TNT finished with a 3.0 rating and 4.48 million viewers for the net’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series telecast of the ’14 season. The audience for the Pocono 400 last Sunday afternoon was up 7% and 3%, respectively, from a 2.8 rating and 4.36 million viewers last year. The same race in ’12 drew a 3.4 rating and 5.26 million viewers. Sunday’s race was the No. 2 telecast on all of cable TV for the week ending June 8, behind only the 6.95 million viewers for HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” Meanwhile, Fox’ rain-filled slate of Sprint Cup races finished with a 4.3 rating and 7.0 million viewers. Rain had a big impact on the Daytona 500, as well as races from Texas, Bristol and Kansas. Fox in '13 averaged a 4.8 rating and 7.8 million viewers for a slate with only one rain delay. Despite rain for many of Fox’ races, FS1 benefited from the Sprint Cup slate. The net’s six best audiences came from NASCAR telecasts during the first half of the ’14 season. FS1’s top telecast to date was the Feb. 2 Sprint Unlimited, which drew 3.53 million viewers.
The chart below lists final ratings and viewership figures from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
(ET)
|
RATING
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| Belmont Stakes (race segment) |
6/7
|
NBC
|
6:15-7:15pm
|
11.9
|
20,400
|
| NBA Finals: Heat-Spurs: Game 2 |
6/8
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:00pm
|
9.0
|
15,131
|
| NBA Finals: Heat-Spurs: Game 1 |
6/5
|
ABC
|
9:00-11:46pm
|
9.0
|
14,846
|
| Belmont Stakes (prerace) |
6/7
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:15pm
|
6.9
|
11,000
|
| NHL Stanley Cup Final: Rangers-Kings: Game 2 |
6/7
|
NBC
|
7:15-11:45pm
|
3.7
|
6,413
|
| Belmont Stakes (prerace) |
6/7
|
NBC
|
4:30-5:00pm
|
3.5
|
5,300
|
| NHL Stanley Cup Final: Rangers-Kings: Game 1 |
6/4
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:17pm
|
3.0
|
4,777
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
6/8
|
ABC
|
7:31-8:00pm
|
2.6
|
3,956
|
| Soccer friendly: Mexico-Bosnia Herzegovina |
6/3
|
UniMas
|
9:22-
11:38pm
|
1.3
|
2,608
|
| French Open: Men's Final: Nadal d. Djokovic |
6/8
|
NBC
|
9:00am-1:45pm
|
1.7
|
2,500
|
| Soccer friendly: Mexico-Portugal |
6/6
|
UniMas
|
8:21-
10:38pm
|
1.2
|
2,488
|
| PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Classic: Final Round |
6/8
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
2,184
|
| MLB: (regional) |
6/7
|
Fox
|
7:12-10:34pm
|
1.4
|
2,180
|
| French Open: Women's Final: Sharapova d. Halep |
6/7
|
NBC
|
9:00am-1:15pm
|
1.3
|
1,700
|
| F1: Canadian Grand Prix |
6/8
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:45pm
|
0.9
|
1,500
|
| PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Classic: Third Round |
6/7
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,272
|
| X Games Austin |
6/8
|
ABC
|
2:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,074
|
| X Games Austin |
6/7
|
ABC
|
2:00-6:03pm
|
0.7
|
1,059
|
| Red Bull Signature Series: Volcolm Pipe |
6/7
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:30pm
|
0.7
|
986
|
| "F1 Extra" |
6/8
|
NBC
|
3:45-4:30pm
|
0.5
|
917
|
| "Kurt Busch 36" |
6/8
|
NBC
|
4:30-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
917
|
| "Inside" U.S. Soccer's March to Brazil" |
6/7
|
ABC
|
1:30-2:00pm
|
0.6
|
892
|
| "Payne" |
6/8
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
800
|
| Soccer friendly: U.S.-Nigeria |
6/7
|
UniMas
|
5:46-8:00pm
|
0.4
|
690
|
| "PGA Tour 2014: Lefty Slam" |
6/7
|
NBC
|
2:00-2:30pm
|
0.3
|
466
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
(ET)
|
RATING
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Pocono 400 |
6/8
|
TNT
|
1:00-4:30pm
|
3.0
|
4,482
|
| MLB: Red Sox-Tigers |
6/8
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:47pm
|
1.2
|
1,771
|
| College Softball World Series: Florida-Alabama: Game 2 |
6/3
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:47pm
|
0.9
|
1,412
|
| Soccer friendly: U.S.-Nigeria |
6/7
|
ESPN
|
5:30-8:01pm
|
0.7
|
1,231
|
| UFC Fight Night: Henderson-Khabilov |
6/7
|
FS1
|
10:00pm-1:04am
|
0.6
|
1,217
|
| College Softball World Series: Florida-Alabama: Game 1 |
6/2
|
ESPN2
|
8:00-
10:15pm
|
0.7
|
1,126
|
| UFC Fight Night: Prelims |
6/7
|
FS1
|
8:00-10:00pm
|
0.5
|
812
|
| Soccer friendly: Mexico-Portugal |
6/6
|
ESPN2
|
8:30-
10:34pm
|
0.4
|
694
|
| MLB: Royals-Cardinals |
6/2
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:54pm
|
0.5
|
685
|
| PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Classic: Final Round |
6/8
|
Golf
|
1:00-2:30pm
|
0.4
|
648
|
