Delayed to Fox Sports 1 for the second straight year, fewer viewers watched NASCAR from Bristol. In other news, ESPN had declines for MLB coverage Sunday and Monday night, and NBCSN earned the largest F1 audience on U.S. cable in eight years.
FS1 Sees Fewer Viewers For NASCAR From Bristol
- Rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup racing from Bristol drew 2.6 million viewers on Fox Sports 1 Sunday night, down 20% from rain-delayed coverage of the same race last year (3.2M). The network aired four hours of coverage this year, as opposed to just under three hours last year. (via ShowBuzz Daily)
Viewership Declines For Sunday, Monday Night Baseball
- The Reds/Cardinals Sunday Night Baseball game drew a 1.0 final rating and 1.6 million viewers on ESPN, down 43% in both measures from Red Sox/Yankees last year (1.8, 2.8M) and down 31% and 27%, respectively, from Orioles/Yankees in 2013 (1.5, 2.2M). The following night, Yankees/Tigers drew 922,000 on Monday Night Baseball — down 22% from Braves/Phillies last year (1.2M) but up 26% from Phillies/Reds in 2013 (733K). (via TV Media Insights, ShowBuzz Daily)
NBCSN Earns Top F1 Audience on Cable Since 2007
- Formula 1 racing from Bahrain drew 630,000 viewers on NBCSN Sunday morning, up 6% from last year (594K), up 215% from 2013 (200K), and the network’s most-watched race it began covering F1 in 2013. Overall, the race earned the largest F1 audience on cable since 2007, when Speed Channel earned 662,000 for coverage from Brazil (662K). (NBC Sports Group Press Box)
