Fox saw a year-over-year dip for its Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race from Auto Club Speedway on Sunday, as the race drew 5.18 million viewers, down from 6.81 million viewers in '16. Last year's race from Fontana aired a week earlier up against opening weekend NCAA Tournament play, compared to the Elite Eight this year. Two years ago, the Cup race at ACS drew 7.3 million viewers. Meanwhile, Dustin Johnson's win over Jon Rahm in the final of the WGC-Dell Match Play Championship on Sunday drew 2.27 million viewers on NBC. The final day of play in '16 drew 3.22 million viewers.
The chart below lists final audience figures from select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
NCAA Tournament: Elite 8:
North Carolina-Kentucky |
3/26
|
CBS
|
5:05-7:30pm
|
8.9
|
15,466
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Kentucky-UCLA |
3/24
|
CBS
|
9:44pm-12:02am
|
5.9
|
9,995
|
NCAA Tournament: Elite 8:
South Carolina-Florida |
3/26
|
CBS
|
2:20-4:45pm
|
5.9
|
9,673
|
NCAA Tournament: Elite 8:
Oregon-Kansas |
3/25
|
TBS
|
8:40-10:55pm
|
5.4
|
9,312
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Oregon-Michigan |
3/23
|
CBS
|
7:00-9:08pm
|
4.4
|
7,126
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Kansas-Purdue |
3/23
|
CBS
|
9:27-11:35pm
|
4.1
|
6,622
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
North Carolina-Butler |
3/24
|
CBS
|
7:00-9:25pm
|
4.0
|
6,416
|
NCAA Tournament: Elite 8:
Gonzaga-Xavier |
3/25
|
TBS
|
6:00-8:26pm
|
3.7
|
6,048
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Auto Club 400 (Fontana) |
3/26
|
Fox
|
3:30-6:30pm
|
3.2
|
5,188
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Gonzaga-West Virginia |
3/23
|
TBS
|
7:26-10:17pm
|
3.0
|
4,945
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Florida-Wisconsin |
3/24
|
TBS
|
10:05pm-12:54am
|
2.4
|
4,249
|
| "Inside March Madness" |
3/25
|
TBS
|
10:58-11:30pm
|
n/a
|
3,777
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Xavier-Arizona |
3/23
|
TBS
|
10:33pm-12:54am
|
2.2
|
3,594
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
South Carolina-Baylor |
3/24
|
TBS
|
7:20-9:47pm
|
2.0
|
3,259
|
FIFA World Cup qualifier:
Mexico-Costa Rica |
3/24
|
Univision
|
9:20-11:47pm
|
1.5
|
3,118
|
| NBA; Warriors-Thunder |
3/20
|
TNT
|
8:14-10:44pm
|
n/a
|
2,560
|
World Baseball Classic: Championship:
U.S.-Puerto Rico |
3/22
|
MLB Net
|
9:22pm-12:54am
|
n/a
|
2,291
|
WGC: Dell Technologies Match Play:
Semifinals/Final |
3/26
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
2,272
|
WGC: Dell Technologies Match Play:
Quarterfinals |
3/25
|
NBC
|
2:00-6:00pm
|
1.3
|
1,848
|
| "Inside March Madness" |
3/24
|
TBS
|
1:01-1:51am
|
n/a
|
1,726
|
| NBA: Thunder-Rockets |
3/26
|
ABC
|
3:29-6:04pm
|
0.9
|
1,488
|
NCAA D-II Basketball Championship:
Missouri State-Fairmont State |
3/25
|
CBS
|
3:00-5:15pm
|
0.8
|
1,151
|
| NHL: Wild-Red Wings |
3/26
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
946
|
| Special Olympics World Games 2017 |
3/26
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
558
|
| "World of X Games: Real Snow" |
3/25
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
476
|
| "OTL: Football Forever" |
3/25
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.3
|
451
|
