Fox finished with a 7.7 rating and 13.36 million viewers for the Daytona 500 last Sunday, down sharply from ’13, which is the last time the race ran without any significant delays. Fox drew 9.3 million viewers for last year’s race, which had a record-setting six-hour weather delay and ran up against the Sochi Olympics. The race in ’13 drew 16.7 million viewers for Jimmie Johnson’s win, which also saw Danica Patrick start on the pole. This year’s race did set a record for any NASCAR race streamed on the Fox Sports Go app. Meanwhile, FS1 drew 2.94 million viewers for the season-opening NASCAR Xfinity Series race from Daytona last Saturday, up from 2.74 million viewers on ESPN last year, when it ran against Sochi. For the 11 days of Speedweeks programming on FS1, the net averaged 293,000 viewers, up 14% from 257,000 last year.
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DAYTONA 500 AUDIENCE TREND
|
|
YEAR
|
NET
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
WINNER
|
|
'15*
|
Fox
|
7.7
|
13,363
|
Joey Logano
|
|
'14
|
Fox
|
5.6
|
9,300
|
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
|
|
'13
|
Fox
|
9.9
|
16,700
|
Jimmie Johnson
|
|
'12^
|
Fox
|
8.0
|
13,700
|
Matt Kenseth
|
|
'11
|
Fox
|
8.7
|
15,597
|
Trevor Bayne
|
|
'10#
|
Fox
|
7.7
|
13,294
|
Jamie McMurray
|
|
'09
|
Fox
|
9.2
|
15,958
|
Matt Kenseth
|
|
'08
|
Fox
|
10.2
|
17,800
|
Ryan Newman
|
|
'07
|
Fox
|
10.1
|
17,530
|
Kevin Harvick
|
|
'06
|
NBC
|
11.3
|
19,355
|
Jimmie Johnson
|
| |
|
|
|
|
CHART NOTES: * = Record-setting six-hour, 22-minute delay. Race ended at 11:23pm ET. ^ = Rained out on Sunday. Monday night telecast had two-hour delay due to exploding track dryer. # = Two-hour delay due to potholes in track.
NOTES: NFL Network averaged 527,000 viewers for coverage last Saturday of the NFL Combine (9:00am-4:30pm), marking the net’s best single-day audience for the event. The first-ever Friday coverage from 9:00am-4:00pm averaged 169,000 viewers....FS North on Tuesday drew a 6.13 local rating in the Twin Cities for Oilers-Wild, marking the RSN’s second-best regular-season rating ever in the market. The only game to draw a better audience was Avalanche-Wild from Jan. 19, 2013, which drew a 7.65 rating for the first game back after the lockout.
The charts below list final ratings from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Daytona 500 |
2/22
|
Fox
|
1:30-5:00pm
|
7.7
|
13,363
|
| "Fox NASCAR Sunday" |
2/22
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:30pm
|
4.0
|
6,577
|
| PGA Tour: Northern Trust Open: Final Round |
2/22
|
CBS
|
3:15-7:30pm
|
2.5
|
3,734
|
| PGA Tour: Northern Trust Open: Third Round |
2/21
|
CBS
|
3:04-6:03pm
|
1.5
|
2,155
|
| College basketball: Ohio State-Michigan |
2/22
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:15pm
|
1.2
|
1,788
|
| NHL: Bruins-Blackhawks |
2/22
|
NBC
|
3:30-6:15pm
|
1.0
|
1,600
|
| Liga MX: Cruz Azul-Chivas de Guadalajara |
2/21
|
Univision
|
5:55-8:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,529
|
| "Daytona 500 Bash at the Beach" |
2/21
|
Fox
|
9:00-10:00pm
|
0.6
|
1,022
|
| "Shall We Dance On Ice" |
2/21
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,017
|
| Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
2/21
|
NBC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,000
|
| NHL: Capitals-Flyers |
2/22
|
NBC
|
12:30-3:15pm
|
0.7
|
1,000
|
| "Hockey Day in America" |
2/22
|
NBC
|
12:00-12:30pm
|
0.7
|
936
|
| "World of Adventure Sports" |
2/21
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
920
|
| College basketball: Florida-LSU |
2/21
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:04pm
|
0.6
|
878
|
| "NCAA Men of March: Thad Matta" |
2/22
|
CBS
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.7
|
862
|
| "NCAA Men of March: Sean Miller" |
2/22
|
CBS
|
12:00-12:30pm
|
0.6
|
848
|
| EPL: Manchester City-Newcastle |
2/21
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
844
|
| "30 for 30" -- "Of Miracles And Men" |
2/21
|
ABC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.6
|
706
|
| "The Grantland Oscar Preview" |
2/21
|
ABC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
661
|
| "EPL Goal Zone" |
2/21
|
NBC
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
626
|
| College basketball: Villanova-Marquette |
2/21
|
Fox
|
2:30-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
453
|
| College basketball: Seton Hall-St. John's |
2/21
|
Fox
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
0.3
|
444
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| College basketball: North Carolina-Duke |
2/18
|
ESPN
|
8:59-11:43pm
|
2.6
|
4,136
|
NASCAR Sprint Cup:
Budweiser Duels (Daytona) |
2/19
|
FS1
|
7:00-10:35pm
|
1.8
|
3,018
|
NASCAR Xfinity Series:
Alert Florida 300 (Daytona) |
2/21
|
FS1
|
3:30-6:28pm
|
1.7
|
2,944
|
| College basketball: Kentucky-Tennessee |
2/17
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:09pm
|
1.6
|
2,542
|
| College basketball: Auburn-Kentucky |
2/21
|
ESPN
|
6:57-9:03pm
|
1.3
|
2,058
|
| NBA: Spurs-Warriors |
2/20
|
ESPN
|
10:34pm-12:58am
|
1.3
|
1,850
|
| College basketball: Clemson-Duke |
2/21
|
ESPN
|
4:14-6:09pm
|
1.2
|
1,777
|
| NBA: Mavericks-Thunder |
2/19
|
TNT
|
8:15-10:48pm
|
1.1
|
1,759
|
| College basketball: Louisville-Syracuse |
2/18
|
ESPN
|
7:00-8:59pm
|
1.2
|
1,708
|
| NBA: Cavaliers-Wizards |
2/20
|
ESPN
|
8:04-10:34pm
|
1.1
|
1,643
|
