The UFA Champions League semifinals generated nearly 900,000 viewers on a Tuesday afternoon this week. In other news, a channel change sank Formula 1 racing from Bahrain, and the Chicago Bulls averaged their lowest local rating in nine years.
Nearly 900K For Real Madrid-Bayern Munich
- Tuesday’s second leg of the Real Madrid-Bayern Munich UEFA Champions League quarterfinal combined for 872,000 viewers across Fox Sports 1 (439K) and Fox Deportes (433K), up a third from the same window last year (657K) — when FS1 aired Manchester City-Paris St. Germain (253K) and Fox Deportes Real Madrid-Wolfsburg (404K). On Wednesday, the second leg of Barcelona-Juventus had 395,000 on FS1 (+20%); figures for Spanish-language coverage on ESPN Deportes was not available. (ShowBuzz Daily 4.19, 4.20)
F1 Bahrain GP Down in Move to CNBC
- The Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix scored 413,000 viewers on CNBC Sunday morning, down 29% from last year (578K) and down 34% from 2015 (630K), when coverage aired on NBCSN. It was the least-watched edition of the Bahrain race — annually the most-watched F1 race on cable — since 2013 (200K). It was also the second-straight race to decline, following a 3% dip for the Chinese GP the previous week (from 272K to 263K). (ShowBuzz Daily 4.18)
Bulls Ratings Hit Low
- Chicago Bulls games averaged a 1.98 rating on Comcast SportsNet Chicago during the regular season, down a third from last year (2.96), down 58% from 2015 (4.17) and the team’s lowest average since the 2007-08 season (1.75). At the height of the Derrick Rose era, Bulls games averaged a 5.81 during the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season. (Crain’s Chicago 4.20)
