Par 3 Contest, Suns-Mavericks, CONCACAF lead cable sports nets for Wednesday April 8, 2015

The Par 3 Contest at Augusta National topped the cable sports nets for Wednesday with 1.085 million viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating.

NBA on ESPN: Phoenix Suns vs the Dallas Mavericks averaging 1.05 million viewers and a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating. The earlier Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons game averaged 740,000 viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating.

CONCACAF action on Univision Deportes averaged 762,000 and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating from 9:55p-12:00a.

The Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies MLB game on ESPN2 averaged 619,000 viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating. The San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers game (also on ESPN2) that saw Adrian Gonzales hit 3 homeruns averaged 543,000 viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating.

In NHL action on NBCSN, the Boston Bruins vs the Washington Capitals averaged 488,000 viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating.

Cable Sports TV Ratings for Wednesday April 8, 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…