Fox on Saturday night drew 3.19 million viewers for the “NFL Honors” awards show, down 28% from 4.43 million on CBS last year, and down 32% from 4.67 million viewers on NBC two years ago. Fox in ’13 drew 3.13 million viewers.
|
NFL HONORS VIEWERSHIP TREND
|
|
YEAR
|
NETWORK
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|
'17
|
Fox
|
3,168
|
|
'16
|
CBS
|
4,428
|
|
'15
|
NBC
|
4,669
|
|
'14
|
Fox
|
3,126
|
|
'13
|
CBS
|
3,995
|
|
'12
|
NBC
|
3,524
|
WASTE NOT: CBS on Sunday drew 3.13 million viewers for the final round of the PGA Tour Waste Management Phoenix Open, which saw Hideki Matsuyama beat Webb Simpson in a four-hole playoff. That figure is down slightly from 3.33 million viewers last year on NBC, when Matsuyama beat Rickie Fowler in another four-hole playoff.
PUPPY POWER: Animal Planet drew 2.47 million viewers for the premiere of the Puppy Bowl on Sunday (3:00-5:00pm ET), up from 2.2 million viewers last year, but down from 2.77 million viewers two years ago.
The chart below lists final audience figures from select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| Super Bowl LI: Patriots-Falcons |
2/5
|
Fox
|
6:38-10:31pm
|
45.3
|
111,317
|
| "Fox Super Bowl Pregame" |
2/5
|
Fox
|
2:00-6:38pm
|
10.1
|
20,719
|
| "Super Bowl's Best Commercials" |
1/31
|
CBS
|
9:00-10:00pm
|
4.0
|
6,471
|
| "Fox Super Bowl Kickoff" |
2/5
|
Fox
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
2.5
|
4,086
|
| "NFL Honors" |
2/4
|
Fox
|
8:00-10:00pm
|
1.9
|
3,168
|
PGA Tour: Waste Management
Phoenix Open: Final Round |
2/5
|
CBS
|
3:19-7:00pm
|
1.9
|
3,130
|
| NBA: Cavaliers-Knicks |
2/4
|
ABC
|
8:29-11:01pm
|
1.7
|
2,818
|
| "Super Bowl Greatest Halftime Shows" |
2/4
|
Fox
|
7:00-8:00pm
|
1.6
|
2,623
|
| Puppy Bowl XIII (premiere) |
2/5
|
Animal Planet
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
n/a
|
2,465
|
| "Skip & Shannon: Undisputed" |
2/5
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
1.4
|
2,372
|
| NBA: Warriors-Clippers |
2/2
|
TNT
|
10:38pm-1:16am
|
n/a
|
2,357
|
PGA Tour: Waste Management
Phoenix Open: Third Round |
2/4
|
CBS
|
3:04-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
2,258
|
| NBA: Clippers-Celtics |
2/5
|
ABC
|
1:58-4:31pm
|
1.3
|
2,078
|
College basketball:
Kentucky-Florida |
2/4
|
ESPN
|
8:16-10:39pm
|
1.2
|
1,896
|
| "Road to the Super Bowl" |
2/5
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.1
|
1,785
|
College basketball:
Duke-Notre Dame |
1/30
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:14pm
|
n/a
|
1,720
|
College basketball:
Indiana-Wisconsin |
2/5
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:19pm
|
1.1
|
1,648
|
College basketball:
Georgia-Kentucky |
1/31
|
ESPN
|
9:07-11:43pm
|
n/a
|
1,626
|
| College basketball: Pitt-Duke |
2/4
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:04pm
|
1.0
|
1,538
|
| NBA: Lakers-Celtics |
2/3
|
ESPN
|
8:01pm-10:35pm
|
n/a
|
1,519
|
| NBA: Hawks-Rockets |
2/2
|
TNT
|
8:02pm-10:38pm
|
n/a
|
1,475
|
| NBA: T'Wolves-Cavaliers |
2/1
|
ESPN
|
6:59pm-9:22pm
|
n/a
|
1,474
|
| NBA: Bulls-Thunder |
2/1
|
ESPN
|
9:30pm-11:57pm
|
n/a
|
1,458
|
| PBR: Anaheim |
2/5
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,394
|
College basketball:
Iowa State-Kansas |
2/4
|
ESPN
|
2:12-4:22pm
|
0.8
|
1,369
|
| Liga MX: Tigres UANL-Toluca |
2/4
|
Univision
|
7:55-10:00pm
|
0.5
|
980
|
USSA Grand Prix: Freeskiing
Halfpipe (taped) |
2/4
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
935
|
| Liga MX: Necaxa-Monterrey |
2/4
|
Univision
|
10:0pm-12:00am
|
0.5
|
883
|
| "X Games Aspen Anthology" |
2/4
|
ABC
|
1:00-5:00pm
|
0.6
|
872
|
| EPL: Tottenham-Middlesbrough |
2/4
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.6
|
815
|
European Figure Skating
Championships (taped) |
2/4
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:30pm
|
0.6
|
801
|
| "Inside College Basketball" |
2/4
|
CBS
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.5
|
759
|
| NHL: Kings-Capitals |
2/5
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
709
|
College basketball:
Xavier-Creighton |
2/4
|
Fox
|
3:03-5:30pm
|
0.4
|
639
|
