Top 15 Cable Sports Events: May 5 - 7, 2017

Although there was a nice variety of events making this weekend's top 15, the NBA dominated the sports viewership. All four games claimed the top spots, averaging 4.5 million viewers for the weekend. Only the Cubs vs Yankees game, on Sunday Night Baseball, came close with 2.4 million viewers.

The NHL Playoffs are not attracting as many viewers, but they two had for games in the top 15. Those for games averaged about 850,000 viewers. Only the Preditors vs Blues match drew over one million viewers.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sun	NBA Playoffs: SA v HOU	TNT	9:08 PM	4,936	1.91
2	Fri	NBA Playoffs: SA v HOU	ESPN	9:41 PM	4,907	1.92
3	Sun	NBA Playoffs: BOS v WAS	TNT	6:30 PM	4,567	1.76
4	Fri	NBA Playoffs: CLE v TOR	ESPN	6:59 PM	3,642	1.42
5	Sun	MLB: NYY v CHC	ESPN	8:00 PM	2,426	0.68
6	Fri	NHL Playoffs: NASH v STL	NBCSN	8:03 PM	1,112	0.44
7	Sat	NHL Playoffs: NYR v OTT	NBCSN	3:00 PM	999	0.32
8	Sun	PL Soccer: MAN U v ARS	NBCSN	10:57 AM	767	0.34
9	Sun	NHL Playoffs: ANA v EDM	NBCSN	7:00 PM	743	0.28
10	Sun	PGA TOUR	GOLF	12:54 PM	570	0.08
11	Fri	NHL Playoffs: EDM v ANA	NBCSN	10:45 PM	568	0.26
12	Sun	PBA Bowling	ESPN	1:00 PM	551	0.16
13	Sat	PGA TOUR	GOLF	12:52 PM	472	0.06
14	Sun	PL Soccer: SHAM v LIV	NBCSN	8:24 AM	358	0.16
15	Fri	MLB: NYY v CHC	MLB	2:21 PM	355	0.06

* viewership (,000)