- Tuesday’s NBA Draft Lottery drew a 2.0 U.S. rating and 3.1 million viewers on ESPN, up 11% in ratings and 20% in viewership from last year (1.8, 2.6 mil), and up 11% and 33%, respectively, from 2008 (1.8, 2.3 mil). (pifeedback.com)
- Versus drew a 10.9 rating in the Chicago market for Tuesday’s Blackhawks/Sharks Game 2, the Blackhawks’ highest local rating of the postseason on cable — even topping the Comcast SportsNet Chicago record high of 10.1 set by Blackhawks/Canucks Game 3 weeks earlier. Last year’s top playoff game on Versus in the market drew a 7.1. (Chicago Tribune)
- Six of the ten highest rated markets for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes were down from last year, including Louisville — whose 18.6 rating led all markets, but marked a 13% decline from last year (21.3). Baltimore (17.7), Ft. Myers/Naples (15.5), St. Louis (12.0) and Washington, D.C. (11.5) rounded out the top five. (Sports Business Daily)
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