FS1 drew 2.25 million viewers for the season-opening NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona last Saturday, up from 2.12 million viewers last year, but down from 2.94 million for FS1’s first telecast of the race in ’15. When ESPN last aired the race in ’14, it drew 2.74 million viewers.
RICKIE-TIKKI-TAVI: NBC last Sunday drew 2.76 million viewers for the final round of the PGA Tour Honda Classic, which saw Rickie Fowler win the event by four strokes. Last year’s final round, which did not go head-to-head with the Daytona 500 and saw Adam Scott defeat Sergio Garcia by one stroke, drew 3.19 million viewers. The event in ’15 had a Monday finish due to weather.
The chart below lists final audience figures from select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Daytona 500 |
2/26
|
Fox
|
3:00-6:30pm
|
6.6
|
11,922
|
| "NASCAR Pre-Race" |
2/26
|
Fox
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
3.6
|
6,141
|
| PGA Tour: Honda Classic: Final Round |
2/26
|
NBC
|
3:08-6:00pm
|
1.8
|
2,764
|
| NBA: Clippers-Warriors |
2/23
|
TNT
|
10:34pm-1:23am
|
n/a
|
2,603
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Can-Am Duel at Daytona |
2/23
|
FS1
|
6:59-10:00pm
|
n/a
|
2,508
|
| NBA: Bulls-Cavaliers |
2/25
|
ABC
|
8:29-10:53pm
|
1.5
|
2,437
|
| College basketball: Florida-Kentucky |
2/25
|
CBS
|
2:11-4:15pm
|
1.5
|
2,310
|
NASCAR Xfinity Series:
PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona) |
2/25
|
FS1
|
3:30-7:16pm
|
1.4
|
2,253
|
| College basketball: Duke-Miami |
2/25
|
CBS
|
4:15-6:08pm
|
1.5
|
2,204
|
| College basketball: UCLA-Arizona |
2/25
|
ESPN
|
8:16-10:24pm
|
1.2
|
2,134
|
College basketball:
Louisville-North Carolina |
2/22
|
ESPN
|
9:04-11:06pm
|
n/a
|
2,132
|
| NBA: Knicks-Cavaliers |
2/23
|
TNT
|
8:14-10:34pm
|
n/a
|
2,057
|
College basketball:
Wisconsin-Michigan State |
2/26
|
CBS
|
4:08-6:30pm
|
1.3
|
2,044
|
| NHL: Flyers-Penguins |
2/25
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:00pm
|
1.1
|
1,916
|
Premier Boxing Champions:
Deontay Wilder d. Gerald Washington |
2/25
|
Fox
|
8:00-10:22pm
|
1.2
|
1,862
|
| PGA Tour: Honda Classic: Third Round |
2/25
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
1,835
|
| College basketball: Duke-Syracuse |
2/22
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:04pm
|
n/a
|
1,805
|
| Liga MX: Club America-Cruz Azul |
2/25
|
Univision
|
9:59pm-12:04am
|
0.8
|
1,675
|
| College basketball: Syracuse-Louisville |
2/26
|
CBS
|
2:00-4:08pm
|
1.1
|
1,578
|
| NBA: Spurs-Clippers |
2/24
|
ESPN
|
10:44pm-1:13am
|
n/a
|
1,537
|
| College basketball: BYU-Gonzaga |
2/25
|
ESPN
|
10:24pm-12:29am
|
0.9
|
1,484
|
| College basketball: Kansas-Texas |
2/25
|
ESPN
|
6:04-7:59pm
|
0.8
|
1,377
|
| Liga MX: Tigres UANL-Monarcas |
2/25
|
Univision
|
7:55-9:59pm
|
0.6
|
1,077
|
| Rodeo: The American (taped) |
2/25
|
CBS
|
12:30-1:30pm
|
0.7
|
1,029
|
| "Inside College Basketball" |
2/25
|
CBS
|
1:30-2:00pm
|
0.6
|
901
|
| NHL: Bruins-Stars |
2/26
|
NBC
|
12:15-3:18pm
|
0.6
|
848
|
| College basketball: SMU-UConn |
2/25
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:11pm
|
0.6
|
798
|
| "Shall We Dance On Ice" |
2/25
|
ABC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
0.6
|
792
|
| EPL: Watford-West Ham |
2/25
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:45pm
|
0.5
|
709
|
| "World of X Games: Real Ski" |
2/25
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
588
|
| College basketball: Creighton-Villanova |
2/25
|
Fox
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
585
|
