Top 15 Cable Sports Programs - Week Of 04/29/13
NBA basketball once again dominates the Sports Cable Chart, taking 11 of the 15 spots with first round action. TNT benefited the most from the NBA coverage as nine of the games aired on the cable network. Only two of the 11 games drew less than 3.1 million viewers and the top three spots on the chart out performed the usually dominate WWE Raw, on USA.With half the teams eliminated, the NBA should have fewer games on next weeks chart, but they will take up most of the top of the chart with second round action.
WWE entertainment (Raw & Smackdown) collected the four remaining spots. RAW averaged 4.3 million viewers over its three hour telecast, while SMACKDOWN drew an average of 2.5 million on a friday night.
| Rank | Day | Show | Net | Time | Viewers* | A18-49 |
| 1 | Wed | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | TNT | 9:45 PM | 4.498 | 2.1 |
| 2 | Sat | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | TNT | 4.436 | 1.8 | |
| 3 | Thu | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | TNT | 10:51 PM | 4.361 | 2.0 |
| 4 | Mon | WWE Raw | USA | 9:00 PM | 4.311 | 1.7 |
| 5 | Mon | WWE Raw | USA | 8:00 PM | 4.287 | 1.5 |
| 6 | Mon | WWE Raw | USA | 10:00 PM | 4.257 | 1.7 |
| 7 | Thu | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | TNT | 8:10 PM | 4.120 | 1.7 |
| 8 | Fri | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | ESPN | 9:56 PM | 4.040 | 1.8 |
| 9 | Mon | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | TNT | 9:45 PM | 3.802 | 1.8 |
| 10 | Fri | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | ESPN | 7:00 PM | 3.500 | 1.5 |
| 11 | Wed | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | TNT | 7:10 PM | 3.462 | 1.5 |
| 12 | Tue | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | TNT | 10:47 PM | 3.149 | 1.4 |
| 13 | Tue | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | TNT | 8:09 PM | 2.964 | 1.2 |
| 14 | Mon | NBA Playoffs Rd 1 | TNT | 7:09 PM | 2.630 | 1.1 |
| 15 | Fri | WWE Smackdown | SYFY | 8:00 PM | 2.470 | 0.6 |
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