Television ratings for the PGA Tour Memorial increased from last year, but were still among the lowest for the event in years. In other news, Sunday Night Baseball had a big decline on ESPN and UniMás again trounced ESPN2 for Mexico soccer.
Final Round of Memorial 4th-Lowest Rated Since ’96
- Final round coverage of the PGA Tour Memorial Tournament earned a 2.0 final rating and 2.9 million viewers on CBS last Sunday, the fourth-lowest rated final round since at least 1996 (excludes rainouts). Compared to last year, the 2.0 rating marks an 11% improvement. Last Saturday’s third round action drew a 1.3 and 1.8 million. (Wknd. numbers from Sports Business Daily)
Sunday Night Baseball Down Big From Sox/Yanks Last Year
- Last week’s Pirates/Dodgers Sunday Night Baseball game, which featured seven announcers stationed throughout the stadium, earned 1.7 million viewers on ESPN — down 28% from Red Sox/Yankees last year (2.3M), and the fourth-smallest Sunday night audience of the season (10 telecasts). The game was crushed head-to-head by Game 7 of the NHL Western Conference Finals on NBCSN (4.1M). (Sun. numbers from The Futon Critic)
UniMás Again Crushes ESPN2 For Mexico Soccer
- Tuesday’s Mexico/Bosnia-Herzegovina men’s soccer friendly drew 2.6 million viewers on UniMás, trouncing competing coverage of the match on ESPN2 (395K). The combined audience of approximately 3.0 million marks a 7% decline from the Mexico/Israel friendly the previous week (appx. 3.2M). (Univision)
