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NBC and CBS tied for first in ratings, both with a 0.7 in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary numbers. NBC was second in total viewers with 3 million, CBS was third with 2.9 million.

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Those NBC numbers, likely to rise when final data is made available, were all Game 5 of the Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens. It was a tight one, with the home team winning 1-0 on a second-period goal by Ross Colton. That would prove to be all the Lightning needed to again lift Lord Stanley’s gorgeous trophy.

For CBS, “Big Brother” from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. averaged a 1.0 rating and 4 million total viewers. The “Love Island” Season 3 premiere from 9:30 to 11 received a 0.5 rating and 1.8 million total viewers.

Fox was third in ratings with a 0.5 and fourth in total viewers with 2.1 million. “MasterChef” at 8 drew a 0.5 rating and 2.4 million total viewers. At 9, “Crime Scene Kitchen” managed a 0.4 rating and 1.8 million total viewers.

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ABC was fourth in ratings with a 0.4, but first in total viewers with 3.4 million. Following a rerun, “The $100,000 Pyramid” at 9 had a 0.5 rating and 3.8 million total viewers. At 10, “Card Sharks” got a 0.4 rating and 2.6 million total viewers.

The CW was fifth in ratings with a 0.1 and in total viewers with 634,000. “Kung Fu” at 8 had a 0.1 rating and 835,000 total viewers. At 9, “In the Dark” got a 0.1 rating and 432,000 total viewers.

We do not have early Nielsen numbers for Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo.