Can You Believe It? More People Watched Kentucky Derby Later

By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Author

NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe attempting to verify it actually occurred, extra folks watched replays of 80-1 underdog Wealthy Strike profitable the Kentucky Derby than watched it dwell.

NBC stated some 36 million folks watched the thrilling end of horseracing’s premier occasion on NBC Sports activities’ social media accounts, together with 11.6 million on TikTok, probably the most ever achieved for a community sports activities presentation. That does not account for non-NBC shops, for which there was no estimate out there Tuesday.

NBC’s dwell Derby protection was seen by a mean of 16 million folks on the community and Peacock on Saturday. That peaked at 19 million through the precise working of the race, the community stated.

It was NBC’s most-watched program for the reason that Tremendous Bowl, the Nielsen firm stated.

CBS dominated the rankings in prime-time final week, averaging 4.2 million with “NCIS” as the preferred present. ABC had 3.7 million, NBC had 2.8 million, Fox had 2.1 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Tv averaged 970,000 and Telemundo had 900,000

Turner Networks was the most-watched cable community for the week, benefiting from the NBA’s playoff video games, at a mean of two.85 million viewers. Fox Information Channel had 2.25 million, ESPN had 1.38 million, HGTV had 998,000 and MSNBC had 963,000.

ABC’s “World Information Tonight” gained the night information rankings race, averaging 7.8 million viewers. NBC’s “NIghtly Information” had 6.5 million viewers and the “CBS Night Information” had 4.6 million.

For the week of Might 2-8, the 20 most-watched packages on prime-time tv, their networks and viewerships:

1. “NCIS,” CBS, 7.27 million.

2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.11 million.

3. “The Equalizer,” CBS, 6.46 million.

4. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 6.23 million.

5. NBA Playoffs: Memphis at Golden State (Saturday), ABC, 6.1 million.

6. “American Idol” (Monday), ABC, 5.82 million.

7. “Survivor,” CBS, 5.61 million.

8. “American Idol” (Sunday), ABC, 5.52 million.

9. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 5.47 million.

10. “Bob Hearts Abishola,” CBS, 5.4 million.

11. NBA Playoffs: Golden State at Memphis (Tuesday), Turner, 5.32 million.

12. “NCIS: Hawai’i,” CBS, 5.21 million.

13. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 5.18 million.

14. “911,” Fox, 5.1 million.

15. “Magnum, P.I.,” 5.06 million.

16. “Legislation & Order: SVU,” NBC, 4.9 million.

17. “America’s Funniest Residence Movies,” ABC, 4.86 million.

18. “FBI,” CBS, 4.83 million.

19. “That is Us,” NBC, 4.67 million.

20. NBA Playoffs: Miami at Philadelphia (Sunday), Turner, 4.63 million.

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