NBC Sports Network averaged 847,000 viewers for the Sabres-Bruins game on Wednesday night, which marked the first massive public gathering in Boston since Monday's marathon bombings. That audience marked the net’s fourth-best viewership for an NHL regular-season game on record (NBC). Meanwhile, NBC Sports Net is averaging 119,000 viewers for three live F1 telecasts to date, which have all aired during early morning hours. That figure is down 52% from 250,000 viewers for the same three races on Speed last year. Replays for those races on Sunday afternoons are averaging 145,000 viewers, down 44% from the replays last year on Speed (Austin Karp, Assistant Managing Editor).
The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| The Masters: Final Round |
4/14
|
CBS
|
2:00-7:00pm
|
9.4
|
14,700
|
| The Masters: Third Round |
4/13
|
CBS
|
3:00-7:00pm
|
5.8
|
8,500
|
NASCAR Sprint Cup:
NRA 500 (Texas) |
4/13
|
Fox
|
7:49-11:20pm
|
3.8
|
6,269
|
| NBA: Bulls-Heat |
4/14
|
ABC
|
1:00-3:45pm
|
2.1
|
3,009
|
| MLB: (regional) |
4/13
|
Fox
|
4:00-7:00pm
|
1.8
|
2,500
|
| "Masters Playoffs" |
4/13
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
1.1
|
n/a
|
| "Jim Nantz Remembers Augusta" |
4/14
|
CBS
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
1.0
|
n/a
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
4/14
|
ABC
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,243
|
| Liga MX: Leon-Club America |
4/13
|
Telem.
|
9:00-11:04pm
|
0.5
|
975
|
| Horse Racing: Blue Grass Stakes |
4/13
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
935
|
| NHL: Blackhawks-Blues |
4/14
|
NBC
|
12:30-3:00pm
|
0.7
|
933
|
| AMA Supercross |
4/14
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
0.7
|
n/a
|
| Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular |
4/14
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
914
|
| Liga MX: CD Guadalajara-Atlante |
4/14
|
Telem.
|
5:55-8:00pm
|
0.4
|
726
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
4/13
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
611
|
| Speed Golf World Championships |
4/13
|
CBS
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
n/a
|
| Stadium Super Trucks |
4/14
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
596
|
| Heads-Up Poker Championship |
4/13
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:30pm
|
0.5
|
571
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| The Masters: Second Round |
4/12
|
ESPN
|
3:00-7:40pm
|
3.0
|
4,196
|
NCAA Women's Basketball
Championship: UConn-Louisville |
4/9
|
ESPN
|
8:30-10:44pm
|
2.0
|
3,206
|
| The Masters: First Round |
4/11
|
ESPN
|
3:00-7:23pm
|
2.0
|
2,851
|
| MLB: Orioles-Yankees |
4/14
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:49pm
|
1.5
|
2,162
|
| NBA: Knicks-Bulls |
4/11
|
TNT
|
8:16-11:05pm
|
1.5
|
2,136
|
| NBA: Thunder-Warriors |
4/11
|
TNT
|
11:05pm-1:21am
|
1.2
|
1,661
|
NASCAR Nationwide Series:
O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas) |
4/12
|
ESPN2
|
8:37-11:32pm
|
1.0
|
1,534
|
| NBA: Spurs-Nuggets |
4/10
|
ESPN
|
10:36pm-12:58am
|
0.9
|
1,272
|
| NBA: Nets-Celtics |
4/10
|
ESPN
|
8:05-10:36pm
|
0.9
|
1,194
|
| "Live From The Masters" |
4/13
|
Golf
|
9:30am-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,148
|
