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Final Ratings: Fox' NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Tops Last Weekend, But Audience Flat
Published April 20, 2012
Fox averaged a 4.0 rating and 6.8 million viewers for last Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, flat in rating, but down 3.8% in viewership compared to the same race last year. The race did lead all sports telecasts last weekend. Meanwhile, CBS earned a 1.6 final rating for its coverage of the final round of the PGA Tour RBC Heritage, down 15.8% from a 1.9 rating last year. Fox Soccer again topped all English-language soccer matches on cable TV last week with the Tottenham Hotspur-Chelsea FA Cup Semifinal on April 15, which averaged 338,000 viewers. Only one MLS match -- Crew-Union on NBC Sports Net on April 14 -- cracked the top 10.
The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings.
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The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Samsung Mobile 500 (Texas) |
4/14
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:00pm
|
4.0
|
| NBA: Mavericks-Lakers |
4/15
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
3.0
|
| NBA: Heat-Knicks |
4/15
|
ABC
|
1:00-3:30pm
|
2.8
|
| MLB: (regional) |
4/14
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:00pm
|
2.3
|
| NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinal: Flyers-Penguins: Game Three |
4/15
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
2.0
|
| PGA Tour: RBC Heritage: Final Round |
4/15
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
| NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinal: Capitals-Bruins: Game Two |
4/14
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.3
|
| NHL Western Conference Quarterfinal: Predators-Red Wings: Game Three |
4/15
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:00pm
|
1.2
|
| PGA Tour: RBC Heritage: Third Round |
4/14
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
4/15
|
ABC
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.9
|
| PBR Built Ford Tough Series: 15/15 Bucking Battle (taped) |
4/15
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
| Monster Energy AMA Supercross (taped) |
4/15
|
CBS
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.6
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
4/14
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Midget Car Racing: Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals (taped) |
4/14
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| NBA: Heat-Bulls |
4/12
|
TNT
|
8:16-11:07pm
|
2.4
|
3,671
|
| NBA: Knicks-Bulls |
4/10
|
ESPN
|
9:41pm-12:12am
|
1.9
|
2,834
|
| MLB: Angels-Yankees |
4/15
|
ESPN
|
7:58-11:39pm
|
1.9
|
2,830
|
| NBA: Celtics-Heat |
4/10
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:41pm
|
1.7
|
2,405
|
| NBA: Knicks-Bucks |
4/11
|
ESPN
|
8:06-10:43pm
|
1.2
|
1,684
|
| NASCAR Nationwide Series: O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 |
4/13
|
ESPN2
|
8:30-11:25pm
|
1.0
|
1,656
|
| NBA: Mavericks-Warriors |
4/12
|
TNT
|
11:07pm-1:13am
|
1.2
|
1,358
|
| NBA: Suns-Rockets |
4/13
|
ESPN
|
8:06-10:46pm
|
0.9
|
1,149
|
| NBA: Warriors-Trail Blazers |
4/11
|
ESPN
|
10:43pm-1:02am
|
0.8
|
1,114
|
| NBA: Mavericks-Trail Blazers |
4/13
|
ESPN
|
10:46pm-1:07am
|
0.9
|
1,104
|
