ABC's NBA Playoffs were delivered to the top two sports viewers on Saturday, May 11th.
ABC averaged a 3.0 rating and 5.6 million viewers for Celtics vs. Cavaliers in the second round of the NBA playoffs on Saturday, and 2.0 million and 3.87 million viewers for Thunder vs. Mavericks last year. (Warriors vs. Lakers: 4.2M, 8.37M; Knicks: Heat: 2.1, 3.91M), but still the top two sportscasts of the day.
For more information on weekend NBA playoff ratings, please see the previous link.
Moving on to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, TNT and truTV combined averages were 0.8 million and 1.76 million for the Rangers vs. Hurricanes, and 720,000 and 1.55 million for the Stars vs. Avalanche, both of which were higher than last year's Oilers vs. Golden Knights alone. increased. For more information on Stanley Cup numbers, check out this article.
The PGA Tour led the non-playoff slot with third-round viewers from Charlotte on CBS at 1 million and 1.66 million, up 28% and 30% from last year's 0.8 million and 1.28 million, respectively.
Local coverage of Major League Baseball on FOX drew 91.55 million viewers, down one notch and 15% in viewership from last year (101.82 million). Prior to that, the UFL game between St. Louis and Birmingham drew 0.46 million, 758,000 viewers. In other UFL games, Memphis vs. Arlington tied for 0.32 and 586,000 on ESPN.
In the soccer charts, Liga MX took the lead with Univision's Toluca vs. Guadalajara game with 0.50 points and 1.13 million points, followed by the English Premier League, where NBC tied the game between Chelsea and Nottingham with 0.50 points and 898,000 points. . His NWSL at ION was highest at 0.12 and 160,000 (Bay FC-Orlando), and in MLS (Columbus-Cincinnati) he was at 0.06 and 104,000 at FS1 and Fox Deportes.
Further down, ESPN tied UFC Fight Night at 0.49 and 903,000, leading to Top Rank Boxing at 0.40 and 725,000.
In auto racing, the IndyCar Series' Indianapolis Grand Prix scored 0.52 and 875,000 points on NBC, up 13% and 23% from last year (0.46 and 715,000), respectively, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Darlington on FS1. 0.48, which exceeded 782,000 points.
Turning to college softball, the Big 12 Tournament finals between Oklahoma and Texas led the conference tournament with a 0.29 and 563,000 viewers, second only to last month's NBA-cheered Alabama-Arkansas game (569,000). , the largest college softball crowd of the season.
The SEC Tournament Finals game between Florida and Missouri led by 0.25 and 470,000, while the FSU and Duke ACC title game led by 0.22 and 368,000. Rounding out the ESPN2 schedule, the final game between Wichita State and Charlotte American Athletic was tied at 0.12 and 201,000, while the Utah State and UCLA Pac-12 title game was tied at 0.20 and 340,000.
The Big Ten tournament finals between Indiana and Nebraska was far behind at just 0.04 and 65,000, leading to a baseball game between the same teams at 0.02 and 47,000.
Sports Ratings for Saturday, May 11th
