Additional sports TV ratings news, including the third round of the Deutsche Bank Championship, the Rangers taking a back seat to the NFL in Dallas-Ft. Worth and the season finale of Hard Knocks.
- Third round coverage of the PGA Deutsche Bank Championship drew a 1.5 final rating and 2.223 million viewers on NBC Sunday afternoon, down 12% in ratings from last year (1.7). Ratings and viewership for Monday’s final round action were not available. (Sports Business Daily)
- Thursday’s Saints/Vikings NFL season opener drew a 20.6 rating on Dallas-Ft. Worth NBC affiliate KXAS, topping Rangers/Blue Jays on Fox Sports Southwest (2.3) by 796%. (Dallas Morning News)
- The season finale of the NFL training camp reality show Hard Knocks drew a 0.6 U.S. rating and 1.009 million viewers on HBO, the “most-watched episode of the show” since 2002. (Sports Business Daily, TV By The Numbers)
