IndyCar hit a four-year high at Texas. In other news, NASCAR’s Xfinity Series inched up at Pocono, and the F1 Canadian Grand Prix posted a double-digit increase.
IndyCar Texas Viewership Hits High
- IndyCar Series racing from Texas delivered a 0.35 final rating and 561,000 viewers on NBCSN Saturday night, up 35% in ratings and 45% in viewership from last year, when the race was postponed to August (0.26, 388K) and the largest audience for the race since it last aired on ABC in 2013 (1.4M).
NASCAR Xfinity Series Inches Up at Pocono
- NASCAR Xfinity Series racing from Pocono, Pa. earned a 1.0 final rating and 1.5 million viewers on FOX Saturday afternoon — flat in rating and up 3% in viewership from last year’s inaugural edition of the race, which was affected by rain (1.0, 1.4M). The broadcast team was made up exclusively of active drivers.
F1 Canadian GP Posts Increase on NBC
- The Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix earned a 0.8 final rating and 1.2 million viewers on NBC, flat in ratings and up 20% in viewership from 2015 (0.8, 1.0M). Last year’s race was originally scheduled to air on NBC but was moved to NBCSN due to breaking news coverage, earning just 301,000 viewers.
[Numbers via ShowBuzz Daily 6.13]
