ABC averaged a 4.5 overnight rating for its two NBA Playoff games yesterday, up from a 4.3 for the comparable Sunday last year. Clippers-Spurs First Round Game 4 in the late window drew a 5.0 overnight, flat compared to Clippers-Warriors Game 4 last year. In the early window, ABC drew a 4.2 for the Cavaliers' sweep of the Celtics, up from a 3.7 for Wizards-Bulls Game 4 last year.
RAIN OR SHINE: Fox drew a 3.1 overnight rating for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from Richmond yesterday afternoon. The race had been postponed from Saturday night due to rain. That figure is actually up from a 3.0 for Richmond on Saturday night last year. Fox also drew a 0.5 overnight for the net's debut telecast of Monster Energy AMA Supercross on Saturday from 3:00-6:00pm ET.
NOTE: ESPN drew a 1.9 overnight for "Sunday Night Baseball," which featured Mets-Yankees. That figure is up from a 1.7 for Angels-Yankees last year.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV. Figures for the NBA Playoffs on ABC were unavailable at presstime.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "2015 Draft Academy" |
4/25
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.7
|
| "World of X Games: AFP World Tour Finals" |
4/25
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
4/25
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series |
4/25
|
CBS
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "NFL Championship Chase: The Draft" |
4/25
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
PGA Tour: Zurich Classic of New Orleans:
Third Round |
4/25
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.1
|
Monster Energy AMA Supercross
(MetLife Stadium) |
4/25
|
Fox
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
| EPL: Manchester City-Aston Villa |
4/25
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.7
|
NHL Eastern Conference First Round:
Capitals-Islanders: Game 6 |
4/25
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:15pm
|
1.3
|
NHL Western Conference First Round:
Predators-Blackhawks: Game 6 |
4/25
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:00pm
|
1.9
|
NBA Eastern Conference First Round:
Cavaliers-Celtics: Game 4 |
4/26
|
ABC
|
1:00-3:30pm
|
4.2
|
NBA Western Conference First Round:
Clippers-Spurs: Game 4 |
4/26
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
5.0
|
| PBR: Des Moines Invitational |
4/26
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
PGA Tour: Zurich Classic of New Orleans:
Final Round |
4/26
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.8
|
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
Toyota Owners 400 (Richmond)* |
4/26
|
Fox
|
1:15-4:30pm
|
1.3
|
| Laureus World Sports Award |
4/26
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.2
|
NHL Western Conference First Round:
Blues-Wild: Game 6 |
4/26
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.4
|
| |
|
|
|
|
NOTE: * = Rained out Saturday night.
