Saturday TV Ratings 5/20/23: Rising NBA Playoffs Easily Lead, 48 Hours Also Up (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The 'Nuggets v. Lakers' NBA playoffs game (2.58) helped ABC coast to an easy victory. The 8 p.m. 'NBA Countdown' broadcast (0.60) also bested every program not on the alphabet network. Fox's 'MLB Regional Coverage' (0.40) could not hold a candle to ABC but helped the network secure second-place in the Adults 18-49 demographic. NBC had reruns of 'The Wall' (0.24), 'Weakest Link' (0.19), and 'SNL' (0.19) (the latter stylized as 'SNL Vintage'). On CBS, reruns of 'NCIS: Los Angeles' (0.19) and '48 Hours' (0.18) occupied the 8-10 p.m. stretch. At 10, the original episode of '48 Hours' (0.23, +0.05) enjoyed a nice boost. 'Masters of Illusion' (0.04, +0.02) and 'Totally Weird and Funny' (0.03, +0.01) were both up on the CW.

Finals Update: 'NBA Playoffs: Nuggets v. Lakers' (+0.9) and 'MLB: Regional Coverage' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'NBA Countdown' (-0.2) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	NBA Countdown	0.60	8.2	2.66	ABC
	MLB: Regional Coverage	0.40	5.0	2.05	Fox
	The Wall (R)	0.24	3.0	1.82	NBC
	NCIS: Los Angeles (R)	0.19	2.4	2.01	CBS
	Masters of Illusion	0.04	0.5	0.29	The CW
8:30 PM	NBA Playoffs: Nuggets v. Lakers	2.58	27.7	8.38	ABC
	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.04	0.5	0.28	The CW
9 PM	Weakest Link (R)	0.19	2.1	1.63	NBC
	48 Hours (R)	0.18	2.0	2.34	CBS
	Totally Weird and Funny	0.03	0.4	0.21	The CW
9:30 PM	Totally Weird and Funny (R)	0.03	0.4	0.22	The CW
10 PM	48 Hours	0.23	2.5	2.80	CBS
	SNL Vintage	0.19	2.0	1.40	NBC