- Thursday’s Cavaliers/Celtics game drew a 1.8 U.S. rating and 2.8 million viewers on TNT, up 20% and 19%, respectively, from Cavaliers/Rockets on the comparable night last year (1.5, 2.3 mil). Later in the night, Nuggets/Warriors drew a 1.1 and 1.6 million, down 35% and 38%, respectively, from Suns/Lakers last year (1.7, 2.6 mil). (pifeedback.com)
- The USA/Switzerland Olympic Men’s Hockey quarterfinal — which aired live in the Eastern and Central Time Zones, and on tape delay in the Mountain and Pacific — drew 5.9 million viewers on NBC Wednesday. For perspective, the network’s weekday Olympic coverage averaged 5.8 million viewers last week. (Puck The Media)
- Canada’s win over Team USA in the Olympic Women’s Hockey Gold Medal game drew a 1.6 U.S. rating and 2.5 million viewers on MSNBC Thursday evening. The game was the 9th-highest rated and 6th-most viewed program of the night on cable television. (pifeedback.com)
WNBA viewership continues to rise heading into stretch run
WNBA viewership is comfortably ahead of last year's pace entering the final weeks of the regular season.
