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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 4.30-5.1.2016

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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 April 30 and Sunday May 1, 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.

Golf

PGA: Zurich Classic of New Orleans
0.75 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday Rain Delay
0.77 rating CBS 3:00 pm Sunday Rain Delay

NBA Playoffs

Saturday
2.67 rating TNT 8:30 pm OKC Thunder at SA Spurs Game 1

Sunday
3.06 rating ABC 1:00 pm CHA Hornets at MIA Heat Game 7
5.00 rating ABC 3:30 pm POR Trail Blazers at GS Warriors Game 1
n/a rating TNT 8:00 pm IND Pacers at TOR Raptors Game 7

MLB

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

NHL Playoffs

Saturday
0.98 rating NBC 3:00 pm NY Islanders at TB Lightning Game 2
1.73 rating NBC 8:00 pm PIT Penguins at WAS Capitals Game 2

Sunday
1.36 rating NBC 3:00 pm STL Blues at DAL Stars Game 2
0.66 rating NBCSN 8:00 pm NASH Predators at SJ Sharks Game 2

Auto Racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Sunday
3.75 rating FOX 1:00 pm Gelco 500 (Talladega, AL)

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Saturday
1.75 rating FOX 3:00 pm Sparks Energy 300 (Talladega, AL)

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

FORMULA ONE
Sunday
0.27 rating CNBC 7:00 am Russian Grand Prix

Soccer

Premier League
Saturday
0.30 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Stoke City vs Sunderland
0.17 rating USA 10:00 am Newcastle vs Crystal Palace
0.69 rating NBC 12:30 pm Arsenal vs Norwich City
Sunday
0.19 rating NBCSN 7:00 am Swansea vs Liverpool
0.82 rating NBCSN 9:00 am Manchester United vs Leicester City
0.49 rating NBCSN 11:30 am Southampton vs Manchester City

Bundesliga
n/a

Other

Saturday
1.17 rating FOX 8:00 pm Premier Boxing Champions

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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.