Overnight ratings declined by a third for the NCAA Hockey Championship. In other news, the season’s second Manchester Derby had an increase in overnights on NBCSN, and NASCAR’s Xfinity Series fell to a season-low on Fox Sports 1.
NCAA Hockey Final Down on ESPN
- The Providence/Boston University NCAA Hockey Championship drew a 0.4 overnight rating on ESPN Saturday night, according to Sports Business Daily — down a third from Union College/Minnesota last year (0.6), but even with Yale/Quinnipiac in 2013 (0.4). The game ranked just a tick shy of NHL regular season action on NBC earlier in the day (0.5). (via Sports Business Daily)
Manchester Derby Up on NBCSN
- Sunday’s Manchester United/Manchester City English Premier League match drew a 0.7 overnight rating on NBCSN, up 75% from Swansea City/Chelsea last year (0.4), and up a tick from the season’s first ‘Manchester Derby’ in November (0.6). Burnley/Arsenal drew a 0.8 overnight on NBC the previous day, tying three other telecasts as the network’s third-highest rated match of the season in the metered markets (18 telecasts). (via Sports Business Daily)
Season-Low For NASCAR Xfinity Series
- NASCAR Xfinity Series racing from Texas drew 1.2 million viewers on Fox Sports 1 Friday night, down 20% from last year’s race on ESPN2 (1.5M) and down 29% from the 2013 race, also on ESPN2 (1.7M). The race ranks as the least-watched Xfinity Series telecast of the season, falling below the previous mark of 1.4 million from Fontana in March. All five Xfinity Series telecasts on FS1 have had year-over-year declines in viewership. (via ShowBuzz Daily)
