Fox Sports 1 earned its top MLS audience of the season. In other news, viewership declined for IndyCar from Alabama, and ESPN neared a season-low for Monday Night Baseball.
FS1 Hits Season-High For MLS Coverage
- Sunday’s Sounders/Timbers Major League Soccer match earned 309,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1, the network’s top MLS audience of the season and the second-largest audience on an English-language network. Only Orlando City/NYC F.C. on ESPN2 March 8 earned a larger audience (539K). Orlando City/Toronto F.C. drew 186,000 on FS1 earlier in the night, and Red Bulls/Galaxy drew 216,000 on ESPN2 in the late afternoon. (via Sports TV Ratings)
IndyCar From Alabama Down on NBCSN
- IndyCar Series racing from Alabama drew 300,000 viewers on NBCSN Sunday afternoon, down 25% from the same race last year (400K) but up 19% from 2013 (253K). Compared to the network’s third race of last season, coverage from Texas in June, viewership declined 29% from 424,000. (via Sports TV Ratings)
Fewer Viewers For Nats/Braves on Monday Night Baseball
- The Nationals/Braves Monday Night Baseball game drew 571,000 viewers on ESPN, down 20% from Reds/Pirates last year (713K) and down 26% from Yankees/Rays in 2013 (769K). The Braves’ win earned the second-smallest audience for Monday Night Baseball this season (5 telecasts), ahead of only Giants/Diamondbacks on ESPN2 Opening Night (555K). (via ShowBuzz Daily)
