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NBA on TNT

Monday, May 11, 2015

Eastern Conference Second Round Game 4: Atlanta Hawks @ Washington Wizards (7:00-9:41 p.m.)
2.1 household rating, 3.147 million viewers
-43% from 5.540 million of Miami at Brooklyn Game 4 on 05/12/14

Western Conference Second Round Game 4: Golden State Warriors @ Memphis Grizzlies (9:41 p.m.-12:11 a.m.)
3.32 household rating, 4.972 million viewers
+15% from 4.327 million of San Antonio at Portland Game 4 on 05/12/14

“Inside the NBA Playoffs” (12:11-12:54 a.m.)
1.6 household rating, 2.203 million viewers
+29% from 1.711 million on 05/12/14

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Eastern Conference Second Round Game 5: Chicago Bulls @ Cleveland Cavaliers (7:00-9:43 p.m.)
3.79 household rating, 5.921 million viewers
+69% from 3.501 million of Washington at Indiana Game 4 on 05/13/14

Western Conference Second Round Game 5: Los Angeles Clippers @ Houston Rockets (9:43 p.m.-12:24 a.m.)
3.60 household rating, 5.457 million viewers
-13% from 6.261 million of L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City Game 5 on 05/13/14

“Inside the NBA Playoffs” (12:24-1:17 a.m.)
1.4 household rating, 1.993 million viewers
-31% from 2.869 million on 05/13/14

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Eastern Conference Second Round Game 5: Washington Wizards @ Atlanta Hawks (8:00-10:40 p.m.)
2.64 household rating, 3.823 million viewers
-21% from 4.856 million of Brooklyn at Miami Game 5 on 05/14/14

Western Conference Second Round Game 5: Memphis Grizzlies @ Golden State Warriors (10:40 p.m.-1:07 a.m.)
3.16 household rating, 4.730 million viewers
-6% from 5.048 million of Portland at San Antonio Game 5 on 05/14/14

“Inside the NBA Playoffs” (1:07-1:53 a.m.)
1.4 household rating, 1.986 million viewers
-17% from 2.381 million on 05/14/14

NBATV Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 NBA GAMETIME Sun 7:28PM- 8:00PM 32 0.1 229
2 GAMETIME LIVE PLAYOFF POSTGAME: 2015 LAC/HOU Game 7-Round 2 Sun 6:21PM- 7:28PM 67 0.1 223
3 NBA GAMETIME Sun 8:00PM- 8:30PM 30 0.1 170
4 NBA PLAYOFFS PLAYBACK: 2015 GSW/MEM Game 6-Round 2 Sun 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.1 131
5 NBA GAMETIME Sat 10:00PM-10:30PM 30 0.1 123
6 NBA GAMETIME Sun 8:30PM- 9:00PM 30 0.1 122
7 NBA PLAYOFFS PLAYBACK: 2015 ATL/WSH Game 6-Round 2 Sun 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.1 118
8 NBA PLAYOFFS PLAYBACK: 2015 HOU/LAC Game 6-Round 2 Sat 2:30PM- 3:30PM 60 0.1 109
9 NBA GAMETIME LIVE Wed 7:00PM- 8:00PM 60 0.1 101
10 NBA SPECIAL: Larry Bird 50 Greatest Moments Mon 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.1 100
30 NBA INSIDE STUFF (premiere) Sat 12:00PM-12:30PM 30 0.0 64
33 2015 NBA DRAFT COMBINE Day 1 Sat 3:30PM- 6:30PM 180 0.1 61
33 2015 NBA DRAFT COMBINE Day 2 Sat 11:00PM- 2:00AM 180 0.0 61
42 2015 NBA DRAFT COMBINE Special Wed 4:30PM- 6:30PM 120 0.1 56
96 2015 NBA DRAFT COMBINE Special Wed 8:00PM-10:00PM 120 0.0 36
142 EUROLEAGUE FINAL FOUR: Real Madrid vs. Fenebahce Ulker Istanbul Fri 7:00PM- 9:00PM 120 0.0 26
149 2015 NBA DRAFT COMBINE Special Tue 1:00PM- 3:00PM 120 0.0 25
174 EUROLEAGUE FINAL FOUR: Euroleague Final Sun 3:30PM- 5:51PM 141 0.0 20
182 2015 NBA DRAFT COMBINE Special Thu 8:00PM-10:00PM 120 0.0 18
214 2015 NBA DRAFT COMBINE Special Tue 7:00PM- 9:00PM 120 0.0 8

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NBA TV is up 10 percent (54,000 vs. 49,000) from one week earlier and down 5 percent (54,000 vs. 57,000) from the same week one year ago (May 12-18, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NBA TV is even (42,000 vs. 42,000) from one week earlier and down 2 percent (42,000 vs. 43,000) from the same week one year ago (May 12-18, 2014).

Early evening telecasts of “The Starters” (May 11-15) averaged 40,000 viewers for the week (prior week: 40,000). Live telecasts of “NBA Gametime” (May 11-17) averaged 58,000 viewers (prior week: 65,000). Playoff postgame coverage on “Gametime Live” (May 11-15 & 17) averaged 44,000 (prior week: 58,000 viewers).

Golf Channel Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 PGA TOUR: 2015 Wells Fargo Championship Sun 1:00PM- 2:30PM 90 0.6 788
2 PGA TOUR: 2015 Wells Fargo Championship Sat 1:00PM- 2:30PM 90 0.5 617
3 GC PREGAME LIVE Sun 2:30PM- 3:09PM 39 0.4 575
4 PGA TOUR: 2015 Wells Fargo Championship Fri 2:58PM- 7:00PM 242 0.4 472
5 GC PREGAME LIVE Sat 2:30PM- 2:58PM 28 0.3 455
6 PGA TOUR: 2015 Wells Fargo Championship Thu 2:58PM- 7:00PM 242 0.2 302
7 GOLF CENTRAL PREGAME Sun 11:26AM- 1:00PM 94 0.2 226
8 LPGA TOUR: 2015 Kingsmill Championship Sun 5:32PM- 8:12PM 160 0.2 224
9 TOUR REPLAY: Players Championship Final Mon 1:00PM- 6:00PM 300 0.1 180
10 GOLF CENTRAL PREGAME Fri 2:30PM- 2:58PM 28 0.1 178
11 LPGA TOUR: 2015 Kingsmill Championship Sat 5:00PM- 7:00PM 120 0.1 177
12 WEB.COM TOUR: 2015 BMW Charity Pro-Am Sat 7:00PM- 9:00PM 120 0.1 172
13 LPGA TOUR: 2015 Kingsmill Championship Fri 9:00PM-11:00PM 120 0.1 160
15 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Regions Tradition Sat 2:58PM- 5:00PM 122 0.1 147
16 LPGA TOUR: 2015 Kingsmill Championship Thu 9:00PM-11:00PM 120 0.1 146
18 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Regions Tradition Fri 12:30PM- 2:30PM 120 0.1 128
22 WEB.COM TOUR: 2015 BMW Charity Pro-Am Sun 8:12PM-10:12PM 120 0.1 109
23 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Regions Tradition Sun 3:09PM- 5:32PM 143 0.1 107
25 GOLF FIX Mon 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.1 99
26 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Regions Tradition Thu 12:30PM- 2:30PM 120 0.1 96
26 GOLF CHANNEL ACADEMY: Paul McGinley-Short Game Mon 7:30PM- 8:00PM 30 0.1 96
29 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Open de Espana Sun 7:00AM-11:26AM 266 0.1 89
33 WEB.COM TOUR: 2015 BMW Charity Pro-Am Fri 7:00PM- 9:00PM 120 0.1 86
35 GOLF CHANNEL ACADEMY: Paul McGinley-Putting Mon 7:00PM- 7:30PM 30 0.1 81
37 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Open de Espana Sat 7:30AM-11:38AM 248 0.1 78
37 WEB.COM TOUR: 2015 BMW Charity Pro-Am Thu 7:00PM- 9:00PM 120 0.1 78
48 GOLF’S GREATEST ROUNDS: 2000 U.S. Open Tue 9:00PM-11:00PM 120 0.0 54
50 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Open de Espana Fri 9:30AM-12:30PM 180 0.1 52
55 BEN CRENSHAW: A Walk Through Augusta Wed 7:00PM- 8:00PM 60 0.0 49
60 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Open de Espana Thu 9:30AM-12:30PM 180 0.0 45
62 MISC TOURNAMENT: 2015 LET Buick Championship Wed 11:00AM- 1:00PM 120 0.0 43
68 GOLFING WORLD Wed 5:00PM- 5:30PM 30 0.0 40
72 MISC TOURNAMENT: Ace Shootout Skills Challenge Tue 5:00PM- 6:00PM 60 0.0 38
74 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Open de Espana Thu 5:30AM- 6:00AM 30 0.0 35
80 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Open de Espana Fri 6:00AM- 7:30AM 90 0.0 28
95 MISC TOURNAMENT: 2015 LET Buick Championship Tue 11:00AM- 1:00PM 120 0.0 22
98 FEHERTY: Al Michaels Wed 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.0 20
105 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Open de Espana Thu 6:00AM- 7:30AM 90 0.0 18
107 FEHERTY: Tim Finchem Wed 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.0 16
126 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Open de Espana Wed 5:30AM- 6:00AM 30 0.0 4
131 MISC TOURNAMENT: 2015 LET Buick Championship Tue 5:00AM- 6:00AM 60 0.0 0

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), Golf Channel is down 45 percent (94,000 vs. 170,000) from one week earlier and down 31 percent (94,000 vs. 136,000) from the same week one year ago (May 12-18, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Golf Channel is down 43 percent (101,000 vs. 177,000) from one week earlier and down 6 percent (101,000 vs. 107,000) from the same week one year ago (May 12-18, 2014).

Most-watched telecast per day for “The Morning Drive” (May 11-17) averaged 46,000 viewers (prior week: 68,000) and “Golf Central” at 6 p.m. (May 11-13) averaged 72,000.

MLB Network Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: Boston at Seattle or Chicago White Sox at Oakland Sat 9:00PM-12:00AM 180 0.2 311
2 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City or Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs Sun 2:00PM- 5:16PM 196 0.2 309
3 SHOWCASE GAME: N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs or San Francisco at Houston Tue 8:00PM-11:07PM 187 0.2 287
4 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: Detroit at St. Louis or Cleveland at Texas Fri 8:00PM-11:42PM 222 0.2 259
5 BLEACHER FEATURE MOVIE: Field of Dreams Sat 1:00PM- 3:00PM 120 0.2 252
6 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs Fri 2:20PM- 7:23PM 303 0.2 242
7 QUICK PITCH Sat 12:00AM- 1:04AM 64 0.2 228
8 MLB TONIGHT PRIME Sat 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.1 203
9 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: San Francisco at Cincinnati or N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay Thu 7:00PM-10:10PM 190 0.1 195
10 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME Tue 11:07PM-12:10AM 63 0.1 180
18 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: Boston at Oakland or Washington at Arizona Wed 3:33PM- 6:12PM 159 0.1 146
29 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: Minnesota at Detroit or Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Thu 1:00PM- 4:12PM 192 0.1 122

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), MLB Network is down 4 percent (199,000 vs. 208,000) from one week earlier and down 11 percent (199,000 vs. 224,000) from the same week one year ago (May 12-18, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), MLB Network is up 17 percent (121,000 vs. 103,000) from one week earlier and up 22 percent (121,000 vs. 99,000) from the same week one year ago (May 12-18, 2014).

Viewership averages for the following MLB Network programs of the week:

  • “MLB Central” (May 11-15): 70,000 (prior week: 47,000)
  • “High Heat” (May 11-15): 77,000 (prior week: 56,000)
  • “Rundown” (May 11-13): 82,000 (prior week: 50,000)
  • “MLB Now” (May 11-12 & 14): 89,000 (prior week: 54,000)
  • “Intentional Talk” (May 11-12 & 14): 91,000 (prior week: 73,000)
  • “MLB Tonight BP” (May 11-12 & 14-16): 137,000 (prior week: 93,000)
  • “MLB Tonight” (May 11-16 prime time): 144,000 (prior week: 138,000)
  • “MLB Tonight Weekend Afternoon” (May 16-17): 141,000 (May 9-10: 94,000)
  • “MLB Tonight Sunday” (May 17 5:16-8:00 p.m.): 167,000 (May 10: 163,000)
  • “Quick Pitch” (May 11-17 most-watched telecast per day): 131,000 (prior week: 114,000)

NFL Network Top 10 Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 A FOOTBALL LIFE: Jerome Brown and Reggie White Sat 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.1 189
2 NFL FOLLIES: Best of Sat 12:00AM- 1:00AM 60 0.1 172
3 TOP 10 Pass Rushers Sat 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.1 165
4 NFL TOTAL ACCESS Mon 7:00PM- 9:00PM 120 0.1 152
5 NFL FOLLIES: 21 st Century Sat 1:00AM- 2:00AM 60 0.1 146
6 NFL TOTAL ACCESS Sat 11:00PM-12:00AM 60 0.1 132
7 TOP 10 Records That Won’t Be Broken Sun 11:00AM-12:00PM 60 0.1 122
8 NFLN NOW Mon 5:40PM- 7:00PM 80 0.1 121
9 A FOOTBALL LIFE: Warren Moon Sat 4:00PM- 5:00PM 60 0.1 120
10 TOP 10 Most Versatile Sun 12:00PM- 1:00PM 60 0.1 116

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NFL Network is up 1 percent (85,000 vs. 84,000) from one week earlier and down 7 percent (85,000 vs. 91,000) from the same week one year ago (May 12-18, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NFL Network is down 17 percent (60,000 vs. 72,000) from one week earlier and down 14 percent (60,000 vs. 70,000) from the same week one year ago (May 12-18, 2014).

Viewership averages for the following daily NFL Network programs of the week:

  • “NFL Total Access” (average of each day’s most-watched telecast May 11-16): 109,000 (prior week: 135,000)

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ReelzChannel’s “TMZ Hollywood Sports” (May 11-15) averaged 52,000 viewers in the 1 a.m. ET slot (prior week: 60,000); its rebroadcast drew 9,000 viewers (at 10 a.m.; prior week: 11,000). ReelzChannel averaged 74,000 viewers in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.) for the week of May 11-17, 2015.

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WWE Raw

Monday, May 11, 2015 on USA Network

8-9 p.m.: 2.38 HH, 3.824 million viewers
+12% from 3.422 million on 05/04/15
about even from 3.810 million on 05/12/14

9-10 p.m.: 2.38 HH, 3.853 million viewers
+4% from 3.709 million on 05/04/15
-9% from 4.251 million on 05/12/14

10-11:10 p.m.: 2.17 HH, 3.385 million viewers
-6% from 3.588 million on 05/04/15
-15% from 3.957 million on 05/12/14

Reruns on NBC Universo

Fri. May 15 7-10 p.m.: 0.0 HH; 37,000 viewers
Late Fri. May 15/Early Sat. May 16 12:00-3:00 a.m.: 0.0 HH; 27,000 viewers
Sun. May 17 5:00-8:00 p.m.: 0.0 HH; 30,000 viewers

WWE SmackDown

Thursday, May 14, 2015 on Syfy

8-10 p.m.: 1.49 HH, 2.528 million viewers
-2% from 2.575 million on 05/07/15
+2% from 2.485 million on 05/16/14

Reruns on NBC Universo

Sat. May 16 9-11 p.m.: 0.0 HH; 72,000 viewers
Sat. May 16 11 p.m.-1 a.m.: 0.1 HH; 95,000 viewers

Lucha Underground (El Rey, May 13 8:00-9:00 p.m.): 0.0 HH; 83,000 viewers
Lucha Underground repeat (El Rey, May 13 11:00 p.m.-midnight): 0.0 HH; 17,000 viewers

Impact Wrestling (Destination America, May 15 9:00-11:00 p.m.): 0.2 HH; 395,000 viewers
Impact Wrestling repeat (Destination America, May 15 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.): 0.1 HH; 125,000 viewers

World Championship Boxing (HBO, May 16)

10:01-10:11: Pre-Fight 0.47 HH; 761,000 viewers
10:11-10:18: Gonzalez/Sosa 0.62 HH; 961,000 viewers
10:18-10:42: Post-Fight #1 0.63 HH; 978,000 viewers
10:42-11:02: Golovkin/Monroe, Jr. 0.84 HH; 1.338 million viewers
11:02-11:17: Post-Fight #2 0.7 HH; 1.136 million viewers

MetroPCS Friday Knockout (truTV, May 15 10:00 p.m.-12:25 a.m.): 0.2 HH; 288,000 viewers

Powernation: Extreme Off Road (Spike, May 17 9:00-9:30 a.m.): 0.2 HH; 300,000 viewers
Powernation: Engine Power (Spike, May 17 9:30-10:00 a.m.): 0.3 HH; 413,000 viewers
Powernation: Truck Tech (Spike, May 17 10:00-10:30 a.m.): 0.3 HH; 495,000 viewers
Powernation: Detroit Muscle (Spike, May 17 10:30-11:00 a.m.): 0.4 HH; 610,000 viewers

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

About Douglas Pucci

Douglas Pucci is a contributor to Programming Insider and blogger at Son of the Bronx.