Cavs-Hawks, Lightning-Rangers, Rangers-Yankees lead cable sports nets for Sunday May 24, 2015

Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals where the Cleveland Cavaliers won over the Atlanta Hawks to take a 3-0 series lead topped all cable sports on Sunday with 7.762 million viewers and a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating. Game 5 of the NHL’s Eastern Conference Finals where the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers to take a 3-2 series lead averaged 1.575 million viewers and a 0.5…

May 27, 2015
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Tigers-Cardinals, NASCAR Xfinity Series lead cable sports nets for Sunday May 17, 2015

ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball where the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Detroit Tigers 2-1 was Sunday’s most-watched cable sports telecast with 2.319M viewers. NASCAR Xfinity Series racing in Iowa averaged 1.244 million on FS1. In MLS action on ESPN2 Orlando City SC vs Los Angeles Galaxy averaged 172,000 viewers. The Philadelphia Union vs DC United match on FS1 averaged 153,000 (the ESPN2 telecast lasted 118 minutes, the FS1 telecast was…

May 19, 2015
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Rockets-Clippers lead cable sports nets for Sunday May 10, 2015

Despite the Los Angeles Clippers blowing out the Houston Rockets by 33 points on Sunday night to take a 3-1 series lead in their second-round dual, the game on TNT easily topped cable sports for the day with an average of 5.03 million viewers and a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. On NBCSN the New York Rangers 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals to deadlock their second-round NHL Stanley Cup Playoff series…

May 12, 2015
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Yankees-Red Sox, Wild-Blackhawks lead cable sports nets for Sunday May 3, 2015

The New York Yankees win over the Boston Red Sox on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball led cable sports for the day with an average of 2.278 million viewers. The Minnesota Wild vs Chicago Blackhawks game in primetime on NBCSN averaged 2.045 million viewers. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Sunday Sunday May 3, 2015: This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster…

May 5, 2015
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Rockets-Mavs, Mets-Yankees, Raptors-Wizards lead cable sports nets for Sunday April 26, 2015

NBA first round playoff action on TNT led the cable sports world on Sunday with an average of 3.75 million viewers and a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating.  In total viewers ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball with the conclusion of the weekend’s New York Mets vs New York Yankees “subway series” averaged 2.449 million viewers and a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating, Update: Several have asked about viewership for ESPN2’s ESports Heroes of the…

April 28, 2015
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Spurs-Clippers, Trail Blazers-Grizzlies, Nets-Hawks, NASCAR lead cable sports nets for Sunday April 19, 2015

April 21, 2015

A trio of NBA games on TNT topped the cable sports landscape on Sunday led by the late (~10:45p ET start) San Antonio Spurs vs Los Angeles Clippers game with 3.774 million viewers and a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating. The Portland Trail Blazers vs Memphis Grizzlies game averaged 3.594 million viewers and a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating. The Brooklyn Nets vs Atlanta Hawks game averaged 3.389 million viewers with a…

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Red Sox-Yankees, Manchester United vs Manchester City lead cable sports nets for Sunday April 12, 2015

Sunday Night Baseball action on ESPN featuring (surprise!) the Boston Red Sox vs the New York Yankees averaged 2.291 million viewers and a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating. In Premier League action the Manchester United vs Manchester City match on NBCSN at 11a ET averaged 1.133 million viewers, which looks to be the Premier League cable record with some room to spare (previous record was 1.0 million done by both NBCSN…

April 14, 2015
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Cardinals-Cubs, UConn-Maryland, Notre Dame-South Carolina lead cable sports nets for Sunday April 5, 2015

April 7, 2015

The St. Louis Cardinals vs the Chicago Cubs on opening night of the Major League Baseball season led Sunday cable sports with an average of 3.354 million viewers and a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. In the women’s NCAA basketball tournament semifinals, Connecticut’s win over Maryland averaged 2.395 million viewers and a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating and Notre Dame’s win over South Carolina averaged 2.024 million viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating….

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