Yankees-Red Sox

The three-game series between the American League’s two best teams — the Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees — on May 8-10 was, unsurprisingly, a ratings winner in the respective teams’ home markets.

In the New York market, the Red Sox-Yankees game from May 8 on the YES Network averaged a 6.76 TV Household rating, 603,000 Total Viewers and 478,000 Households — excluding Derek Jeter’s home finale on September 25, 2014 (which did a 10.84 average TV Household rating and 1.25 million viewers), it was highest-rated, most-viewed and most-watched game on any New York regional sports network in almost 6 years, since October 2, 2012, when the network’s Red Sox-Yankees game did a 6.87 rating. The May 8 game telecast peaked at an 8.8 rating during the 10:15-10:30 quarter hour (778,000 Total Viewers).

The Yankees defeated the Red Sox in two out of the three games at Yankee Stadium. However, it was of Boston that won in the local viewer shares battle of each game compared to New York. For the aforementioned May 8 game, it drew a 3.2 viewer rating (the percentage of the market’s available viewers; not to be confused with household ratings that factors available TV homes) and 10 share (percentage of viewers who were tuned into TV that night) in New York; in Boston, it delivered a 4.5 viewer rating and 13 share (equal to 267,000 total viewers) on the Red Sox’s regional sports network NESN.

As for the series’ other two games:

For May 9:
Boston – NESN: 3.5 viewer rating and 10 share (206,000 total viewers)
New York – YES: 2.8 viewer rating and 9 share (530,000 total viewers)

For May 10 (prior to rain delay)
Boston – NESN: 3.8 viewer rating and 12 share (227,000 total viewers)
New York – WPIX Channel 11: 2.7 viewer rating and 9 share (507,000 total viewers)

For May 10 (after rain delay)
Boston – NESN: 3.0 viewer rating and 11 share (177,000 total viewers)
New York – WPIX Channel 11: 3.2 viewer rating and 10 share (607,000 total viewers)

(Sources: YES Network, Nielsen)

What follows are the live plus same day final national results for the week of May 7-13. Ranks in parentheses are according to its respective networks’ weekly ranks among its respective data categories. All stated times are of the Eastern time zone.

ESPN Top Ten

Highly Questionable (ESPN, Mon. 5/07/18 4:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.497 million viewers (#18)
– 0.302 million adults 18-49 (0.23 A18-49 rating) (#10)

Pardon The Interruption (ESPN, Mon. 5/07/18 5:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.748 million viewers (#4)
– 0.410 million adults 18-49 (0.32 A18-49 rating) (#2)

Pardon The Interruption (ESPN, Tue. 5/08/18 5:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.689 million viewers (#5)
– 0.350 million adults 18-49 (0.27 A18-49 rating) (#5)

Pardon The Interruption (ESPN, Wed. 5/09/18 5:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.592 million viewers (#10)
– 0.284 million adults 18-49 (0.22 A18-49 rating) (#15)

MLB Wednesday Night Boston/New York Yankees (ESPN, Wed. 5/09/18 7:00 PM, 233 min.)
– 1.043 million viewers (#2)
– 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.27 A18-49 rating) (#4)

Pardon The Interruption (ESPN, Thu. 5/10/18 5:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.598 million viewers (#9)
– 0.308 million adults 18-49 (0.24 A18-49 rating) (#9)

Pardon The Interruption (ESPN, Fri. 5/11/18 5:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.604 million viewers (#8)
– 0.286 million adults 18-49 (0.22 A18-49 rating) (#14)

Top Rank Boxing Vasiliy Lomachenko/Jorge Linares (ESPN, Sat. 5/12/18 8:00 PM, 132 min.)
– 1.024 million viewers (#3)
– 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.35 A18-49 rating) (#1)

Sportscenter Prime (ESPN, Sat. 5/12/18 10:12 PM, 48 min.)
– 0.687 million viewers (#7)
– 0.342 million adults 18-49 (0.27 A18-49 rating) (#7)

Sportscenter Weekend-AM (ESPN, Sun. 5/13/18 12:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.592 million viewers (#10)
– 0.320 million adults 18-49 (0.25 A18-49 rating) (#8)

MLB Sunday Night Washington/Arizona (ESPN, Sun. 5/13/18 8:00 PM, 197 min.)
– 1.196 million viewers (#1)
– 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.31 A18-49 rating) (#3)

Sportscenter Late (ESPN, Sun. 5/13/18 11:17 PM, 90 min.)
– 0.689 million viewers (#5)
– 0.349 million adults 18-49 (0.27 A18-49 rating) (#6)

ESPN2 Top Ten

First Take (ESPN2, Mon. 5/07/18 1:00 PM, 120 min.)
– 0.149 million viewers (#20)
– 0.089 million adults 18-49 (0.07 A18-49 rating) (#10)

Pardon The Interruption (ESPN2, Mon. 5/07/18 6:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.193 million viewers (#6)
– 0.097 million adults 18-49 (0.08 A18-49 rating) (#5)

Sportscenter AM (ESPN2, Tue. 5/08/18 8:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.144 million viewers (#22)
– 0.091 million adults 18-49 (0.07 A18-49 rating) (#9)

Sportscenter AM (ESPN2, Tue. 5/08/18 9:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.152 million viewers (#18)
– 0.105 million adults 18-49 (0.08 A18-49 rating) (#2)

NBA: The Jump (ESPN2, Tue. 5/08/18 7:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.192 million viewers (#8)
– 0.102 million adults 18-49 (0.08 A18-49 rating) (#3)

Pardon The Interruption (ESPN2, Thu. 5/10/18 6:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.148 million viewers (#21)
– 0.096 million adults 18-49 (0.07 A18-49 rating) (#7)

NBA: The Jump (ESPN2, Thu. 5/10/18 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.187 million viewers (#10)
– 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.07 A18-49 rating) (#8)

Cornhole ACL Final (R) (ESPN2, Thu. 5/10/18 9:00 PM, 120 min.)
– 0.194 million viewers (#5)
– 0.088 million adults 18-49 (0.07 A18-49 rating) (#12)

NBA: The Jump (ESPN2, Fri. 5/11/18 7:30 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.166 million viewers (#14)
– 0.097 million adults 18-49 (0.08 A18-49 rating) (#5)

Formula 1 Qualifying Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying (ESPN2, Sat. 5/12/18 8:54 AM, 73 min.)
– 0.313 million viewers (#2)
– 0.089 million adults 18-49 (0.07 A18-49 rating) (#10)

College Softball Regular Season 2018 SEC Softball Championship (ESPN2, Sat. 5/12/18 8:00 PM, 120 min.)
– 0.238 million viewers (#3)
– 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.06 A18-49 rating) (#23)

Formula 1 Grand Prix Formula One: On The Grid (ESPN2, Sun. 5/13/18 8:30 AM, 35 min.)
– 0.201 million viewers (#4)
– 0.062 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#47)

Formula 1 Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix Coverage (ESPN2, Sun. 5/13/18 9:05 AM, 141 min.)
– 0.499 million viewers (#1)
– 0.156 million adults 18-49 (0.12 A18-49 rating) (#1)

PBA Bowling (ESPN2, Sun. 5/13/18 11:26 AM, 94 min.)
– 0.193 million viewers (#6)
– 0.057 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#52)

NBA Free Agency (ESPN2, Sun. 5/13/18 6:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.192 million viewers (#8)
– 0.099 million adults 18-49 (0.08 A18-49 rating) (#4)

ESPNU Top Ten

College Softball Regular Season Arkansas/South Carolina (ESPNU, Fri. 5/11/18 3:16 PM, 94 min.)
– 0.067 million viewers (#9)
– 0.022 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#16)

SEC Now (ESPNU, Fri. 5/11/18 4:50 PM, 39 min.)
– 0.066 million viewers (#10)
– 0.026 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#11)

College Softball Regular Season Tennessee/Florida (ESPNU, Fri. 5/11/18 5:29 PM, 152 min.)
– 0.122 million viewers (#1)
– 0.029 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#8)

College Baseball Mississippi State/Kentucky (ESPNU, Fri. 5/11/18 8:01 PM, 176 min.)
– 0.092 million viewers (#5)
– 0.025 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#13)

NCAA Lacrosse Championship Massachusetts/Yale (ESPNU, Sat. 5/12/18 12:00 PM, 148 min.)
– 0.065 million viewers (#11)
– 0.030 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#7)

NCAA Lacrosse Championship Villanova/Duke (ESPNU, Sat. 5/12/18 2:28 PM, 128 min.)
– 0.071 million viewers (#7)
– 0.032 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#5)

NCAA Lacrosse Championship Richmond/Albany (ESPNU, Sat. 5/12/18 5:00 PM, 135 min.)
– 0.064 million viewers (#12)
– 0.029 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#8)

NCAA Lacrosse Championship Virginia/Loyola (ESPNU, Sat. 5/12/18 7:15 PM, 141 min.)
– 0.069 million viewers (#8)
– 0.031 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#6)

Lacrosse Generic Inside Lacrosse: The Season 2018 (R) (ESPNU, Sat. 5/12/18 7:49 PM, 31 min.)
– 0.046 million viewers (#18)
– 0.028 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#10)

NCAA Lacrosse Championship Robert Morris/Maryland (ESPNU, Sun. 5/13/18 12:00 PM, 137 min.)
– 0.080 million viewers (#6)
– 0.033 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#4)

NCAA Lacrosse Championship Denver/Notre Dame (ESPNU, Sun. 5/13/18 2:17 PM, 135 min.)
– 0.117 million viewers (#3)
– 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#3)

NCAA Lacrosse Championship Georgetown/John Hopkins (ESPNU, Sun. 5/13/18 5:00 PM, 135 min.)
– 0.119 million viewers (#2)
– 0.046 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#1)

NCAA Lacrosse Championship Cornell/Syracuse (ESPNU, Sun. 5/13/18 7:15 PM, 136 min.)
– 0.101 million viewers (#4)
– 0.046 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#1)

ESPNEWS Top Ten

Sportscenter Morning (ESPNEWS, Mon. 5/07/18 5:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.054 million viewers (#13)
– 0.036 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#7)

Golic and Wingo (ESPNEWS, Tue. 5/08/18 6:00 AM, 240 min.)
– 0.067 million viewers (#5)
– 0.022 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#30)

NBA: The Jump (ESPNEWS, Tue. 5/08/18 6:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.051 million viewers (#17)
– 0.032 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#10)

Sportsnation (ESPNEWS, Thu. 5/10/18 7:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.051 million viewers (#17)
– 0.034 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#9)

Dan Le Batard (ESPNEWS, Thu. 5/10/18 7:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.051 million viewers (#17)
– 0.035 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#8)

Around The Horn (ESPNEWS, Thu. 5/10/18 8:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.051 million viewers (#17)
– 0.032 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#10)

Pardon The Interruption (ESPNEWS, Thu. 5/10/18 8:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.079 million viewers (#2)
– 0.040 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#4)

Sportsnation (R) (ESPNEWS, Thu. 5/10/18 9:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.072 million viewers (#4)
– 0.042 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#2)

Jalen & Jacoby (ESPNEWS, Thu. 5/10/18 9:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.057 million viewers (#9)
– 0.045 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#1)

Dan Le Batard (R) (ESPNEWS, Thu. 5/10/18 10:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.047 million viewers (#29)
– 0.038 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#6)

Dan Le Batard (ESPNEWS, Fri. 5/11/18 7:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.057 million viewers (#9)
– 0.028 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#14)

Sportsnation (R) (ESPNEWS, Fri. 5/11/18 9:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.053 million viewers (#15)
– 0.032 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#10)

Jalen & Jacoby (ESPNEWS, Fri. 5/11/18 9:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.073 million viewers (#3)
– 0.039 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#5)

Pardon The Interruption (R) (ESPNEWS, Fri. 5/11/18 11:01 PM, 29 min.)
– 0.065 million viewers (#7)
– 0.029 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#13)

Outside the Lines – First Report (ESPNEWS, Fri. 5/11/18 11:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.060 million viewers (#8)
– 0.023 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#26)

Sportscenter Weekend-AM (ESPNEWS, Sun. 5/13/18 9:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.085 million viewers (#1)
– 0.042 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#2)

Sportscenter Top 10 (R) (ESPNEWS, Sun. 5/13/18 8:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.067 million viewers (#5)
– 0.017 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#52)

NBCSN Top Ten

NHL Semifinals Washington/Pittsburgh Game 6 (NBCSN, Mon. 5/07/18 6:58 PM, 185 min.)
– 2.240 million viewers (#1)
– 1.002 million adults 18-49 (0.78 A18-49 rating) (#1)

NHL Semifinals Nashville/Winnipeg Game 6 (NBCSN, Mon. 5/07/18 10:03 PM, 140 min.)
– 1.200 million viewers (#5)
– 0.567 million adults 18-49 (0.44 A18-49 rating) (#5)

NHL Live Post Semifinals Nashville/Winnipeg (NBCSN, Mon. 5/07/18 12:23 AM, 37 min.)
– 0.353 million viewers (#9)
– 0.194 million adults 18-49 (0.15 A18-49 rating) (#9)

NHL Semifinals Winnipeg/Nashville Game 7 (NBCSN, Thu. 5/10/18 7:58 PM, 172 min.)
– 1.556 million viewers (#3)
– 0.692 million adults 18-49 (0.54 A18-49 rating) (#3)

NHL Live Post Semifinals Winnipeg/Nashville (NBCSN, Thu. 5/10/18 10:50 PM, 40 min.)
– 0.469 million viewers (#6)
– 0.241 million adults 18-49 (0.19 A18-49 rating) (#6)

NHL Conference Finals Washington/Tampa Bay Game 1 (NBCSN, Fri. 5/11/18 8:03 PM, 166 min.)
– 1.348 million viewers (#4)
– 0.574 million adults 18-49 (0.45 A18-49 rating) (#4)

NHL Live Post Conference Finals Washington/Tampa Bay (NBCSN, Fri. 5/11/18 10:49 PM, 71 min.)
– 0.373 million viewers (#8)
– 0.208 million adults 18-49 (0.16 A18-49 rating) (#8)

NHL Live Pre Conference Finals Washington/Tampa Bay (NBCSN, Sun. 5/13/18 7:00 PM, 62 min.)
– 0.294 million viewers (#10)
– 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 A18-49 rating) (#10)

NHL Conference Finals Washington/Tampa Bay Game 2 (NBCSN, Sun. 5/13/18 8:02 PM, 177 min.)
– 1.925 million viewers (#2)
– 0.845 million adults 18-49 (0.66 A18-49 rating) (#2)

NHL Live Post Conference Finals Washington/Tampa Bay (NBCSN, Sun. 5/13/18 10:59 PM, 61 min.)
– 0.467 million viewers (#7)
– 0.224 million adults 18-49 (0.17 A18-49 rating) (#7)

FS1 Top Ten

Ultimate Fighter 1004:Straight Savage (P) (FS1, Wed. 5/09/18 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.207 million viewers (#14)
– 0.130 million adults 18-49 (0.10 A18-49 rating) (#6)

MLB Regular Season Los Angeles Angels/Minnesota Twins (P) (FS1, Thu. 5/10/18 9:59 PM, 198 min.)
– 0.308 million viewers (#8)
– 0.085 million adults 18-49 (0.07 A18-49 rating) (#13)

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Qualifying Kansas (P) (FS1, Fri. 5/11/18 6:30 PM, 90 min.)
– 0.472 million viewers (#5)
– 0.124 million adults 18-49 (0.10 A18-49 rating) (#8)

NASCAR Raceday: NCWTS Kansas (P) (FS1, Fri. 5/11/18 8:00 PM, 24 min.)
– 0.411 million viewers (#6)
– 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.09 A18-49 rating) (#9)

NCWTS Racing Kansas (P) (FS1, Fri. 5/11/18 8:24 PM, 146 min.)
– 0.589 million viewers (#3)
– 0.155 million adults 18-49 (0.12 A18-49 rating) (#3)

MLB Regular Season Washington Nationals/Arizona Diamondback (P) (FS1, Sat. 5/12/18 4:00 PM, 203 min.)
– 0.328 million viewers (#7)
– 0.086 million adults 18-49 (0.07 A18-49 rating) (#12)

NASCAR Raceday Kansas (P) (FS1, Sat. 5/12/18 7:23 PM, 31 min.)
– 0.920 million viewers (#2)
– 0.211 million adults 18-49 (0.16 A18-49 rating) (#2)

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Racing Kansas (P) (FS1, Sat. 5/12/18 7:54 PM, 219 min.)
– 2.038 million viewers (#1)
– 0.415 million adults 18-49 (0.32 A18-49 rating) (#1)

100,000 Cameras: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (R) (FS1, Sat. 5/12/18 11:33 PM, 28 min.)
– 0.505 million viewers (#4)
– 0.130 million adults 18-49 (0.10 A18-49 rating) (#6)

One Hot Night The Nascar 1992 All-Star Race (R) (FS1, Sat. 5/12/18 12:01 AM, 51 min.)
– 0.276 million viewers (#10)
– 0.082 million adults 18-49 (0.06 A18-49 rating) (#15)

UFC PPV Post Fight 224:Nunes/Pennington (P) (FS1, Sat. 5/12/18 12:52 AM, 68 min.)
– 0.218 million viewers (#12)
– 0.099 million adults 18-49 (0.08 A18-49 rating) (#10)

Major League Soccer Orlando City/Atlanta United (P) (FS1, Sun. 5/13/18 6:00 PM, 140 min.)
– 0.285 million viewers (#9)
– 0.144 million adults 18-49 (0.11 A18-49 rating) (#4)

Major League Soccer LA FC/New York City (P) (FS1, Sun. 5/13/18 8:20 PM, 141 min.)
– 0.233 million viewers (#11)
– 0.139 million adults 18-49 (0.11 A18-49 rating) (#5)

FS2 Top Ten

NHRA Atlanta (R) (FS2, Mon. 5/07/18 9:00 PM, 180 min.)
– 0.034 million viewers (#8)
– 0.006 million adults 18-49 (0.00 A18-49 rating) (#44)

UFC Reloaded 216:Ferguson/Lee (R) (FS2, Tue. 5/08/18 6:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.021 million viewers (#31)
– 0.013 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#7)

UFC Main Event Weidman/Gastelum (R) (FS2, Tue. 5/08/18 7:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.019 million viewers (#36)
– 0.012 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#9)

UFC Unleashed Ufc Womens Bantamweights (R) (FS2, Tue. 5/08/18 3:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.016 million viewers (#50)
– 0.012 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#9)

UFC Reloaded 216:Ferguson/Lee (R) (FS2, Tue. 5/08/18 4:00 PM, 180 min.)
– 0.032 million viewers (#9)
– 0.011 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#12)

Ultimate Fighter 1002: Fight Or Flight (R) (FS2, Wed. 5/09/18 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.025 million viewers (#19)
– 0.018 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#3)

Ultimate Fighter 1003: Pressure Makes Diamonds (R) (FS2, Wed. 5/09/18 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.025 million viewers (#19)
– 0.012 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#9)

UFC Reloaded 216:Ferguson/Lee (R) (FS2, Fri. 5/11/18 8:00 PM, 180 min.)
– 0.056 million viewers (#3)
– 0.019 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#2)

UFC Weigh-In 224:Nunes/Pennington (R) (FS2, Fri. 5/11/18 11:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.036 million viewers (#7)
– 0.010 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#17)

UFC Ultimate Knockouts Best Knockouts Of 2017 (R) (FS2, Sat. 5/12/18 1:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.040 million viewers (#5)
– 0.014 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#6)

Big East Softball Championship Final:Creighton/Depaul (P) (FS2, Sat. 5/12/18 2:00 PM, 56 min.)
– 0.032 million viewers (#9)
– 0.008 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#26)

Big 12 Softball Championship Final:Baylor/Oklahoma (P) (FS2, Sat. 5/12/18 5:00 PM, 144 min.)
– 0.077 million viewers (#1)
– 0.017 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#4)

UFC PPV Prelims 224:Nunes/Pennington (R) (FS2, Sun. 5/13/18 10:00 AM, 120 min.)
– 0.028 million viewers (#15)
– 0.013 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#7)

UFC Ultimate Knockouts Career Highlight Knockouts (R) (FS2, Sun. 5/13/18 6:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.054 million viewers (#4)
– 0.032 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#1)

UFC Reloaded 66: Liddell/ Ortiz 2 (R) (FS2, Sun. 5/13/18 8:30 PM, 120 min.)
– 0.061 million viewers (#2)
– 0.009 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#24)

UFC Ultimate Knockouts Strikeforce Alumni (R) (FS2, Sun. 5/13/18 10:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.039 million viewers (#6)
– 0.016 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#5)

Golf Channel Top Ten

PGA Tour 2018 Players (GOLF, Thu. 5/10/18 1:00 PM, 384 min.)
– 1.009 million viewers (#4)
– 0.158 million adults 18-49 (0.12 A18-49 rating) (#5)

PGA Tour 2018 Players (GOLF, Fri. 5/11/18 1:00 PM, 360 min.)
– 0.971 million viewers (#5)
– 0.135 million adults 18-49 (0.10 A18-49 rating) (#7)

Live From Players Championship (GOLF, Sat. 5/12/18 10:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.420 million viewers (#10)
– 0.097 million adults 18-49 (0.08 A18-49 rating) (#10)

Live From Players Championship (GOLF, Sat. 5/12/18 11:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.601 million viewers (#7)
– 0.138 million adults 18-49 (0.11 A18-49 rating) (#6)

Live From Players Championship (GOLF, Sat. 5/12/18 12:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 1.102 million viewers (#3)
– 0.262 million adults 18-49 (0.20 A18-49 rating) (#2)

Live From Players Championship (GOLF, Sat. 5/12/18 1:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 1.181 million viewers (#1)
– 0.280 million adults 18-49 (0.22 A18-49 rating) (#1)

Driven OSU-The Rivals (R) (GOLF, Sat. 5/12/18 2:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.446 million viewers (#9)
– 0.104 million adults 18-49 (0.08 A18-49 rating) (#9)

Live From Players Championship (GOLF, Sun. 5/13/18 11:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.478 million viewers (#8)
– 0.122 million adults 18-49 (0.09 A18-49 rating) (#8)

Live From Players Championship (GOLF, Sun. 5/13/18 12:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.800 million viewers (#6)
– 0.161 million adults 18-49 (0.12 A18-49 rating) (#4)

Live From Players Championship (GOLF, Sun. 5/13/18 1:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 1.106 million viewers (#2)
– 0.213 million adults 18-49 (0.17 A18-49 rating) (#3)

MLB Network Top Ten

MLB Pregame 2018 Showcase Pregame Show (MLBN, Tue. 5/08/18 7:00 PM, 12 min.)
– 0.218 million viewers (#9)
– 0.033 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#30)

Showcase Game BOS at NYY/SEA at TOR (MLBN, Tue. 5/08/18 7:12 PM, 211 min.)
– 0.505 million viewers (#2)
– 0.135 million adults 18-49 (0.10 A18-49 rating) (#2)

MLB Tonight Postgame (MLBN, Tue. 5/08/18 10:43 PM, 78 min.)
– 0.184 million viewers (#16)
– 0.062 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#10)

Quick Pitch (R) (MLBN, Wed. 5/09/18 3:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.099 million viewers (#36)
– 0.062 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#10)

Showcase Game BOS at NYY/SEA at TOR (MLBN, Thu. 5/10/18 7:09 PM, 206 min.)
– 0.510 million viewers (#1)
– 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.11 A18-49 rating) (#1)

MLB Tonight Game Rain Delay (MLBN, Thu. 5/10/18 8:50 PM, 53 min.)
– 0.454 million viewers (#3)
– 0.120 million adults 18-49 (0.09 A18-49 rating) (#3)

Prime Baseball Game BOS at TOR/OAK at NYY (MLBN, Fri. 5/11/18 7:09 PM, 234 min.)
– 0.305 million viewers (#5)
– 0.067 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#8)

Afternoon Baseball Game OAK at NYY (MLBN, Sat. 5/12/18 1:08 PM, 258 min.)
– 0.428 million viewers (#4)
– 0.109 million adults 18-49 (0.08 A18-49 rating) (#4)

MLB Tonight Weekend Afternoon (MLBN, Sat. 5/12/18 5:26 PM, 34 min.)
– 0.302 million viewers (#6)
– 0.083 million adults 18-49 (0.06 A18-49 rating) (#5)

MLB Tonight BP (MLBN, Sat. 5/12/18 6:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.198 million viewers (#12)
– 0.081 million adults 18-49 (0.06 A18-49 rating) (#6)

MLB Tonight Game Rain Delay (MLBN, Sat. 5/12/18 7:00 PM, 130 min.)
– 0.213 million viewers (#10)
– 0.060 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#12)

Prime Baseball Game CIN at LAD/STL at SD (MLBN, Sat. 5/12/18 9:10 PM, 198 min.)
– 0.213 million viewers (#10)
– 0.054 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#14)

MLB Pregame (MLBN, Sun. 5/13/18 2:00 PM, 21 min.)
– 0.281 million viewers (#7)
– 0.064 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#9)

Afternoon Baseball Game CWS at CHC/TEX at HOU (MLBN, Sun. 5/13/18 2:21 PM, 168 min.)
– 0.274 million viewers (#8)
– 0.068 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#7)

NBA TV Top Ten

NBA Gametime Live (NBATV, Wed. 5/09/18 7:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.088 million viewers (#10)
– 0.031 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#13)

NBA Gametime CF Preview ECF Preview Gm1 (NBATV, Sun. 5/13/18 2:30 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.108 million viewers (#5)
– 0.048 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#9)

NBA Gametime CF Recap ECF Recap Gm1 (NBATV, Sun. 5/13/18 5:52 PM, 108 min.)
– 0.153 million viewers (#2)
– 0.061 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#6)

NBA Gametime CF Recap ECF Recap Gm1 (R) (NBATV, Sun. 5/13/18 7:40 PM, 80 min.)
– 0.137 million viewers (#3)
– 0.069 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#3)

NBA Gametime (R) (NBATV, Sun. 5/13/18 9:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.093 million viewers (#8)
– 0.050 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#8)

NBA Gametime (R) (NBATV, Sun. 5/13/18 9:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.095 million viewers (#7)
– 0.053 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#7)

NBA Playoffs Playback 2018 Cle/Bos Gm1-CF (R) (NBATV, Sun. 5/13/18 10:00 PM, 120 min.)
– 0.175 million viewers (#1)
– 0.083 million adults 18-49 (0.06 A18-49 rating) (#1)

NBA Gametime (R) (NBATV, Sun. 5/13/18 12:00 AM, 30 min.)
– 0.132 million viewers (#4)
– 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.06 A18-49 rating) (#2)

NBA Gametime (R) (NBATV, Sun. 5/13/18 12:30 AM, 30 min.)
– 0.098 million viewers (#6)
– 0.063 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#5)

NBA Gametime (R) (NBATV, Sun. 5/13/18 1:00 AM, 30 min.)
– 0.090 million viewers (#9)
– 0.064 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#4)

NBA Gametime (R) (NBATV, Sun. 5/13/18 1:30 AM, 30 min.)
– 0.067 million viewers (#17)
– 0.047 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#10)

NFL Network Top Ten

NFL Total Access (NFLN, Wed. 5/09/18 7:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.082 million viewers (#16)
– 0.045 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#8)

Full Game Re-Air 2017 Week 5 GB vs. DAL (R) (NFLN, Wed. 5/09/18 8:00 PM, 180 min.)
– 0.097 million viewers (#7)
– 0.029 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#41)

Football Life Brett Favre (R) (NFLN, Thu. 5/10/18 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.111 million viewers (#3)
– 0.035 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#27)

Football Life Brett Favre (R) (NFLN, Thu. 5/10/18 1:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.084 million viewers (#14)
– 0.046 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#6)

NFL Rookie Camp (R) (NFLN, Fri. 5/11/18 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.090 million viewers (#11)
– 0.045 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#8)

Football Life Jerome Bettis (R) (NFLN, Fri. 5/11/18 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.091 million viewers (#10)
– 0.041 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#18)

Football Life Chuck Noll (R) (NFLN, Fri. 5/11/18 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.128 million viewers (#2)
– 0.057 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#2)

Full Game Re-Air 2017 Week 5 GB vs. DAL (R) (NFLN, Sat. 5/12/18 4:00 PM, 180 min.)
– 0.109 million viewers (#4)
– 0.048 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#4)

NFL Total Access Week In Review (NFLN, Sat. 5/12/18 7:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.095 million viewers (#9)
– 0.044 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#11)

NFL Total Access QB 18 (R) (NFLN, Sat. 5/12/18 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.096 million viewers (#8)
– 0.041 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#18)

Football Life Ray Lewis (R) (NFLN, Sat. 5/12/18 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.101 million viewers (#6)
– 0.046 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#6)

Top 10 Revenge Games (R) (NFLN, Sun. 5/13/18 11:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.080 million viewers (#20)
– 0.045 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#8)

Top 10 Defenses (R) (NFLN, Sun. 5/13/18 12:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.132 million viewers (#1)
– 0.067 million adults 18-49 (0.05 A18-49 rating) (#1)

Top 100 Players 2018 90-81 (R) (NFLN, Sun. 5/13/18 6:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.071 million viewers (#27)
– 0.047 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#5)

Super Bowl Classics SB LI: NE vs. ATL (R) (NFLN, Sun. 5/13/18 8:00 PM, 180 min.)
– 0.105 million viewers (#5)
– 0.034 million adults 18-49 (0.03 A18-49 rating) (#29)

Top 10 Revenge Games (R) (NFLN, Sun. 5/13/18 1:00 AM, 60 min.)
– 0.082 million viewers (#16)
– 0.054 million adults 18-49 (0.04 A18-49 rating) (#3)

Tennis Channel Top Ten

Masters Series Madrid ATP:Mr2 Raom/Dimg (TENNIS, Tue. 5/08/18 2:13 PM, 115 min.)
– 0.066 million viewers (#11)
– 0.016 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#7)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:Mr2 Nadr/Mong (TENNIS, Wed. 5/09/18 10:13 AM, 91 min.)
– 0.069 million viewers (#9)
– 0.014 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#12)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:Mr2 Schd/Lopf (TENNIS, Wed. 5/09/18 11:44 AM, 95 min.)
– 0.076 million viewers (#5)
– 0.014 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#12)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:Mr2 Corb/Strj (TENNIS, Wed. 5/09/18 1:19 PM, 90 min.)
– 0.065 million viewers (#14)
– 0.018 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#4)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:Mr2 Zvea/Done (TENNIS, Wed. 5/09/18 5:38 PM, 41 min.)
– 0.042 million viewers (#31)
– 0.017 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#6)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:M16 Lajd/Delj (TENNIS, Thu. 5/10/18 9:42 AM, 122 min.)
– 0.053 million viewers (#22)
– 0.015 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#9)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:M16 Thid/Corb (TENNIS, Thu. 5/10/18 11:44 AM, 72 min.)
– 0.070 million viewers (#7)
– 0.014 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#12)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:M16 Zvea/Mayl (TENNIS, Thu. 5/10/18 12:56 PM, 46 min.)
– 0.068 million viewers (#10)
– 0.015 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#9)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:M16 Nadr/Schd (TENNIS, Thu. 5/10/18 1:42 PM, 140 min.)
– 0.078 million viewers (#4)
– 0.018 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#4)

Masters Series Madrid ATP-E:M16 Thid/Corb (TENNIS, Thu. 5/10/18 8:46 PM, 59 min.)
– 0.041 million viewers (#34)
– 0.020 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#3)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:Mq2 Thid/Nadr (TENNIS, Fri. 5/11/18 11:12 AM, 131 min.)
– 0.102 million viewers (#2)
– 0.016 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#7)

Masters Series Madrid ATP-E:Mq2 Thid/Nadr (TENNIS, Fri. 5/11/18 6:30 PM, 134 min.)
– 0.064 million viewers (#16)
– 0.022 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#1)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:Ms1 Thid/Andk (TENNIS, Sat. 5/12/18 10:04 AM, 101 min.)
– 0.089 million viewers (#3)
– 0.015 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#9)

Masters Series Madrid ATP-E:Mds1 Brbr/Hema (TENNIS, Sat. 5/12/18 11:45 AM, 79 min.)
– 0.070 million viewers (#7)
– 0.010 million adults 18-49 (0.01 A18-49 rating) (#20)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:Ms2 Zvea/Shad (TENNIS, Sat. 5/12/18 4:00 PM, 79 min.)
– 0.073 million viewers (#6)
– 0.006 million adults 18-49 (0.00 A18-49 rating) (#38)

Masters Series Madrid ATP:Mf Zvea/Thid (TENNIS, Sun. 5/13/18 12:33 PM, 109 min.)
– 0.122 million viewers (#1)
– 0.022 million adults 18-49 (0.02 A18-49 rating) (#1)

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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