Top 15 Cable Sports Events: May 5 - 6, 2018

The NBA continues to dominate the sports TV scene, grabbing the top two spots on this weekend's chart. The Sunday night TNT game collected 4.4 million viewers and a 1.6 rating in Adults 18-49, while the ESPN Saturday afternoon game drew 3.6 million viewers and just under a 1.4 demo rating.

The NASCAR race, on FS1, did well, grabbing 2.8 million viewers, on Sunday afternoon. The Xfinity series race, ran a day earlier, drew 780,000.

Nice to see College Softball on the chart, with 580,000 viewers on Saturday night.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sun	NBA Playoffs: HOU v UTAH	TNT	8:00 PM	4,350	1.60
2	Sat	NBA Playoffs: BOS v PHI	ESPN	5:04 PM	3,619	1.37
3	Sun	NASCAR Cup Racing	FS1	1:45 PM	2,774	0.47
4	Sun	MLB: CHC v STL	ESPN	8:00 PM	1,422	0.35
5	Sun	NHL Playoffs: LV v SJ	NBCSN	7:31 PM	1,335	0.44
6	Sun	NHRA: Atlanta	FS1	6:21 PM	956	0.16
7	Sun	PGA Tour	GOLF	12:45 PM	893	0.09
8	Sat	NASCAR Xfinity Series	FS1	12:30 PM	783	0.12
9	Sat	NHL Playoffs: WIN v NAS	NBCSN	9:30 PM	714	0.25
10	Sat	LIGA MX	UND	9:54 PM	689	0.34
11	Sun	LIGA MX	UND	6:30 PM	659	0.28
12	Sat	PGA Tour	GOLF	1:00 PM	647	0.06
13	Sun	PBA Bowling	ESPN	12:00 PM	587	0.18
14	Sat	College Softball	ESPN	8:30 PM	575	0.20
15	Sun	Premier League: LIV v CHE	NBCSN	11:26 AM	574	0.21

* viewership (,000)