Major League Soccer scored its largest audience on a single network in eight years. In other news, IndyCar hit a season-high on cable last weekend, and the NHRA suffered a slight dip on Fox Sports 1.
MLS Scores Largest Single-Network Audience in Eight Years
- Last Saturday’s Earthquakes/Galaxy Major League Soccer match earned 1.0 million viewers on Univision, marking the league’s largest audience on a single network — regular season or playoffs — since United/Galaxy on ABC in 2008 (1.2M). Coverage aired immediately after the Colombia/United States Copa America third-place match, which had 2.8 million. (lagalaxy.com)
IndyCar Hits Cable High at Road America
- IndyCar Series racing from Road America (WI) earned 470,000 viewers on NBCSN Sunday afternoon, the largest audience of the season on cable (four telecasts). It was the first IndyCar race at Road America since 2007. (via ShowBuzz Daily)
Slight Dip For NHRA from Ohio
- Live coverage of the NHRA from Norwalk (OH) earned 651,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1 last Sunday morning, down 4% from live coverage on ESPN last year (678K) but up 17% from tape-delayed coverage on ESPN2 in 2014 (556K). Despite the early 11 AM start time, the telecast earned the fifth-largest audience of the season (12 telecasts). (via ShowBuzz Daily)
