Recent sports TV ratings, including last weekend’s French Open ratings on NBC, IndyCar, NHRA and NASCAR Xfinity Series races, and local and national MLB.
Serena Boosts NBC’s French Open Ratings
Round of 16 action the following day had a a 0.8 (-5%) and 1.1 million (-6%).
IndyCar Ends ABC Run With Mixed Results
In other action last weekend, taped NHRA eliminations from Chicago scored a 0.54 rating and 865,000 viewers on FS1 immediately following NASCAR Cup Series action — up 59% in ratings and 62% in viewership from last year, when the race took place in July (0.34, 534K). Versus the same weekend last year, ratings and viewership fell 26% and 27% respectively (New Jersey: 0.7, 1.2M).
Finally, last Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race from Pocono (Pa.) had a 0.56 rating and 826,000 viewers on FS1 — down 40% in ratings and 44% in viewership from last year (1.0, 1.48M) and down 40% and 42% respectively from 2016 (1.0, 1.43M), both of which aired on the FOX broadcast network.
Yankees, MLB Draft, on the Upswing
Elsewhere in MLB, Thursday’s Tigers-Red Sox game had a 0.37 rating and 543,000 on ESPN — unsurprisingly down 29% and 28% respectively from Red Sox-Yankees last year (0.52, 543K).
Over on MLB Network, last Monday’s MLB Draft had 320,000 (+21%) and the largest audience for the event since at least 2012.
[Numbers from ShowBuzz Daily 6.5 a, b; Programming Insider 6.8; YES Network]
