Primetime Cable Ratings: May 9, 2014
Sports programming was the dominate choice of most cable viewers, as five of the top 10 shows covered sports events. The top two sport were, of course, the NBA Playoffs, on ESPN. The two games averaged just under 4.1 million viewers and a 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49. The late game was the only cable program to attract an audience of over 3.5 million viewers.The second night of the NFL draft did drop a bit from Thursday night's first round coverage. ESPN and ESPN2 split the coverage to work around the NBA games, but still averaged around 2.9 million viewers for the night. Add in the NFL Network coverage and nearly 4 million viewers watched teams pick the future players of their favorite franchise.
SMACKDOWN, a bit over shadowed by the NBA and NFL, still managed to grab 2.3 million viewers, and secure the #7 spot of the night.
Outside of sports, Disney was the winner with it's entire primetime line up making the night's top 10 list. The network averaged 2.7 million viewers from 8 to 11 p.m.
| Rank | Show | Net | Time | Viewers* | A18-49 |
| 1 | NBA Playoffs - RD 2 | ESPN | 10:30 PM | 4.91 | 2.1 |
| 2 | NBA Playoffs - RD 2 | ESPN | 8:00 PM | 3.23 | 1.2 |
| 3 | NFL DRAFT | ESPN | 7:00 PM | 3.16 | 1.3 |
| 4 | Movie: Tangled | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 3.05 | 0.7 |
| 5 | NFL DRAFT | ESPN2 | 8:00 PM | 2.69 | 1.1 |
| 6 | Austin & Ally | DSNY | 9:45 PM | 2.30 | 0.5 |
| 7 | WWE Smackdown | SYFY | 8:00 PM | 2.28 | 0.7 |
| 8 | Dog with a Blog | DSNY | 10:00 PM | 2.08 | 0.4 |
| 9 | American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1.97 | 0.8 |
| 10 | Good Luck Charlie | DSNY | 10:30 PM | 1.91 | 0.4 |
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