Television ratings for the PGA at Quail Hollow tied a six-year low. In other news, Houston was the top market for Thursday’s NFL Draft coverage, and ESPN had its biggest decline of the season for Sunday Night Baseball.
Quail Hollow Championship Ties Lowest Final Round Rating in Six Years
- Final round coverage of the PGA Tour Quail Hollow Championship earned a 1.8 final rating and 2.7 million viewers on CBS, tying 2011 as the lowest rated final round since 2008. Last year’s final round, which aired on tape delay, drew a 2.1 rating. On Saturday, third round action drew a 1.1 and 1.5 million. (Weekend numbers from Sports Business Daily)
Houston Leads Metered Markets For Round 1 of NFL Draft
- Houston (15.3) and Greenville, SC (14.1) were the top metered markets for Thursday’s first round of the NFL Draft on ESPN and NFL Network. The Texans had the #1 pick and selected South Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney. Rounding out the top five were Austin (13.0), San Antonio (12.15) and Dallas-Ft. Worth (9.8). (Houston Chronicle)
Cards/Cubs Down Double-Digits on ESPN
- ESPN earned a 1.3 U.S. rating and 2.0 million viewers for last Sunday’s Cardinals/Cubs Sunday Night Baseball game, down 13% in ratings and viewership from Dodgers/Giants last year (1.5, 2.3M). The game, which Dan Shulman and John Kruk called from the bleachers, had the biggest declines of the season for a Sunday night telecast (six telecasts).
