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 24 and Sunday May 25, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.

NBA: Playoffs

4.9 rating ESPN 8:30 pm Saturday Indiana Pacers at Miami Heat Game 3 (+26% from 3.9 last year for SA-MEM)
4.7 rating TNT 8:30 pm Sunday San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder Game 3 (-18% from 5.7 last year for MIA-IND)

NHL: Playoffs

1.9 rating NBC 8:00 pm Saturday Chicago Blackhawks at LA Kings Game 3 (-34% from 2.9 last year for LA-CHI Game 5 OT)
1.20 rating NBCSN 8:00 pm Sunday Montreal Canadiens at New York Rangers Game 4 (-47% from 2.28 last year for PIT-BOS)

MLB

0.37 rating FS1 4:00 pm Saturday Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers
1.3 rating FOX 7:15 pm Saturday WAS-PIT or STL-CIN or KC-LAA (-24% from 1.7 last year for 5 game regional)

PGA Golf

Crowne Plaza Invitational at Memorial
0.87 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-19% from 1.08 last year)
1.5 rating CBS 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round (-12% from 1.7 last year)

Senior PGA Championship
0.45 rating NBC 3:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (+2% from 0.44 last year)
0.57 rating NBC 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round (-12% from 0.65 last year)

Auto Racing

NASCAR Nationwide Series
1.3 rating ABC 2:45 pm Saturday Charlotte 300 (-7% from 1.4 last year)
NASCAR Sprint Cup
3.9 rating FOX 6:15 pm Sunday Coca-Cola 600 from Charlotte (-5% from 4.1 last year)

IndyCar Indianapolis 500
4.1 rating ABC 12:00 pm Sunday (+11% from 3.7 last year)

Soccer

UEFA Champions League Soccer
1.3 rating FOX 2:00 pm Saturday Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid (+30% from 1.0 from last year)

Tennis

0.61 rating NBC 12:00 pm Sunday French Open Early Rounds (-36% from 0.96 from last year)

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