Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Nielsens: 'Miss USA' is a big winner

?Pageantry. NBC's Miss USA Pageant Sunday claimed 7.4 million viewers, its biggest total since 2006. Against it, CBS' Daytime Emmy Awards drew a mediocre 5.5 million, down slightly from last year.

  • Miss California, Alyssa Campanella, won the Miss USA pageant on Sunday.

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    Miss California, Alyssa Campanella, won the Miss USA pageant on Sunday.

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Miss California, Alyssa Campanella, won the Miss USA pageant on Sunday.

?Icing. NBC's Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup between the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins skated to 8.5 million viewers Wednesday, the most-watched hockey game since 1973, and up 3% from last year's deciding Game 6.

?Sunny Skies. The two-hour premiere of TNT's alien-invasion saga Falling Skies scared up 5.9 million viewers Sunday, marking this year's biggest series launch. Also Sunday, AMC's The Killing wrapped up (well, not really) with 2.3 million; HBO's Game of Thrones ended its first season with a series-high 3 million; and Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva returned with 2.9 million.

?Other openers. ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars (3.7 million viewers) and The Nine Lives of Chloe King (a less impressive 2.2 million), both Monday; TV Land's Hot in Cleveland (2.4 million, half of last summer's opener) and Happily Divorced (2.4 million), both Wednesday; A&E's Gene Simmons' Family Jewels (1.4 million Tuesday); amd OWN's Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals (470,000 Sunday).

?On the beat. TNT's Memphis Beat returned for a second season Tuesday with 3 million viewers, while companion Hawthorne nursed 2.6 million. Both tied series lows.

?Off the beat. Fox's America's Most Wanted, wrapping up 23 years as a weekly series (it will continue as specials), drew 3.5 million viewers for Saturday's finale. The season finale of Cops arrested 3.2 million.

?Pawnbroker. History's Pawn Stars collected a second-best 7.5 million viewers Monday, while Swamp People drew a record 4.6 million Thursday.

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