Weekly Cable Sports Ratings: April 8 - 14, 2019

The NBA second season is underway and playoff fever is spreading on cable TV. First round games take six of the first eight spots, with TNT getting the #2 and #3 spots with it's Sunday night primetime games.

ESPN's early coverage of THE MASTERS scored 2.5 million viewers on a Thursday afternoon, ranking 4th, and 3.2 million on Friday, ranking #1. Looking off the chart, CBS scored 10.8 million viewers for its coverage of Tiger Woods winning the prestigious tournament, on Sunday, and 8.6 for Saturday afternoon coverage.

The NHL is also in playoff season and it took four spots in the top 21.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
40	Fri	Masters Golf	ESPN	3:00 PM	3,228	0.57
1	Sun	NBA Playoffs: UTA v HOU	TNT	9:38 PM	3,040	1.27
2	Sun	NBA Playoffs: DET v MIL	TNT	7:08 PM	2,663	1.04
3	Thu	Masters Golf	ESPN	3:00 PM	2,482	0.46
4	Sat	NBA Playoffs: ORL v TOR	ESPN	5:19 PM	2,444	1.02
5	Sat	NBA Playoffs: Nets/76Ers	ESPN	2:40 PM	2,043	0.83
6	Sat	NBA Playoffs: SA v DEN	ESPN	10:30 PM	1,828	0.82
7	Sun	NBA Playoffs: IN v BOS	TNT	1:08 PM	1,806	0.69
8	Tue	NBA: HOU v OKC	TNT	9:39 PM	1,325	0.56
9	Sun	MLB: NYM v ATL	ESPN	7:33 PM	1,232	0.32
10	Sat	UFC PPV Prelims	ESPN	8:00 PM	893	0.39
11	Sun	NHL Playoffs: TB/COL	NBCSN	7:01 PM	884	0.27
12	Wed	NBA Playoffs: ORL v CAR	ESPN	8:13 PM	873	0.34
13	Wed	NBA Playoffs: MIN v DEN	ESPN	10:38 PM	846	0.35
14	Mon	MLB: NYY v HOU	ESPN	7:00 PM	823	0.25
15	Wed	NHL Playoffs: PIT v NYI	NBCSN	7:29 PM	717	0.28
16	Sun	MLB: STL v CIN	ESPN	4:00 PM	696	0.21
17	Sun	LIGA MX	UND	7:00 PM	694	0.29
18	Tue	MLB : NYY v HOU	ESPN	8:00 PM	688	0.21
19	Tue	NBA: BOS v WAS	TNT	7:14 PM	647	0.24
20	Thu	NHL Playoffs: TOR v BOS	NBCSN	6:55 PM	640	0.23
21	Fri	NHL Playoffs: PIT v NYI	NBCSN	7:28 PM	626	0.23
22	Wed	Copa MX	UND	9:56 PM	623	0.28
23	Wed	Masters Golf	ESPN	3:00 PM	618	0.12
24	Thu	NHL Playoffs: COL v CAL	NBCSN	10:06 PM	556	0.24
25	Sun	NHL Playoffs: SJ v LV	NBCSN	10:05 PM	555	0.23
26	Sun	PL: Chel v Liv	NBCSN	11:21 AM	555	0.22
27	Fri	NASCAR Xfinity	FS1	6:51 PM	543	0.09
28	Thu	NHL Playoffs: CAR v WAS	USA	7:30 PM	503	0.21
29	Sat	NHL Playoffs: COL v CAL	NBCSN	10:30 PM	491	0.22
30	Fri	NHL Playoffs: LV v SJ	NBCSN	10:38 PM	480	0.21
31	Wed	NHL Playoffs: COL v TB	USA	7:00 PM	475	0.17
32	Sat	LIGA MX	UND	9:55 PM	442	0.18
33	Sun	Indycar	NBCSN	4:41 PM	436	0.07
34	Tue	MLB: TOR v BOS	ESPN	2:00 PM	425	0.12
35	Wed	NHL Playoffs: LV v SJ	NBCSN	10:48 PM	401	0.18
36	Sun	Masters Golf	GOLF	2:53 PM	398	0.07
37	Wed	UEFA Champs League	TNT	2:39 PM	392	0.16
38	Tue	UEFA Champs League	TNT	2:39 PM	388	0.19
39	Sat	NHL Playoffs: DAL v NAS	CNBC	6:00 PM	371	0.15
40	Fri	NHL Playoffs: COL v TB	CNBC	7:00 PM	359	0.14

* viewership (,000)