Recent sports TV ratings news, including the Philadelphia Phillies on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, NASCAR’s Sprint Cup on TNT, and NASCAR’s Nationwide Series on ESPN.
- Phillies Ratings Up Entering All Star Break: Through the first half of the MLB season, Phillies telecasts have averaged an 8.8 rating on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, up 22% from last year (7.2). (Comcast)
- NASCAR’s Kentucky Debut Up From Comparable ’10 Race: Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Quaker State 400 from Kentucky earned a 2.7 overnight rating on TNT, up 17% from the race on the comparable night last year, the LifeLock.com 400 from Chicago (2.3). Last year’s Chicago race was the final race of the season on TNT. (Turner Sports, Sports Business Daily)
- Kentucky Nationwide Series Race Down: Friday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Feed The Children 300 earned 1.586 million viewers on ESPN, down 6% from last year’s race, which aired on a Saturday night in June (1.681M), but up 6% from the 2009 race on ESPN2 (1.490M). (ESPN)
