SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 5.16-17.2015

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The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 16 and Sunday May 17, 2015. 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.

Triple Crown: Preakness Stakes

Saturday
2.19 rating NBC 4:30-5:00 pm (2.4 last year; 2.4 in 2013; 1.7 in 2012)
3.36 rating NBC 5:00-5:45 pm (3.5 last year; 3.6 in 2013; 2.9 in 2012)
5.83 rating NBC 5:45-6:45 pm (6.3 last year; 6.0 in 2013; 5.5 in 2012)

Kentucky Derby Flashback Two Weeks Ago (Saturday May 2, 2015)
4.07 rating NBC 4:30-5:00 pm (4.0 last year; 4.1 in 2013; 3.7 in 2012)
6.48 rating NBC 5:00-6:00 pm (5.9 last year; 6.2 in 2013; 5.4 in 2012)
10.76 rating NBC 6:00-6:45 pm (10.1 last year; 10.4 in 2013; 9.0 in 2012)

NBA Playoffs

Sunday
5.81 rating ABC 3:30 pm LA Clippers at HOU Rockets Game 7

Golf

PGA: Wells Fargo Championship
1.84 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday Third Round
2.44 rating CBS 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round

Auto Racing

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Sunday
0.77 rating FS1 2:00 pm 3M 250 (Newton, IA)

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Saturday
2.08 rating FS1 9:00 pm Sprint All-Star Race (Charlotte)

INDYCAR
Sunday
0.97 rating ABC 1:00 pm Indianapolis 500 time trials

FORMULA ONE
Returns Sunday May 24 with Grand Prix of Monaco

NHL Playoffs

Saturday
1.68 rating NBC 1:00 pm TB Lightning at NY Rangers Game 1

Sunday
1.70 rating NBC 3:00 pm CHI Blackhawks at ANA Ducks Game 1

MLB

Saturday
n/a rating FS1 1:00 pm ATL Braves at MIA Marlins
n/a rating FS1 4:00 pm PIT Pirates at CHI Cubs

Sunday
n/a rating ESPN 8:00 pm DET Tigers at STL Cardinals

Soccer

Premier League

Saturday
0.18 rating NBCSN 7:30 am Southampton vs Aston Villa
0.32 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Sunderland vs Leicester
0.45 rating NBCSN 12:30 pm Liverpool vs Crystal Palace

Sunday
0.24 rating NBCSN 8:30 am Swansea vs Manchester City
0.58 rating NBCSN 11:00 am Manchester United vs Arsenel

MLS

Sunday
n/a rating ESPN2 5:00 pm Orlando City SC vs Los Angeles
n/a rating FS1 7:00 pm Philadelphia vs D.C. United

Other

n/a

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