Pardon the Interruption, Gonzaga-Pepperdine, SportsCenter, Around the Horn lead cable sports nets for Monday March 9, 2015

ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption averaged 1.127 million  viewers and a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating.

The WCC men’s college basketball tournament game on ESPN featuring Gonzaga vs Pepperdine averaged 941,000 viewers and 0.3 adults 18-49 rating.

The 6pm SportsCenter after PTI averaged 818,000 viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating. With Tony Reali back behind the mute buttons, Around the Horn averaged 797,000 viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating.

In women’s college hoops, UConn’s victory over South Florida in the AAC championship game averaged 599,000 viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating.

The FA Cup Manchester United vs Arsenal match averaged 402,000 viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating.

Cable Sports TV Ratings for Monday March 9, 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…