Warriors games continue to be a boon for broadcasters. ABC finished with 5.32 million viewers on Saturday night for the team’s OT win over the Thunder, marking the most-viewed, non-Christmas NBA regular-season game on any net since ’13. Warriors-Thunder also was the most-tweeted sports event for the week ending Feb. 28, according to data from Nielsen Social. Just over 1 million tweets sent out about the game were seen by 6.7 million people (three hours before and three hours after the telecast. A peak of 38,200 tweets were sent out at 11:26pm ET as Warriors G Stephen Curry hit the game-winning three-pointer in OT. Meanwhile, NBA TV drew 684,000 viewers for Hawks-Warriors on Tuesday night, which saw Curry sit due to injury. That telecast still marked NBA TV’s third-best audience this season to date. Each of NBA TV’s top five games this season to date have been Warriors games.
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MOST-VIEWED GAMES ON NBA TV DURING '15-16 SEASON
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DATE
|
GAME
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|
1/25
|
Spurs-Warriors
|
1,442
|
|
12/8
|
Warriors-Pacers
|
823
|
|
3/1
|
Hawks-Warriors
|
684
|
|
12/27
|
Warriors-Suns
|
648
|
|
12/12
|
Warriors-Bucks
|
630
|
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|
|
|
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SECOND FIDDLE: Fox last Sunday drew 6.8 million viewers for NASCAR’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 from Atlanta Motor Speedway, marking the lowest audience for the Sprint Cup Series’ second points race of the season since ’08, when the race had to run on a Monday afternoon due to weather. Last year, which was the first where Atlanta was the second race, Fox drew 9.51 million viewers. In ’14, Phoenix was the second race of the season and drew 8.8 million viewers for start later in the afternoon. Meanwhile, FS1 drew 1.44 million viewers for the Xfinity Series race from Atlanta on Saturday afternoon, down from 1.52 million viewers last year. FS1 also drew 1.16 million for the Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday night, up from 1.15 million viewers last year.
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SECOND RACE OF NASCAR SPRINT CUP SEASON
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YEAR
|
NET
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TRACK
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START (ET)
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|
'16
|
Fox
|
Atlanta
|
1:00pm
|
6,800
|
|
'15
|
Fox
|
Atlanta
|
1:00pm
|
9,507
|
|
'14
|
Fox
|
Phoenix
|
3:45pm
|
8,800
|
|
'13
|
Fox
|
Phoenix
|
3:30pm
|
9,117
|
|
'12
|
Fox
|
Phoenix
|
3:18pm
|
9,230
|
|
'11
|
Fox
|
Phoenix
|
3:30pm
|
10,346
|
|
'10
|
Fox
|
Fontana
|
3:20pm
|
9,151
|
|
'09
|
Fox
|
Fontana
|
6:21pm
|
10,206
|
|
'08
|
Fox
|
Fontana
|
N/A (rained on Sunday, so run on a Monday)
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|
'07
|
Fox
|
Fontana
|
3:45pm
|
11,707
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
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NOTE: NBCSN drew 848,000 viewers for Blackhawks-Red Wings this week, marking the net's best Wednesday Night Rivalry game -- outside of opening night -- since '13.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Atlanta) |
2/28
|
Fox
|
1:15-4:30pm
|
4.1
|
6,800
|
| NBA: Warriors-Thunder |
2/27
|
ABC
|
8:33-11:31pm
|
3.2
|
5,322
|
| PGA Tour: Honda Classic: Final Round |
2/28
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
2.1
|
3,194
|
| "Fox NASCAR Sunday" |
2/28
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:15pm
|
1.9
|
2,991
|
| College basketball: Iowa-Ohio State |
2/28
|
CBS
|
4:05-6:30pm
|
1.6
|
2,475
|
| PGA Tour: Honda Classic: Third Round |
2/27
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.4
|
2,109
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
2/27
|
ABC
|
8:00-8:33pm
|
1.3
|
1,973
|
| College basketball: Kentucky-Vanderbilt |
2/27
|
CBS
|
4:11-6:30pm
|
1.2
|
1,883
|
| College basketball: North Carolina-Virginia |
2/27
|
ESPN
|
6:30-8:34pm
|
n/a
|
1,859
|
| NHL: Red Wings-Avalanche |
2/27
|
NBC
|
8:15-11:03pm
|
1.0
|
1,698
|
| College basketball: Duke-Pitt |
2/28
|
CBS
|
2:00-4:05pm
|
1.1
|
1,661
|
NASCAR Xfinity Series:
Heads Up Georgia 250 (Atlanta) |
2/27
|
FS1
|
1:30-3:58pm
|
n/a
|
1,444
|
| NBA: Thunder-Pelicans |
2/25
|
TNT
|
8:14-10:43pm
|
n/a
|
1,333
|
| College basketball: Oklahoma-Texas |
2/27
|
CBS
|
2:38-4:11pm
|
0.9
|
1,321
|
| College basketball: Iowa State-West Virginia |
2/22
|
ESPN
|
9:03-11:06pm
|
n/a
|
1,260
|
| NHL: Capitals-Blackhawks |
2/28
|
NBC
|
12:30-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,239
|
| College basketball: Michigan State-Ohio State |
2/23
|
ESPN
|
9:00-10:55pm
|
n/a
|
1,237
|
| College basketball: Maryland-Purdue |
2/27
|
ESPN
|
4:03-6:16pm
|
n/a
|
1,184
|
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:
Great Clips 200 (Atlanta) |
2/27
|
FS1
|
4:26-6:40pm
|
n/a
|
1,157
|
| College basketball: Virginia-Miami |
2/22
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:03pm
|
n/a
|
1,144
|
| NBA: Spurs-Kings |
2/24
|
ESPN
|
10:35pm-12:51am
|
n/a
|
1,126
|
| NBA: Rockets-Trail Blazers |
2/25
|
TNT
|
10:43pm-1:23am
|
n/a
|
1,124
|
| College basketball: Butler-Georgetown |
2/27
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:38pm
|
0.8
|
1,078
|
| PBR: Choctaw Casino Resort Iron Cowboy |
2/28
|
CBS
|
12:30-1:30pm
|
0.7
|
1,023
|
| Liga MX: Chivas de Guadalajara-Tijuana |
2/28
|
UniMas
|
5:50-8:03pm
|
0.5
|
1,011
|
| Liga MX: Cruz Azul-Monterrey |
2/27
|
Univision
|
5:55-8:00pm
|
0.6
|
998
|
| "Shall We Dance On Ice" |
2/27
|
ABC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
0.6
|
836
|
| "Inside College Basketball" |
2/28
|
CBS
|
1:30-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
725
|
| "World of X Games: X Games Oslo" |
2/27
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
650
|
| EPL: West Brom-Crystal Palace |
2/27
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.4
|
571
|
| "EPL Goal Zone" |
2/27
|
NBC
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
468
|
| "Fox College Hoops Tip-Off" |
2/27
|
Fox
|
1:30-2:00pm
|
0.2
|
346
|
