Fox averaged a 4.0 rating and 6.8 million viewers for last Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, flat in rating, but down 3.8% in viewership compared to the same race last year. The race did lead all sports telecasts last weekend. Meanwhile, CBS earned a 1.6 final rating for its coverage of the final round of the PGA Tour RBC Heritage, down 15.8% from a 1.9 rating last year. Fox Soccer again topped all English-language soccer matches on cable TV last week with the Tottenham Hotspur-Chelsea FA Cup Semifinal on April 15, which averaged 338,000 viewers. Only one MLS match -- Crew-Union on NBC Sports Net on April 14 -- cracked the top 10.
The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Samsung Mobile 500 (Texas) | 4/14 | Fox | 8:00-11:00pm | 4.0 |
| NBA: Mavericks-Lakers | 4/15 | ABC | 3:30-6:00pm | 3.0 |
| NBA: Heat-Knicks | 4/15 | ABC | 1:00-3:30pm | 2.8 |
| MLB: (regional) | 4/14 | Fox | 1:00-4:00pm | 2.3 |
NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinal:
Flyers-Penguins: Game Three | 4/15 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 2.0 |
| PGA Tour: RBC Heritage: Final Round | 4/15 | CBS | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.6 |
NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinal:
Capitals-Bruins: Game Two | 4/14 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.3 |
NHL Western Conference Quarterfinal:
Predators-Red Wings: Game Three | 4/15 | NBC | 12:00-3:00pm | 1.2 |
| PGA Tour: RBC Heritage: Third Round | 4/14 | CBS | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.2 |
| "NBA Countdown" | 4/15 | ABC | 12:30-1:00pm | 0.9 |
PBR Built Ford Tough Series:
15/15 Bucking Battle (taped) | 4/15 | CBS | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.8 |
| Monster Energy AMA Supercross (taped) | 4/15 | CBS | 1:00-2:00pm | 0.6 |
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" | 4/14 | ABC | 4:00-6:00pm | 0.5 |
Midget Car Racing: Lucas Oil
Chili Bowl Nationals (taped) | 4/14 | CBS | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.4 |
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| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
| NBA: Heat-Bulls | 4/12 | TNT | 8:16-11:07pm | 2.4 | 3,671 |
| NBA: Knicks-Bulls | 4/10 | ESPN | 9:41pm-12:12am | 1.9 | 2,834 |
| MLB: Angels-Yankees | 4/15 | ESPN | 7:58-11:39pm | 1.9 | 2,830 |
| NBA: Celtics-Heat | 4/10 | ESPN | 7:00-9:41pm | 1.7 | 2,405 |
| NBA: Knicks-Bucks | 4/11 | ESPN | 8:06-10:43pm | 1.2 | 1,684 |
NASCAR Nationwide Series:
O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 | 4/13 | ESPN2 | 8:30-11:25pm | 1.0 | 1,656 |
| NBA: Mavericks-Warriors | 4/12 | TNT | 11:07pm-1:13am | 1.2 | 1,358 |
| NBA: Suns-Rockets | 4/13 | ESPN | 8:06-10:46pm | 0.9 | 1,149 |
| NBA: Warriors-Trail Blazers | 4/11 | ESPN | 10:43pm-1:02am | 0.8 | 1,114 |
| NBA: Mavericks-Trail Blazers | 4/13 | ESPN | 10:46pm-1:07am | 0.9 | 1,104 |
