The Ric Flair 30 For 30 hit a 2017 high. In other news, NBCSN posted a decline for Wednesday Night Rivalry, and a recent Mavericks game had a mere 0.1 rating.
Ric Flair Doc Boosts 30 For 30 Ratings
The ESPN 30 For 30 documentary “Nature Boy” (a profile of WWE wrestler Ric Flair) had a 1.2 rating and 1.8 million viewers Tuesday night, the most-watched 30 For 30 premiere this year. The previous high was 1.4 million for part one of “Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies” in June.
Going back further, it trails only “Catholics vs. Convicts” last December (1.3, 2.1M) as the most-watched 30 For 30 since “I Hate Christian Laettner” in March 2015 (1.5, 2.3M). [via Programming Insider 11.9]
Bruins-Rangers Down on NBCSN
Bruins-Rangers scored 417,000 viewers on NBCSN’s Wednesday Night Rivalry this week, down 19% from Blackhawks-Blues last year (516K) and down 16% from Canadiens-Penguins in 2015 (496K). The Lightning-Sharks nightcap had 201,000.
The previous night, Kings-Ducks had 188,000 and Capitals-Sabres 180,000. NBCSN went dark on the comparable night last year. [via ShowBuzz Daily 11.8, 11.9]
Mavs Game Pulls 0.1 Rating
Last Saturday’s T’Wolves-Mavericks NBA game had a mere 0.1 rating on Fox Sports Southwest in Dallas, which “has to be an all-time Mavericks low” according to the Dallas Morning-News. Ratings bounced back to a 1.0 for Tuesday’s Mavericks-Wizards game. [dallasnews.com 11.10]
