Speed earned a 2.3 U.S. rating and 3.68 million viewers for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star Race last Saturday night, which featured a few rain interruptions. While the rating is up slightly from a 2.2 last year, the viewership is down slightly from 3.75 million viewers. Since the race moved from FX to Speed in ’07, it has averaged a 2.3 and 3.94 million viewers. The most-watched All-Star Race over the last decade was FX’ telecast in ’05, which drew a 3.4 rating and 5.48 million viewers.
| NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES ALL-STAR RACE ON SPEED AUDIENCE TREND |
| YEAR | RATING | VIEWERS (000) |
| '13 | 2.3 | 3,679 |
| '12 | 2.2 | 3,751 |
| '11 | 2.4 | 4,228 |
| '10 | 2.3 | 3,802 |
| '09 | 2.4 | 4,174 |
| '08 | 2.5 | 4,182 |
| '07 | 2.3 | 3,788 |
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FIGHT NIGHT: “UFC on FX 8” averaged a 0.8 rating and 1.3 million viewers last Saturday night, down from a 1.1 rating and 1.9 million viewers for the previous iteration in January, which remains the most-viewed UFC telecast on FX. Both bouts aired from Brazil. The audience last Saturday is on par with the eight-telecast UFC average for FX (0.8 rating, 1.3 million viewers) (
Austin Karp, Assistant Managing Editor).
| "UFC ON FX" AUDIENCE TREND |
| TELECAST | DATE | RATING | VIEWERS (000) |
| 1 | 1/20/12 | 0.8 | 1,271 |
| 2 | 3/2/12 | 0.9 | 1,430 |
| 3 | 6/8/12 | 0.6 | 1,086 |
| 4 | 6/22/12 | 0.9 | 1,306 |
| 5 | 10/5/12 | 0.7 | 1,084 |
| 6 | 12/14/12 | 0.6 | 972 |
| 7 | 1/19/13 | 1.1 | 1,857 |
| 8 | 5/18/13 | 0.8 | 1,329 |
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NOTES: TNT finished with a 5.3 rating and 8.2 million viewers for Pacers-Heat NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 on Wednesday night, giving TNT a primetime win among all nets (broadcast or cable) for the night. The game also is the most-viewed NBA Playoff game this year to date. Pacers-Heat Game 1 is up 10% and 6%, respectively, from the net’s comparable Thunder-Spurs Game 1 last year (
TNT)....FS Southwest drew a 6.9 local rating in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market for Tuesday night’s A’s-Rangers game, marking the RSN’s best Rangers rating this season to date. The previous best was a 6.6 rating for Tigers-Rangers on May 18 (
FS Southwest).
The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. Figures for ABC were unavailable at presstime.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
| Preakness Stakes (race segment) | 5/18 | NBC | 5:50-6:39pm | 5.9 | 9,700 |
| Preakness Stakes (pre-race) | 5/18 | NBC | 5:00-5:50pm | 3.6 | 5,500 |
| Preakness Stakes (pre-race) | 5/18 | NBC | 4:30-5:00pm | 2.3 | 3,500 |
| PGA Tour: HP Byron Nelson Championship: Final Round | 5/19 | CBS | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.9 | n/a |
| NHL Eastern Conference Semifinals: Rangers-Bruins: Game 2 | 5/19 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.4 | 2,400 |
| Liga MX: Club America-Monterrey | 5/18 | Univ. | 5:55-8:06pm | 1.0 | 1,948 |
| MLB: (regional) | 5/18 | Fox | 4:00-7:00pm | 1.2 | 1,700 |
| PGA Tour: HP Byron Nelson Championship: Third Round | 5/18 | CBS | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.2 | n/a |
| NHL Conference Semifinals: Red Wings-Blackhawks: Game 2 | 5/18 | NBC | 1:00-4:30pm | 1.1 | 1,700 |
| Preakness Stakes (pre-race) | 5/18 | NBC | 3:36-4:30pm | 1.1 | 1,500 |
| Liga MX: Monterrey-Club America | 5/15 | UniMas | 9:55pm-12:00am | 0.7 | 1,422 |
| Liga MX: Cruz Azul-Santos Laguna | 5/19 | Aza. | 8:49-10:54pm | 0.5 | 858 |
| Amgen Tour of California: Stage 8 | 5/19 | NBC | 1:00-3:00pm | 0.4 | 578 |
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
| NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: Heat-Bulls: Game 5 | 5/15 | TNT | 7:00-9:49pm | 3.6 | 5,474 |
| NBA Western Conference Finals: Spurs-Warriors: Game 5 | 5/14 | TNT | 9:43pm-12:15am | 3.5 | 5,339 |
| NBA Western Conference Finals: Grizzlies-Thunder: Game 5 | 5/15 | TNT | 9:49pm-12:42am | 3.6 | 5,269 |
| NBA Western Conference Finals: Grizzlies-Thunder: Game 4 | 5/13 | TNT | 9:43pm-12:48am | 3.4 | 5,041 |
| NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: Pacers-Knicks: Game 6 | 5/18 | ESPN | 7:59-10:56pm | 3.0 | 4,948 |
| NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: Heat-Bulls: Game 4 | 5/13 | TNT | 7:00-9:43pm | 3.2 | 4,873 |
| NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: Pacers-Knicks: Game 5 | 5/16 | TNT | 8:00-10:49pm | 3.1 | 4,590 |
| NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: Pacers-Knicks: Game 4 | 5/14 | TNT | 7:00-9:43pm | 2.8 | 4,050 |
| NBA Western Conference Finals: Spurs-Warriors: Game 6 | 5/16 | ESPN | 10:36pm-1:16am | 2.6 | 3,788 |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Race | 5/18 | Speed | 7:00pm-12:06am | 2.3 | 3,679 |
