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April 11, 2016
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 4.9-10.2016

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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 9 and Sunday April 10, 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: The Masters (Augusta, GA)
n/a rating ESPN 3:00 pm Friday Second Round (2.48 rating in 2015)
5.70 rating CBS 3:30 pm Saturday Third Round (6.52 rating in 2015)
8.51 rating CBS 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round (9.55 rating in 2015)

NBA

Saturday
1.56 rating ABC 8:30 pm CLE Cavaliers at CHI Bulls
n/a rating ESPN 8:00 pm GS Warriors at MEM Grizzlies

MLB

Saturday
n/a rating FS1 4:00 pm LA Dodgers at SF Giants
Sunday
n/a rating ESPN 8:00 pm NY Yankees at DET Tigers (postponed)

NHL

Saturday
0.94 rating NBC 3:30 pm PIT Penguins at PHI Flyers
Sunday
0.13 rating NBCSN 7:00 pm PHI Flyers at NY Islanders

Auto Racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Saturday
1.86 rating 8:15 pm FOX NASCAR Rain Delay
2.48 rating 9:30 pm FOX Duck Commander 500 (Fort Worth, TX)

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Friday
n/a rating 8:30 pm FS1 O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Fort Worth, TX)

INDYCAR
Returns Sunday Apr 17 with Grand Prix of Long Beach

FORMULA ONE
Returns Sunday Apr 17 with Grand Prix of China

Soccer

Premier League
Saturday
0.41 rating NBCSN 7:30 am West Ham vs Arsenal
0.30 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Crystal Palace vs Norwich City
0.14 rating USA 10:00 am Southampton vs Newcastle United
0.71 rating NBC 12:30 pm Manchester City vs West Brom
Sunday
0.37 rating NBCSN 8:30 am Sunderland vs Leicester City
0.60 rating NBCSN 11:00 am Tottenham vs Manchester United

Bundesliga
Saturday
0.26 rating FOX 12:30 pm Wolfsburg vs Mainz

Women’s International Friendly
Sunday
n/a rating ESPN 2:00 pm United States vs Colombia

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.