An audience of 10.98 million viewers watched the season finale of The Sopranos Sunday on HBO, making it the No. 1 show on television from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Last year's finale was seen by 13 million, but on Sunday the competiton included the 58th Tony Awards telecast on CBS and the start of the NBA Championship Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons on ABC. The basketball game drew 10.91 million viewers (70,000 fewer than The Sopranos) during the hour in which it went head-to-head with the mob drama, while the awards ceremony was the least watched in that show's history with 6.6 million viewers.
