FS1 averaged 702,000 viewers for last Saturday's Providence-Creighton Big East Championship game, the net’s most-watched college basketball game. Prior to the Big East’s restructuring this season, ESPN averaged 3.4 million viewers for last year’s Louisville-Syracuse championship game. Meanwhile, FS1 drew 680,000 viewers for Sunday’s UCLA-Arizona Pac-12 Championship. Meanwhile, ESPN averaged 1.46 million viewers for the premiere of “Requiem for the Big East” on Sunday night. That is down from1.6 million viewers for the comparable “Survive and Advance” premiere last year, which focused on late N.C. State coach Jim Valvano and team's run to the '83 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.
The charts below lists final ratings from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Food City 500 (Bristol)* |
3/16
|
Fox
|
3:00-3:45pm
|
4.5
|
7,300
|
| "NCAA Men's Tournament Selection Show" |
3/16
|
CBS
|
6:00-7:00pm
|
4.1
|
6,763
|
| Big Ten Tournament Championship: Michigan State-Michigan |
3/16
|
CBS
|
3:30-5:40pm
|
2.7
|
4,525
|
| NBA: Rockets-Heat |
3/16
|
ABC
|
3:26-6:11pm
|
2.1
|
3,269
|
| Big Ten Tournament Semifinal: Michigan State-Wisconsin |
3/15
|
CBS
|
4:17-6:32pm
|
1.9
|
3,161
|
| Big Ten Tournament Semifinal: Michigan-Ohio State |
3/15
|
CBS
|
1:54-3:46pm
|
1.6
|
2,471
|
| PGA Tour: Valspar Championship: Final Round |
3/16
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
2,298
|
MWC Tournament Championship:
New Mexico-San Diego State |
3/15
|
CBS
|
6:32-8:27pm
|
1.2
|
1,909
|
| SEC Tournament Semifinal: Kentucky-Georgia |
3/15
|
ABC
|
3:35-5:50pm
|
1.3
|
1,889
|
| SEC Tournament Semifinal: Florida-Tennessee |
3/15
|
ABC
|
1:00-3:17pm
|
1.2
|
1,714
|
| PGA Tour: Valspar Championship: Third Round |
3/15
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.1
|
1,579
|
| A-10 Tournament Championship: St. Joseph's-VCU |
3/16
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:15pm
|
1.1
|
1,537
|
| "Road to the Final Four" |
3/16
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,236
|
| "Summer Dreams" (NBA Summer League special) |
3/15
|
CBS
|
8:27-10:27pm
|
0.8
|
1,222
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
3/16
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:26pm
|
0.8
|
1,169
|
| Liga MX: Chivas de Guadalajara-Leon |
3/16
|
UniMas
|
6:48-9:00pm
|
0.6
|
1,105
|
| NHL: Flyers-Penguins |
3/16
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,069
|
| Liga MX: Cruz Azul-Tijuana |
3/15
|
Univision
|
6:55-9:00pm
|
0.6
|
995
|
| PGA Tour: Valspar Championship: Third Round (early) |
3/15
|
NBC
|
2:15-3:00pm
|
0.7
|
891
|
| C-USA Tournament Championship: Tulsa-Louisiana Tech |
3/15
|
CBS
|
11:30am-1:54pm
|
0.7
|
886
|
| Paralympic Sled Hockey Final: U.S.-Russia |
3/15
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
0.6
|
869
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE: * = Race had significant weather delays. Race ran from 3:00-3:45pm on Fox. Weather delay was then from 3:45-6:00pm on Fox. FS1 picked up when coverage began again from 7:05-9:30pm.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Food City 500* (Bristol) |
3/16
|
FS1
|
7:05-9:30pm
|
2.0
|
3,227
|
| ACC Tournament Championship: Virginia-Duke |
3/16
|
ESPN
|
1:01-3:16pm
|
2.2
|
3,168
|
| SEC Tournament Championship: Florida-Kentucky |
3/16
|
ESPN
|
3:16-5:36pm
|
2.0
|
2,990
|
| "Bracketology" |
3/16
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:00pm
|
1.4
|
2,096
|
| NBA: Trail Blazers-Spurs |
3/12
|
ESPN
|
9:35pm-12:05am
|
1.1
|
1,751
|
| Big 12 Tournament Championship: Iowa State-Baylor |
3/15
|
ESPN
|
8:59-11:08pm
|
1.1
|
1,747
|
| AAC Tournament Championship: Louisville-UConn |
3/15
|
ESPN
|
6:00-8:16pm
|
1.1
|
1,688
|
NASCAR Nationwide Series:
Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 (Bristol)
|
3/15
|
ESPN2
|
2:00-4:30pm
|
1.1
|
1,650
|
| NBA: Nets-Heat |
3/12
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:35pm
|
1.1
|
1,626
|
| NBA: Lakers-Thunder |
3/13
|
TNT
|
9:43pm-12:19am
|
1.1
|
1,581
|
| "Requiem for the Big East" |
3/16
|
ESPN
|
9:00-11:00pm
|
1.0
|
1,142
|
