Weekly Sports Ratings: May 13 - 19, 2019

The NBA Playoffs dominate the sports week, as the conference Championships take the top five spots and six of the first eight. Three of the games draw over seven million viewers and just one, was under five million.

NBC got some mileage with the Preakness horse race, grabbing 5.4 million viewers, while CBS places two spots with its coverage of the PGA Championship.

ESPN always does well with the College Softball playoffs, with 14 games over the week.


Top Ten Events:

1. NBA: POR v GS (Thu) - 7.88m (2.9) ESPN
2. NBA: POR v GS (Tue) - 7.32m (2.8) ESPN
3. NBA: POR v GS (Sat) - 7.25m (2.6) ESPN
4. NBA: MIL v TOR (Sun) - 6.16m (2.1) TNT
5. NBA: MIL v TOR (Wed) -5.49m (2.0) TNT
6. Preakness (Sat) - 5.41m (0.7) NBC
7. PGA Champ (Sun) - 5.01m (0.8) CBS
8. NBA: MIL v TOR (Fri) - 4.39m (1.6) TNT
9. PGA Champ (Sat) - 3.36 (0.5) CBS
10. NASCAR Cup Racing (Sat) - 2.44m (0.4) FS1

Sport Specific Charts

NBA Playoffs POR v GS (Thu) - 7.88m (2.9) ESPN POR v GS (Tue) - 7.32m (2.8) ESPN POR v GS (Sat) - 7.25m (2.6) ESPN	Golf PGA Champ (Sun) - 5.01m (0.8) CBS PGA Champ (Sat) - 3.36m (0.5) CBS PGA Champ (Fri) - 1.46m (0.2) TNT
Motor Racing NASCAR Race 2 (Sat) - 2.44m (0.4) FS1 NASCAR Race 1 (Sat) - 1.21m (0.2) FS1 IndyCar Quals (Sun) - 1.00m (0.2) NBC	Major League Baseball FOX Regional (Sat) - 2.36m (0.4) FOX CHC v WAS (Sun) - 1.31m (0.3) ESPN MIL v PHI (Mon) - 0.79m (0.2) ESPN
NHL Playoffs BOS v CAR (Tue) - 1.90m (0.6) NBCSN BOS v CAR (Thu) - 1.86m (0.6) NBCSN STL v SJ (Sun) - 1.81m (0.5) NBC	College Softball OK v WI (Sun) - 0.70m (0.2) LSU v TT (Sun) - 0.67m (0.2) FSU v SC (Sun) - 0.61m (0.2)