Recent sports TV ratings news, including the NASCAR Nationwide Series on ABC, NBA Fan Night on NBA TV, and the NHL on Versus.
- Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300 drew a 2.2 final rating and 3.459 million viewers on ABC, up 22% in ratings and 21% in viewership from the same race last year, which aired in late February on ESPN2 (1.8, 2.862M). (ESPN)
- Tuesday’s Trail Blazers/Heat Fan Night game drew a 0.45 U.S. rating and 681,000 viewers on NBA TV, the network’s most-viewed regular season telecast since becoming a Nielsen rated network. NBA TV is averaging a 0.26 and 402,000 viewers for Fan Night games this year. (Turner Sports)
- Five of the season’s ten most-viewed NHL telecasts on Versus took place during the month of February alone, according to Puck the Media. The network’s final NHL telecast of the month, Blackhawks/Wild, earned 474,000 viewers, the network’s seventh-most viewed game of the season. (Puck the Media)
