Top 15 Cable Sports Events: August 5-6, 2017

Only three cable sports events drew over one million viewers, with the NASCAR road races grabbing two for NBCSN. The Cup race drew 3.3 million viewers, on Sunday afternoon, while the Xfinity race collected 1.2 million, on Saturday.

MLB game took four spots on the chart, featuring two NL series. The ESPN game, ranking second overall with Dodgers vs Mets, hauled in 1.6 million viewers. The Nationals vs Cubs games on Sunday and Saturday, plus the Dodgers vs Mets game on Saturday, ranked 9th, 10th and 11th, respectively.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sun	NASCAR Cup Race	NBCSN	3:28 PM	3,250	0.6
2	Sun	MLB: LAD v NYM	ESPN	8:00 PM	1,605	0.4
3	Sat	NASCAR Xfinity Race	NBCSN	2:25 PM	1,200	0.2
4	Sat	UFC Fight Night	FS1	10:00 PM	859	0.3
5	Sat	Top Rank Boxing	ESPN	11:45 PM	728	0.3
6	Sat	UFC Fight Night	FS1	8:00 PM	633	0.2
7	Sun	PGA Tour	GOLF	12:00 PM	553	0.1
8	Sat	PGA Tour	GOLF	12:00 PM	539	0.1
9	Sun	MLB: WAS v CHC	TBS	2:00 PM	462	0.2
10	Sat	MLB: WAS v CHC	MLB	2:23 PM	398	0.1
11	Sat	MLB: LAD v NYM	FS1	4:00 PM	361	0.1
12	Sat	INTL Soccer Friendly	ESPN	12:25 PM	347	0.2
13	Sun	Soccer: ARS v CHE	FS1	8:49 AM	324	0.1
14	Sun	MLS: KAN v ATL	FS1	8:05 PM	323	0.1
15	Sat	LIGA MX: GUAD v NEC	UND	9:59 PM	319	0.1

* viewership (,000)