NBC yesterday drew a 3.3 overnight rating for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which was moved to NBC this year and had a nearly two-hour delay at the start due to weather. The Brickyard 400 had its best figure since ESPN drew a 3.4 overnight for the race in ’13. NBCSN last year drew a 2.8 overnight for the race in its normal afternoon slot.
SILVER ANNIVERSARY: Fox on Saturday night drew a 1.4 overnight for its 25th UFC telecast on the broadcast net, which was highlighted by Chris Weidman’s win over Kevin Gastelum. That figure is down sharply from a 1.8 overnight for UFC on Fox 20 in the same slot last year, which featured the first female-headlined bout on the net. The T.J. Dillashaw-Renan Barao card from July ’15 also drew a 1.9 overnight.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| Verizon WNBA All-Star Game |
7/22
|
ABC
|
3:30-5:30pm
|
0.5
|
| Major League Fishing (taped) |
7/22
|
CBS
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.5
|
| America's Toughest Mudder West (taped) |
7/22
|
CBS
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
| UFC on Fox 25: prelims |
7/22
|
Fox
|
6:00-8:00pm
|
0.8
|
| UFC on Fox 25: Chris Weidman d. Kevin Gastelum |
7/22
|
Fox
|
8:00-10:00pm
|
1.4
|
| Golf: Open Championship: Third Round |
7/22
|
NBC
|
7:00-9:15am
|
1.2
|
| Golf: Open Championship: Third Round |
7/22
|
NBC
|
9:15am-3:00pm
|
2.4
|
| Tour de France: Stage 20 (taped) |
7/22
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:30pm
|
0.9
|
| "Open Championship Highlights" |
7/22
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
1.0
|
| "X Games Minneapolis Anthology" |
7/23
|
ABC
|
1:00-5:00pm
|
0.6
|
| NHRA: Mopar Mile-High Nationals (Denver) |
7/23
|
Fox
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
| Golf: Open Championship: Final Round |
7/23
|
NBC
|
7:00-9:15am
|
1.4
|
| Golf: Open Championship: Final Round |
7/23
|
NBC
|
9:15am-2:15pm
|
3.6
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis)* |
7/23
|
NBC
|
5:00-9:00pm
|
3.3
|
NOTES: * = Race start was delayed by nearly two hours.
