Home Run Derby down but still tops cable sports TV ratings for Monday July 11, 2016

The 5.524 million for the Home Run Derby was down versus last year’s 7.1 million and barely ahead of the record-low 5.4 million the rain-delayed 2014 Derby scored. But it was still enough to easily lead cable sports viewership for the night.

Cable Sports TV Ratings for Monday July 11, 2016:

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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 40,000 homes in the Nielsen panel and a bit over 100,000 panelists, where 1 Nielsen panelist watching a whole telecast represents around 3,000 people. So something averaging a million viewers averaged around 370 people out of the ~100K panel — small, but still statistically significant. But when there’s a show with 30,000 viewers, that’s only around 10 Nielsen panelists…