Spotted Ratings, Sunday 6/17/12 & 6/24/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• The NBA Finals obviously dominated June 17, though it ended up being the lowest-rated game of the five-game series. The closing hours of golf's US Open hung in there pretty decently despite no Tiger Woods, getting as high as a 3.1 demo in the 10:00 half-hour.

• HBO's True Blood (2.6 on June 17, 2.6 on June 24) remained in charge of cable, more than a point ahead of any other options. On June 24, HBO launched The Newsroom (1.0), which took a big dip from True Blood, but at least the dip was a lot less big than HBO's recent comedy efforts in the slot (including June 17's finale of Girls (0.5)).

• TNT brought back Falling Skies (1.5 on June 17), down by about a quarter year-to-year against the Finals. It held up a little better year-to-year in week two (1.3) and is thus far in a virtual dead heat with Dallas for top demo on TNT.

• Other cable tidbits: Lifetime's The Client List (1.0) signed off on June 17 as one of the few shows to pick up steam against the NBA Finals. But AMC's The Killing (0.5) did not get a big finale spike as it did in season one. Won't get fooled again, I guess. A&E's The Glades (0.6, 0.7) and Longmire (0.7, 0.7) both seem to have settled in.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 4/8/12 - One Tree Hill, BFFs, Scandal, The Finder, The Client List

This week's Ratings Five-Spot over at SpoilerTV bids adieu to One Tree Hill (plus likely The Finder based on its Friday start) and says hello to NBC sitcom Best Friends Forever, ABC drama Scandal and Lifetime newbie The Client List. Check it out!

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