Sports, and specifically the NBA Playoffs, dominated the full cable ratings chart this week. The NBA Playoffs on TNT had the three most watched programs on TV. Add in ESPN coverage and the NBA Playoffs captured seven of the eight most watched programs of the week. In all, there were a total of nine games in this week's top 20 sports program chart.
After the WWE franchises, Major League Baseball Sunday night Baseball, on ESPN, and NBC Sports Network coverage of the NHL Playoffs round out this week's chart, grabbing 2.1 million viewers and 1.6 million viewers, respectively.
| Rank |
Day |
Show |
Net |
Time |
Viewers* |
A18-49 |
| 1 |
Wed |
NBA Playoffs-Rd 2 |
TNT |
7:00 PM |
5.47 |
2.3 |
| 2 |
Tue |
NBA Playoffs-Rd 2 |
TNT |
9:43 PM |
5.34 |
2.4 |
| 3 |
Wed |
NBA Playoffs-Rd 2 |
TNT |
9:49 PM |
5.27 |
2.4 |
| 4 |
Mon |
NBA Playoffs-Rd 2 |
TNT |
9:43 PM |
5.04 |
2.2 |
| 5 |
Sat |
NBA Playoffs-Rd 2 |
ESPN |
8:00 PM |
4.95 |
2.0 |
| 6 |
Mon |
NBA Playoffs-Rd 2 |
TNT |
7:00 PM |
4.87 |
2.1 |
| 7 |
Thu |
NBA Playoffs-Rd 2 |
TNT |
8:00 PM |
4.59 |
1.9 |
| 8 |
Mon |
WWE Raw |
USA |
10:00 PM |
4.25 |
1.6 |
| 9 |
Mon |
WWE Raw |
USA |
9:00 PM |
4.10 |
1.5 |
| 10 |
Tue |
NBA Playoffs-Rd 2 |
TNT |
7:00 PM |
4.05 |
1.7 |
| 11 |
Thu |
NBA Playoffs-Rd 2 |
ESPN |
10:36 PM |
3.79 |
1.7 |
| 12 |
Mon |
WWE Raw |
USA |
8:00 PM |
3.79 |
1.3 |
| 13 |
Fri |
WWE Smackdown |
SYFY |
8:00 PM |
2.44 |
0.6 |
| 14 |
Sun |
MLB Baseball |
ESPN |
8:00 PM |
2.07 |
0.6 |
| 15 |
Thu |
NHL Playoffs |
NBCSN |
7:30 PM |
1.64 |
0.8 |
* - in millions
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