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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 6.18-19.2016

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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 June 18 and Sunday June 19, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year.

NBA Playoffs
Sunday
18.91 rating ABC 8:00 pm Game 7 Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors
Top Local Market HH Ratings
–46.3 rating in Cleveland
–39.4 rating in SF Bay Area
–30.1 rating in Columbus
–24.3 rating in Miami
–23.6 rating in San Antonio
–23.3 rating in Sacramento
–21.3 rating in Atlanta
–20.3 rating in New York
–20.2 rating in Raleigh-Durham
–20.1 rating in Portland

Golf

U.S. Open Championship (Oakmont, PA)
Saturday
2.54 rating FOX 11:00 am-8:00 pm Third Round (3.35 rating 2015, 2.6 rating 2014, 4.4 rating 2013)
1.30 rating FS1 8:00-9:00 pm Third Round (no comparison)
Sunday
3.82 rating FOX 1:00-8:15 pm Final Round (4.76 rating 2015, 3.3 rating 2014, 6.1 rating 2013)
3.17 rating FOX 8:15-8:45 pm Post (no comparison)

Note: 2014 & 2015 on FOX, 2013 and 2014 on NBC

Auto Racing

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Sunday
0.80 rating FS1 1:30 pm American Ethanol E15 250 (Newton, IA)

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Returns June 26 from Sonoma

INDYCAR
Returns June 26 with Kohler Grand Prix

FORMULA ONE
Sunday
0.48 rating NBCSN 8:30 am Grand Prix of Europe (Baku, Azerbaijan)

MLB

Saturday
2.00 rating FOX 8:00 pm (PIT-CHC 38% of US in 29 markets, ATL-NYM 26% in 21, DET-KC 7% in 6)

Sunday
n/a rating ESPN 8:00 pm PIT Pirates at CHI Cubs

Soccer

UEFA Euro 2016
Saturday
n/a rating ESPN 8:30 am Belgium vs Ireland
n/a rating ESPN 11:30 am Iceland vs Hungary
n/a rating ESPN 2:30 pm Portugal vs Austria
Sunday
n/a rating ESPN 2:30 pm Switzerland vs France

Other

AVP Beach Volleyball (New York City Open)
0.48 rating NBC 4:00 pm Saturday
0.65 rating NBC 4:30 pm Sunday

Boxing: Premier Boxing Champions
0.85 rating NBC 8:30 pm Saturday

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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.