Top 15 Cable Sports Events: October 15 - 16, 2016
Major League Baseball tops the sports weekend list, taking the top three spots, with the three LCS games played over the weekend. The Sunday night game 2 of the NLCS was the #1 sports contest, collecting a 2.1 rating in Adults 18-49, along with 7.3 million total viewers. The previous night's NLCS game is #2, with over 5.9 million viewers.
College Football is the main draw of sports fans on the weekend, taking 9 of the top 15 spots. ESPN claimed seven of those games, with FS1 presenting the other two.
Surprisingly, the WNBC Championship game, featuring Minnesota vs LA, ranked11th overall, with over 500,000 viewers. It was pitted against both the Cubs vs Dodgers game and NBC's Sunday Night Football.
College Football is the main draw of sports fans on the weekend, taking 9 of the top 15 spots. ESPN claimed seven of those games, with FS1 presenting the other two.
Surprisingly, the WNBC Championship game, featuring Minnesota vs LA, ranked11th overall, with over 500,000 viewers. It was pitted against both the Cubs vs Dodgers game and NBC's Sunday Night Football.
Rank | Day | Show | Net | Time | P2* | A18-49 |
1 | Sun | NLCS: LA v CHI Game 2 | FS1 | 8:00 PM | 7,291 | 2.1 |
2 | Sat | NLCS: LA v CHI Game 1 | FS1 | 8:01 PM | 5,924 | 1.6 |
3 | Sat | ALCS: TOR v CLE Game 2 | TBS | 4:00 PM | 2,608 | 0.6 |
4 | Sat | NCAA Football: O'MISS v ARK | ESPN | 7:04 PM | 2,540 | 0.8 |
5 | Sat | NCAA Football: KAN St. v OK | ESPN | 12:00 PM | 1,775 | 0.5 |
6 | Sat | NCAA Football: UCLA v WASH St. | ESPN | 10:54 PM | 1,311 | 0.4 |
7 | Sat | NCAA Football: WAKE v FL St. | ESPN | 3:30 PM | 961 | 0.3 |
8 | Sat | NCAA Football: WV/TEX T | FS1 | 11:59 AM | 834 | 0.3 |
9 | Sat | NCAA Football: IOWA v PUR | ESPN2 | 12:00 PM | 631 | 0.2 |
10 | Sun | LIGA MX: PUEB v GUAD | UND | 6:52 PM | 550 | 0.3 |
11 | Sun | WNBA Champ: MIN V LA | ESPN | 8:30 PM | 513 | 0.1 |
12 | Sat | LIGA MX: USA v TIJ | UND | 9:55 PM | 464 | 0.2 |
13 | Sat | NCAA Football:: TUL v HOU | ESPN2 | 7:20 PM | 454 | 0.1 |
14 | Sat | NCAA Football: | ESPN2 | 4:02 PM | 449 | 0.1 |
15 | Sat | NCAA Football: KAN v BAY | FS1 | 3:44 PM | 364 | 0.1 |
* viewership (,000)
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