SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

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The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 3 and Sunday May 4, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.

Triple Crown: Kentucky Derby

Saturday
4.0 rating NBC 4:30-5:00 pm (-2% from 4.1 last year; 3.7 in 2012)
5.9 rating NBC 5:00-6:00 pm (-5% from 6.2 last year; 5.4 in 2012)
10.1 rating NBC 6:00-6:45 pm (-3% from 10.4 last year; 9.0 in 2012)

NBA: Playoffs

2.8 rating TNT 5:30 pm Saturday Atlanta Hawks at Indiana Pacers Game 7 (no comparison)
4.1 rating TNT 8:15 pm Saturday Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder Game 7 (+28% from 3.2 last year for CHI-BKN)
4.3 rating TNT 10:45 pm Saturday Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Clippers Game 7 (no comparison)
3.9 rating ABC 1:00 pm Sunday Brooklyn Nets at Toronto Raptors Game 7 (+3% from 3.8 last year for MEM-OKC)
4.9 rating ABC 3:30 pm Sunday Dallas Mavericks at San Antonio Spurs Game 7 (same as last year for IND-NYK)

NHL: Playoffs

1.4 rating NBC 12:30 pm Saturday Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins Game 2 (-7% from 1.5 last year for DET-CHI)
0.66 rating NBCSN 8:00 pm Saturday Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks Game 1 (+14% from 0.58 last year for LA-SJ)
1.8 rating NBC 3:00 pm Sunday Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks Game 2 (-5% from 1.9 last year for NYR-BOS)
1.44 rating NBCSN 7:30 pm Sunday New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins Game 2 (+25% from 1.15 last year for PIT-OTT)

MLB

0.21 rating FS1 1:00 pm Saturday St Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
0.32 rating FS1 7:00 pm Saturday Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

PGA Golf: Wells Fargo Championship

1.4 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-22% from 1.8 last year)
2.2 rating CBS 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round (same as last year)

Auto Racing

NASCAR Nationwide Series
1.5 rating ESPN 3:00 pm Saturday Aarons 312 from Talladega (same as last year at 6:15 pm)
NASCAR Sprint Cup
4.0 rating FOX 1:15 pm Sunday Aarons 500 from Talladega (-9% from 4.4 last year)

Soccer

Premier League
0.25 rating NBCSN 7:40 am Saturday West Ham vs Tottenham
0.40 rating NBCSN 9:55 am Saturday Manchester United vs Sunderland
0.27 rating NBCSN 8:25 am Sunday Arsenal vs West Brom
0.42 rating NBCSN 10:55 am Sunday Chelsea vs Norwich

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