The San Antonio Spurs hit a season-high on Fox Sports Southwest Wednesday. In other news, the IndyCar season opener finished low on ABC, and NBCSN earned one of its largest NHL audiences of the season.
Spurs Hit Season-High on FS Southwest
- Wednesday’s Warriors/Spurs NBA regular season game earned a 10.98 rating on Fox Sports Southwest, the network’s top Spurs rating of the season. The previous high was a 9.47 for Celtics/Spurs in November. So far this season, Spurs games have averaged a 7.45 rating on FS Southwest, up 15% from last year. (Spurs.com)
IndyCar Opener Up From Last Year, But Very Low
- Sunday’s IndyCar Series opener from St. Petersburg earned a 0.6 final rating and 866,000 viewers on ABC, up 100% in ratings and 123% in viewership from last year’s race on NBCSN (0.3, 388K), but down 33% and 32%, respectively, from 2012 — the last time it aired on ABC (0.9, 1.2M). The race is tied as the lowest rated IndyCar telecast on ABC since August 2012 (0.5). (ESPN)
NBCSN Earns Third-Best NHL Audience of Season
- NBCSN earned 744,000 viewers for the Bruins/Red Wings NHL regular season game Wednesday night, the network’s third-largest audience of the season. Only Capitals/Blackhawks on Opening Night (935K) and Flyers/Penguins in November (759K) earned better numbers. (NBC)
