The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: FedEx 400 (Dover) | 5/15 | Fox | 1:30-4:34pm | 4.4 | 7,391 |
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Thunder-Grizzlies: Game Seven | 5/15 | ABC | 3:22-6:05pm | 4.4 | 7,141 |
| PGA Tour: The Players: Final Round | 5/15 | NBC | 2:00-7:32pm | 3.1 | 4,672 |
| MLB: (regional) | 5/14 | Fox | 7:11-10:23pm | 2.6 | 4,103 |
| PGA Tour: The Players: Third Round | 5/14 | NBC | 2:00-8:13pm | 1.4 | 2,132 |
National Heads-Up Poker
Championship (taped) | 5/15 | NBC | 12:00-2:00pm | 0.8 | 1,113 |
National High School Slam Dunk,
3-Point Contest (taped) | 5/14 | CBS | 5:00-6:00pm | 0.7 | 1,082 |
NCAA Women's Gymnastics
Championships (taped) | 5/14 | CBS | 3:00-5:00pm | 0.7 | 1,005 |
| Global Golf Adventure (taped) | 5/14 | NBC | 1:30-2:00pm | 0.3 | 460 |
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Heat-Bulls: Game One | 5/15 | TNT | 8:03-10:37pm | 6.2 | 11,109 |
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals:
Heat-Celtics: Game Four | 5/9 | TNT | 7:00-9:56pm | 4.7 | 7,824 |
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals:
Heat-Celtics: Game Five | 5/11 | TNT | 7:00-9:40pm | 4.3 | 6,777 |
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Thunder-Grizzlies: Game Four | 5/9 | TNT | 9:56pm-1:43am | 3.5 | 5,592 |
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Thunder-Grizzlies: Game Five | 5/11 | TNT | 9:40pm-12:13am | 3.4 | 5,462 |
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals:
Bulls-Hawks: Game Five | 5/10 | TNT | 8:15-10:54pm | 3.3 | 5,100 |
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals:
Bulls-Hawks: Game Six | 5/12 | ESPN | 7:58-10:36pm | 3.1 | 5,085 |
NBA Western Conference Semifinals:
Thunder-Grizzlies: Game Six | 5/13 | ESPN | 9:02-11:44pm | 2.9 | 4,750 |
| MLB: Red Sox-Yankees | 5/15 | ESPN | 8:00-11:52pm | 2.1 | 3,294 |
NASCAR Nationwide Series:
5-Hour Energy 200 | 5/14 | ESPN | 2:04-6:24pm | 1.3 | 1,908 |
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SCORING OPPORTUNITY: ESPN2 earned a 0.2 U.S. rating and 328,000 viewers for last Saturday's Timbers-Sounders FC match from 11:00pm-1:06am ET, which was the first match in the new MLS Cascadia Cup series (THE DAILY). The game earned a 3.0 local rating in Seattle-Tacoma and a 2.2 rating in Portland. No other market registered higher than a 0.7 local rating (OREGONLIVE.com, 5/17)….The FA Cup final featuring Manchester City-Stoke City last Saturday averaged 6.8 million viewers on ITV1, marking the "best FA Cup final audience" since the tournament returned to the network two years ago (GUARDIAN, 5/16).
NOTES: Speed averaged 1.023 million viewers for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 200 from Dover Int'l Speedway last Friday night from 8:30-11:02pm ET, up 37% from 745,000 viewers for the same race last year. Through six NCWTS races, Speed is averaging 1.144 million viewers, up 15% from 998,000 viewers at the same point last season (THE DAILY).
