailable) U.S. Open, third round (NBC): 5.5 rating (viewership numbers unavailable)

June 17: U.S. Open, final round (NBC): 6.9 million viewers NBA Finals, Game 3 (ABC): 10.1 million viewers NASCAR Sprint Cup series at Michigan (TNT): 3.6 million viewers ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, Red Sox at Cubs (ESPN): 1.2 million viewers Pequenos Gigantes (Univision): 1.9 million viewers MLS Soccer, New York Red Bulls at Chicago Fire (NBCSN): 63,000 viewers

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