West Virginia-Maryland, Oregon-Wisconsin, UNI-Louisville lead cable sports nets for Sunday March 22, 2015

West Virginia’s win over Maryland Sunday night on TNT led all cable sports programming on Sunday avedraging 3.79 million viewers and a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating. Wisconsin’s win over Oregon on truTV averaged 3.502 million viewers and a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating.

Louisville’s win over Northern Iowa on TBS averaged 2.889 million viewers and a 1.0 adults 18-9 rating and Oklahoma’s victory over Dayton on TNT averaged 2.805 million viewers and a 1.0 adults 18-49 rating.  Gonzaga’s win over Iowa on TBS averaged 2.47 million viewers and a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating.

In Premier League matches on NBCSN Liverpool vs Manchester United averaged nearly a million viewers (950,000) and a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating. Hull City vs Chelsea averaged 604,000 viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating.

In NHL action on NBCSN the Anaheim Ducks vs New York Rangers averaged 386,000 viewers and a 0.1 adults 18-49 rating.

Cable Sports TV Ratings for Sunday March 22, 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…