Fox averaged 4.03 million viewers for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Race last Sunday from Auto Club Speedway, a new low and well below the same race's 5.19 million last year, and well below the 6.81 million viewers two years ago. The audience from Fontana is also around half of what it was back in '13 (8.0 million viewers). Sunday's race went head-to-head with Tiger Woods' run at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on NBC (4.96 million viewers), as well as NCAA Tournament action.
The chart below lists final audience figures from select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Texas A&M-North Carolina |
3/18
|
CBS
|
5:19-7:30pm
|
5.7
|
9,378
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Syracuse-Michigan State |
3/18
|
CBS
|
2:45-5:15pm
|
5.3
|
8,604
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Kentucky-Buffalo |
3/17
|
CBS
|
5:06-7:36pm
|
4.7
|
7,719
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Gonzaga-Ohio State |
3/17
|
CBS
|
7:52-10:23pm
|
4.1
|
6,851
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Duke-Rhode Island |
3/17
|
CBS
|
2:40-4:55pm
|
4.1
|
6,580
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
Kentucky-Davidson |
3/15
|
CBS
|
7:00-9:26pm
|
3.5
|
5,918
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Purdue-Butler |
3/18
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:30pm
|
3.6
|
5,728
|
PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer Invitational:
Final Round |
3/18
|
NBC
|
2:00-6:45pm
|
3.2
|
4,956
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Villanova-Alabama |
3/17
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:30pm
|
3.1
|
4,715
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Kansas State-UMBC |
3/18
|
truTV
|
7:48-10:14pm
|
2.5
|
4,597
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
Michigan State-Bucknell |
3/16
|
CBS
|
7:00-9:33pm
|
2.7
|
4,524
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
Buffalo-Arizona |
3/15
|
CBS
|
9:42-11:54pm
|
2.7
|
4,287
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Auto Club 400 (Fontana) |
3/18
|
Fox
|
3:45-6:45pm
|
2.4
|
4,029
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Michigan-Houston |
3/17
|
TBS
|
9:56pm-12:27am
|
2.2
|
3,805
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
Syracuse-TCU |
3/16
|
CBS
|
9:49pm-12:07am
|
2.3
|
3,790
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
UMBC-Virginia |
3/16
|
TNT
|
9:24-11:40pm
|
2.0
|
3,553
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Florida State-Xavier |
3/18
|
TNT
|
8:39-11:16pm
|
2.0
|
3,399
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
Rhode Island-Oklahoma |
3/15
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:35pm
|
2.2
|
3,080
|
PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer Invitational:
Third Round |
3/17
|
NBC
|
2:30-6:00pm
|
2.0
|
3,047
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Loyola Chicago-Tennessee |
3/17
|
TNT
|
6:00-8:26pm
|
1.7
|
2,852
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Texas Tech-Florida |
3/17
|
TNT
|
8:42-11:13pm
|
1.6
|
2,845
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
North Carolina-Lipscomb |
3/16
|
CBS
|
2:47-5:15pm
|
1.9
|
2,839
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
Texas A&M-Providence |
3/16
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:30pm
|
1.9
|
2,705
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
Alabama-Virginia Tech |
3/15
|
TNT
|
9:19-11:52pm
|
1.6
|
2,472
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
Kansas-Seton Hall |
3/17
|
TBS
|
7:00-9:37pm
|
1.4
|
2,439
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
Duke-Iona |
3/15
|
CBS
|
3:04-5:34pm
|
1.6
|
2,356
|
NCAA Tournament: Second Round:
West Virginia-Marshall |
3/18
|
TBS
|
9:42pm-12:08am
|
1.3
|
2,224
|
NCAA Tournament: First Round:
Creighton-Kansas State |
3/16
|
TNT
|
6:44-9:08pm
|
1.3
|
2,190
|
| Liga MX: Leon-Lobos |
3/17
|
Univision
|
9:08-11:00pm
|
0.5
|
914
|
Six Nations Rugby:
England-Ireland (taped) |
3/17
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
674
|
| "30 for 30": "No Mas" |
3/17
|
ABC
|
3:30-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
615
|
| "World of X Games: Freesurfer" |
3/17
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.3
|
358
|
"World of X Games:
The Cabin Report" |
3/17
|
ABC
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.3
|
339
|
