Phineas And Ferb Had 18 Times As Many Viewers As The NHL Draft. 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 approximate number of persons tuned to a given program; ratings share refers to the percentage of all households using a television who are turned into that program.

June 18: No highly rated sporting events.

June 19: NBA Finals Game 4 (ABC): 17.4 million viewers NCIS: Los Angeles rerun (CBS): 7.0 million viewers

June 20: NHL Awards (NBCSN): 183,000 viewers So You Think You Can Dance? (FOX): 6.7 million viewers Dogs in the City (CBS): 4.9 million viewers

June 21: NBA Finals Game 5 (ABC): 18.4 million viewers The Big Bang Theory rerun (CBS): 8.3 million viewers

June 22: NHL Draft (NBCSN): 207,000 viewers Phineas and Ferb (Disney): 3.8 million viewers

June 23: Fox Saturday Baseball [ multiple games] (FOX): 3.9 million viewers US Olympic track & field trials (NBC): 3.9 million viewers Crimetime Saturday (CBS): 3.4 million viewers

June 24: Good Luck Charlie (Disney): 7.4 million viewers The Mentalist rerun (CBS): 6.2 million viewers NASCAR Sprint Cup at Sonoma (TNT): 5.2 million viewers US Olympic track & field trials (NBC): 4.5 million viewers Sunday Night Baseball, New York Yankees vs. New York Mets (ESPN): 2.9 million viewers College World Series Finals, Game 1, South Carolina vs. Arizona (ESPN2): 1.5 million viewers MLS Soccer, New York Red Bulls vs. DC United (NBCSN): 137,000 viewers