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.
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 |
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