Top 15 Cable Sports Events: April 28-30, 2017

The NFL dominated this weekends sports landscape, with day two and three of the 2017 NFL draft, airing over three networks. Between ESPN, ESPN2 and the NFL Network Day 2 coverage drew 4.1 million viewers, Friday evening. All three streams placed within the top 7 of the weekend.

The first round of the NBA Playoffs is still going. The Clippers vs Jazz game, on Friday night was the #1 sports event on cable, collecting 2.8 million viewers for ESPN. Earlier that night, the Bulls vs Celtics game, ranking 4th overall, produced 2.2 million viewers.

The lower half of the chart has a nice mixture of events, from the PGA to Boxing to Premiere League soccer. But, only the NASCAR Xfinity race, ranking 8th, drew over one million viewers.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Fri	NBA Playoffs: LAC v UTAH	ESPN	10:34 PM	2,836	1.1
2	Sun	MLB: CHI v BOS	ESPN	8:00 PM	2,453	0.7
3	Fri	NFL Draft Day 2	ESPN	7:00 PM	2,332	0.9
4	Fri	NBA Playoffs: BOS v CHI	ESPN	8:00 PM	2,218	0.9
5	Fri	NFL Draft Day 2	ESPN2	8:00 PM	2,210	0.9
6	Sat	NFL Draft: Day 3	ESPN	12:00 PM	1,610	0.6
7	Fri	NFL Draft Day 2	NFL	7:00 PM	1,568	0.6
8	Sat	NASCAR Xfinity Series	FS1	1:00 PM	1,065	0.1
9	Sat	NFL Draft Day3	NFL	12:00 PM	902	0.3
10	Sun	NHL Playoffs: ANA v EDM	NBCSN	7:00 PM	803	0.3
11	Sun	PGA Tour	GOLF	7:00 PM	771	0.1
12	Fri	NHL Playoffs: NASH v STL	NBCSN	8:03 PM	748	0.3
13	Sat	MLB: CH v BOS	FS1	4:00 PM	738	0.2
14	Sat	WCB: Joshua v Klits	HBO	11:08 PM	738	0.2
15	Sun	PL Soccer: ARS v TOT	NBCSN	11:27 AM	674	0.3

* viewership (,000)