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Ratings for Game 1 of the NBA Finals are up from last year, highlighting the rivalry between the Lakers and the Celtics.

By John Consoli, The Wrap Reality shows were king last night over repeat scripted fare on the broadcast networks. Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" was in a virtual tie last night with NBC's "America's Got Talent" for the highest rated program of the night among adults 18-49 at a 2.8 each, but "Talent" clearly drew the most overall viewers, averaging 10 million compared to "Dance's" 7.3 million. "Dance" also won the night among adults 18-34 and teens.

By John Consoli, The WrapCBS continued its regular season total viewer dominance Monday night, kicking off the first week of the summer season by averaging 7.7 million viewers -- but Fox did not mimic its regular season 18-49 demo ratings, finishing fourth for the night with a paltry 0.9.

Wednesday's finale of "American Idol" handily beat the ratings competition but the audience of 24.2 million was about 15% smaller than last year's.

The finale was up 4 percent in total viewers over last week, averaging 9.3 million over a two-hour span that saw Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) sent off to an uncertain future on the international lam.

The finale of "Lost" attracted an average audience of 13.5 million viewers, good enough to win the top spot of the night, but far less than those of other major TV events.

On a night of big finales on NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX, it was the two-hour "Grey's Anatomy" season-ender that ruled. But once again, ABC's already cancelled "FlashForward" delivered low enough ratings to help CBS split the night.

ABC's comedies soared and CBS' "I Get That A Lot" delivered another decent performance, but "American Idol" did enough to help FOX win on Wednesday night, despite the not-so-impressive sneak launch for "Good Guys."

TV News: 'Big Bang' tops night while 'Stars' leads in viewers -- ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" was Monday's most-watched program overall, but it was CBS (led by the night's top show, "The Big Bang Theory") and Fox (with the season finale of "House") that tied for demo supremacy.