Top 15 Cable Sports Events: May 19 - 21, 2017

All three NBA playoff games played on cable, top this weekend's sports chart. TNT's two Eastern Conference games averaged six million viewers, while the lone ESPN game drew 6.3 million viewers. All three games posted ratings at a 2.0, or better, in the A18-49 demographic, with the Sunday game on TNT topped all shows with a 2.9 rating.

ESPN pushed four College Softball games into the top 15, as the post-season tournament begins. the games averaged over 600,000 viewers for the first round games.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sun	NBA Playoffs: BOS v CLE	TNT	8:30 PM	6,997	2.9
2	Sat	NBA Playoffs: GS v SA	ESPN	8:59 PM	6,332	2.1
3	Fri	NBA Playoffs:  CLE v BOS	TNT	8:30 PM	5,096	2.0
4	Sat	NASCAR Cup Racing	FS1	8:05 PM	2,868	0.6
5	Sat	NASCARCup Racing	FS1	5:55 PM	1,711	0.3
6	Fri	NHL Playoffs: PIT v OTT	NBCSN	8:00 PM	1,546	0.6
7	Sun	MLB: TEX v DET	ESPN	8:00 PM	1,212	0.3
8	Sun	LIGA MX: GUAD v TOL	UND	6:31 PM	747	0.4
9	Sun	PGA TOUR	GOLF	1:00 PM	733	0.1
10	Fri	NCWTS Racing	FS1	8:30 PM	669	0.1
11	Sun	NCAA Softball Reg.: OK v NDS	ESPN	2:30 PM	637	0.2
12	Sun	NCAA Softball Reg.: FS v GA	ESPN	12:00 PM	634	0.2
13	Sat	NCAA Softball Reg.: MIN v AL	ESPN	12:30 PM	616	0.2
14	Fri	Bellator MMA 179	SPIKE	9:00 PM	607	0.2
15	Sat	NCAA Softball Reg.: OK v ARK	ESPN2	9:46 PM	570	0.1

* viewership (,000)