Recent sports TV ratings news, including TNT’s first NASCAR race of the season, a USA men’s soccer friendly on ESPN, and local ratings for the Stanley Cup Final in Atlanta.
- NASCAR Opener Even on TNT: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Five-Hour Energy 500 from Pocono, PA, earned a 3.0 overnight rating on TNT Sunday afternoon, even with both last year and 2009. (Turner Sports)
- USA Friendly Earns Nearly 900K Viewers: ESPN drew a 0.6 U.S. rating and 896,000 viewers for the June 4 United States/Spain men’s soccer friendly. The match was the lowest-rated and least-viewed of the four live sporting events on ESPN that day. (Son of the Bronx)
- Atlanta Tunes Out NHL: The first three games of the Stanley Cup Final drew extremely low ratings in Atlanta. Games 1 and 2 on NBC drew ratings of 1.3 and 0.6, respectively, and Game 3 on Versus barely registered with a 0.3. The Atlanta Thrashers are set to relocate to Winnipeg next season. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
