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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 5.7-8.2016

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 7 and Sunday May 8, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year.

Triple Crown: Kentucky Derby

Saturday
3.92 rating NBC 4:30-5:15 pm (4.1 in 2015, 4.0 in 2014, 4.1 in 2013, 3.7 in 2012)*
6.21 rating NBC 5:15-6:15 pm (6.5 in 2015, 5.9 in 2014, 6.2 in 2013, 5.4 in 2012)**
9.39 rating NBC 6:15-7:15 pm (10.8 in 2015, 10.1 in 2014, 10.4 in 2013, 9.0 in 2012)***

Notes:
*-4:30-5:15 pm in 2016; 4:30-5:00 pm 2012-2015
**-5:15-6:15 pm in 2016; 5:00-6:15 pm in 2015; 5:00-6:00 pm 2012-2014
***-6:15-7:15 pm in 2016; 6:15-7:00 pm in 2015; 6:00-6:45 2012-2014

Golf

PGA: Wells Fargo Championship (Charlotte, NC)
1.31 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday Third Round
2.10 rating CBS 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round

NBA Playoffs

Saturday
1.91 rating ESPN 5:00 pm TOR Raptors at MIA Heat Game 3
4.35 rating ABC 8:30 pm GS Warriors at POR Trail Blazers Game 3

Sunday
3.84 rating ABC 3:30 pm CLE Cavaliers at ATL Hawks Game 4
3.68 rating TNT 8:00 pm SA Spurs at OKC Thunder Game 4

MLB

Sunday
n/a rating ESPN 8:00 pm BOS Red Sox at NY Yankees

NHL Playoffs

Saturday
1.09 rating NBC 1:00 pm STL Blues at DAL Stars Game 5
2.71 rating NBC 7:15 pm PIT Penguins at WAS Capitals Game 5
0.45 rating NBCSN 10:00 pm NASH Predators at SJ Sharks Game 5

Sunday
0.99 rating NBC 3:00 pm NY Islanders at TB Lightning Game 5

Auto Racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Saturday
1.80 rating FS1 7:30 pm GoBowling.com 400 (Kansas)

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Returns May 14 from Dover

INDYCAR
Returns May 14 with Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis

FORMULA ONE
Returns May 15 with Grand Prix of Spain

Soccer

Premier League
Saturday
0.29 rating NBCSN 7:30 am Norwich vs Manchester United
0.26 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Aston Villa vs Newcastle
0.33 rating USA 10:00 am Sunderland vs Chelsea
0.42 rating USA 12:00 pm Leicester vs Everton
Sunday
0.33 rating NBCSN 8:30 am Tottenham vs Southampton
0.51 rating NBCSN 11:00 am Manchester City vs Arsenal

Bundesliga
Saturday
0.35 rating FOX 9:30 am Ingolstadt vs Bayern Munich

Other

n/a

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.