College Basketball Ratings – Sports TV Ratings

Clippers-Rockets, Bulls-Cavs lead cable sports for Monday May 4, 2015

May 5, 2015

Two games of NBA second-round playoff action on TNT ruled cable sports on Monday with both visiting teams scoring game one victories. The Los Angeles Clippers win over the Houston Rockets averaged 4.661 million viewers and a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. The Chicago Bulls win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland averaged 4.594 million viewers and a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating. The Washington Capitals win over the New York Rangers in game three…

Bucks-Bulls, Grizzlies-Trail Blazers lead cable sports for Monday April 27, 2015

NBA first-round playoff action on TNT topped the cable sports grid for Monday with the Milwaukee Bucks’ win over the Chicago Bulls averaging 2.966 million viewers and a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating. The late game where the Portland Trail Blazers’ won over the Memphis Grizzlies averaged 2.578 million viewers and a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. Pardon the Interruption on ESPN averaged 1.042 million viewers and a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating and…

April 28, 2015

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Pelicans-Warriors, Bucks-Bulls lead cable sports for Monday April 20, 2015

NBA first-round playoff action on TNT topped the cable sports grid for Monday with the Golden State Warriors win over the New Orleans Pelicans on TNT averaging 4.073 million viewers and a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. The Chicago Bulls win over the Milwaukee Bucks averaged 3.222 million viewers and a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. Pardon the Interruption on ESPN averaged 967,000 viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating and the…

April 21, 2015

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Pardon the Interruption, Yankees-Orioles lead cable sports net ratings for Monday April 13, 2015

ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption led the cable sports networks on Monday with an average of 988,000 viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating, beating out Monday Night Baseball’s Yankees-Orioles matchup that averaged 899,000 viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating, Cable Sports TV Ratings for Monday April 13, 2015: This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster way to go if…

April 14, 2015

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(Updated) MLB opening Day viewership up 21% on ESPN – cable sports net ratings for Monday April 6, 2015

April 7, 2015

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OK, in primetime CBS partied like it was 1997, and Major League Baseball’s opening day was a huge hit in several local markets. But Blue Jays/Yankees and Mets/Washington fared worse with viewers and adults 18-49 than the typical 90-minute trio of Erik Rydholm shows. Update despite the snark above ESPN reports that: ESPN and ESPN2 combined to televise a four-game MLB Opening Day slate on Monday, April 6, which was up…

Heat-Cavs, Suns-Warriors, NIT Championship lead cable sports nets for Thursday April 2, 2015

April 3, 2015

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LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers easily breezed past LeBron’s former team, the Miami Heat, and the game on TNT easily led the sports cable TV landscape on Thursday averaging 1.994 million viewers and a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating. The late (10:49p ET start) Suns-Warriors matchup on TNT averaged 1.272 million and a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating. The NIT Championship, Bobby Knight’s last game as a commentator on ESPN, was a…

Women’s hoops (Tennessee-Maryland & Dayton-Connecticut), ‘Pardon the Interruption’ lead cable sports nets for Monday March 30, 2015

March 31, 2015

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Elite 8 women’s NCAA tournament action on ESPN led the cable sports networks on Monday with the Tennessee vs Maryland game averaging 1.54 million viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating and the Dayton-Connecticut game averaging 1.419 million viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49. Pardon the Interruption averaged 887,000 viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Monday March 30, 2015: This is sorted from most-watched…

Michigan State-Oklahoma, NC State-Louisville, Pardon the Interruption lead Cable Sports TV ratings for Friday March 27, 2015

March 30, 2015

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The night’s late Michigan State vs Oklahoma “Sweet 16” matchup where Michigan State prevailed on Friday led the cable sports landscape with 4.491 million viewers and a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating. The earlier game where Louisville won out over North Carolina State averaged 4.32 million viewers and a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating. On CBS, Gonzaga’s win over UCLA averaged 5.83 million viewers and Duke’s win over Utah averaged 7.59 million….

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