Primetime Cable Ratings: April 28, 2016

The regular season is still over four months away, but the NFL was #1 on Thursday night, with its annual college draft. Cover by by both ESPN and the NFL Network, a total of 8.3 million viewers tuned into the first round selections of each team. ESPN, alone, hauled in 6.3 million viewers and a strong 2.7 rating in Adults 18-49 and a solid 3.8 rating in Men 18-49. As good as those numbers are, they are down from last year. ESPN dropped 700,000 viewers and two tents of a point in the A18-49 demo. Some of that was made up by the NFL Network, which added 200k in total viewership.

Sticking with sports, the lone NBA Playoff game of the night, on TNT, collected 1.9 million viewers and ranked 6th on the night. over on NBC Sports Network, the NHL Playoff game of Pittsburg and Washington drew a relatively solid 1.5 million viewers.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
10	60 Days In	A&E	10:00 PM	1,599	0.8
24	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	9:00 PM	1,175	0.5
23	The Cleveland Show	ADSM	9:30 PM	1,189	0.5
19	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1,413	0.6
12	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1,545	0.7
1	NFL Draft: Day 1	ESPN	8:00 PM	6,289	2.7
28	CHOPPED	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,017	0.3
30	Beat Bobby Flay	FOOD	10:00 PM	1,004	0.3
2	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,989	0.2
3	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,381	0.2
7	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,935	0.2
21	Flip or Flop	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,249	0.3
17	Flip or Flop	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,448	0.4
15	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,477	0.4
18	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,432	0.3
8	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,680	0.3
11	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,562	0.3
14	ALONE	HIST	9:00 PM	1,507	0.5
16	Project Runway All-Stars	LIFE	9:00 PM	1,463	0.4
26	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,094	0.2
13	NHL Playoffs: PIT v WAS	NBCSN	8:01 PM	1,520	0.6
5	NFL Draft: Day 1	NFL	8:00 PM	2,039	0.9
20	Life Below Zero	NGC	9:00 PM	1,382	0.2
22	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,243	0.5
9	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,626	0.6
27	2 Broke Girls	TBS	10:00 PM	1,033	0.4
29	NBA Pre-game	TNT	8:00 PM	1,013	0.3
6	NBA Playoffs: ATL v BOS	TNT	8:09 PM	1,944	0.7
25	Inside the NBA Playoffs	TNT	10:49 PM	1,144	0.5
4	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,109	0.6