Cavs/Rockets, ‘Pardon the Interruption,’ Suns/Timberwolves lead Cable Sports TV Ratings for Wednesday January 7, 2015

NBA action on ESPN with the Houston Rockets at the LeBron-less Cleveland Cavaliers topped the cable sports networks on Wednesday with 1.413 million viewers and a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating.

Wednesday’s PTI was second with 1.138 million viewers and a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating

The late-night NBA Phoenix Suns vs. Minnesota Timberwolves averaged 1.073 million viewers and a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating.

Wednesday’s Around the Horn averaged 760,000 viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating.

The Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh Penguins NHL action on NBCSN averaged 690,000 viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating.

Cable Sports TV Ratings for Wednesday January 7, 2015:

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Note: viewership of around 100,000 or lower is technically what Nielsen refers to as a “scratch” i.e., not enough Nielsen panelists watched for Nielsen to validate it. There are around 20,000 homes in the Nielsen panel and a bit over 50,000 panelists, where 1 Nielsen panelist watching a whole telecast represents around 5,800 people.  So something averaging a million viewers averaged around 170 people out of the 50K+ panel — small, but still statistically significant. But when there’s a show with 30,000 viewers, that’s only around 5 or 6 Nielsen panelists…