Cardinals-Pirates, Wimbledon Men’s Final, Guatemala-Mexico Gold Cup lead cable sports for Sunday, July 12, 2015

July 14, 2015

ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball game, the last MLB game before the All Star break where the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals in 10 innings topped Sunday’s cable sports viewership with 2.216 million viewers and a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating. Six hours of coverage of Novak Djokovic’s win over Roger Federer in the Wimbledon men’s finals averaged 2.022 million viewers and a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating. At least for Nielsen/advertising…

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NASCAR Xfinity Series, Wimbledon, USA-Haiti Gold Cup , PTI lead Cable Sports TV ratings for Friday July 10, 2015

July 13, 2015

NASCAR Xfinity Series racing at Kentucky topped Friday cable sports viewership with 1.094 million viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating on NBCSN. Six hours of coverage of the Men’s Wimbledon Semifinal on ESPN averaged 1.057 million viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating. The USA men’s group stage match win over Haiti in the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Fox Sports 1 averaged 1.035 million viewers and a 0.4 adults…

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Giants-Nationals, PGA Greenbrier, SportsCenter, World Cup Tonight lead cable sports for Sunday, July 5, 2015

July 8, 2015

The San Francisco Giants losing to the Washington Nationals on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball led viewership of Sunday’s cable sports programming averaging 1.317 million viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating. An hour and a half of PGA Tour Coverage from the Greenbrier Classic averaged 940,000 and a 0.1 adults 18-49 rating. The SportsCenter that followed the baseball game on ESPN averaged 867,000 viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating….

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NASCAR Xfinity Daytona, Hot Dog Eating Contest, Wimbledon lead cable sports for Saturday July 4, 2015

July 8, 2015

NASCAR Xfinity Series racing at Daytona led viewership of all July 4th cable sports programming with 1.564 million viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating on NBCSN. The annual July 4th hot dog eating contest averaged 1.129 million viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating. 9.5 hours of tennis coverage at Wimbledon averaged 1.108 million viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Saturday July 4, 2015:…

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PGA Tour Greenbrier, Wimbledon, Mets-Dodgers, PTI lead Cable Sports TV ratings for Friday July 3, 2015

July 7, 2015

Tiger was smiling and a little over three hours of PGA Tour coverage of the Greenbrier Classic on Golf channel led cable sports on a Friday that was the start of a long three-day weekend with 1.032 million viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating. Coverage from Wimbledon on ESPN did nearly as well in viewers with 1.013 million and better with adults under 50 with a 0.3 adults 18-49…

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England-Canada Women’s World Cup, Bradley-Vargas Boxing, Australia-Japan lead cable sports for Saturday June 27, 2015

June 30, 2015

England’s win over Canada in the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup led all cable sports programming for the day averaging 1.354 million viewers and a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating on Fox Sports 1. As is typical with boxing on the premium channels, HBO split the Bradley/Vargas fight into several segments with the most-viewed one being the 47 minutes from 10:53-11:40p that averaged 1.121 million viewers. The Australia-Japan Women’s World Cup…

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Florida-Virginia CWS, China-Cameroon WWC lead cable sports for Saturday June 20, 2015

June 23, 2015

Haven’t seen the full day’s data yet but looks like the College World Series game between Florida and Virginia led all cable sports viewership for Saturday with 1.085 million viewers on ESPN. In Women’s World Cup on Fox Sports 1 China-Cameroon averaged 1.045 million viewers and Germany-Sweden averaged 912,000. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Saturday June 20, 2015: This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F)…

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NASCAR Xfinity Series College World Series, UFC Prelims lead cable sports for Saturday June 13, 2015

June 16, 2015

Kyle Busch won the NASCAR Xfinity Series racing event in Michigan and the race led all Saturday cable sports programming with 1.358 million viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating on Fox Sports 1. The primetime College World Series game between Miami and Florida on ESPN averaged 789,000 viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating. The afternoon Virginia-Arkansas game averaged 782,000 viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating. The UFC…

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