Fox last Sunday finished with 878,000 viewers for the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open, marking the golf event’s second-lowest figure on record (dating back to ’95). That is up from last year’s record low of 790,000 viewers. Thai golfer Ariya Jutanugarn, who held a 7-shot lead with 9 holes to play, defeated South Korea’s Kim Hyo-joo in a playoff this year. Last year, South Korea’s Park Sung-hyun won by two strokes, as eight South Koreans finished in the top 10. This year’s event was also moved to early June after a mid-July date last year.
NOTES: ESPN ended its run with IndyCar this past weekend, with ABC carrying a doubleheader from Detroit. Sunday’s second race was up slightly from last year, but the race again failed to cross the 1 million viewer threshold (936,000 viewers)....FS1 averaged 159,000 viewers on a total-day basis last month, up 3% from May of last year, and up 26% compared to ESPN2 this past month (126,000 viewers). ESPN averaged 720,000 viewers in May for total-day audience, up 15% compared to 618,000 viewers for the same period in '17.
The chart below lists final audience figures from select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NBA Finals: Cavaliers-Warriors: Game 2 |
6/3
|
ABC
|
7:58-10:42pm
|
10.3
|
18,471
|
| NBA Finals: Cavaliers-Warriors: Game 1 |
5/31
|
ABC
|
8:58-11:52pm
|
10.0
|
17,354
|
NBA Western Conference Finals:
Warriors-Rockets: Game 7 |
5/28
|
TNT
|
8:55-11:34pm
|
8.1
|
14,929
|
NHL Stanley Cup Final:
Capitals-Golden Knights: Game 1 |
5/28
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:12pm
|
2.9
|
5,204
|
NHL Stanley Cup Final:
Capitals-Golden Knights: Game 2 |
5/30
|
NBCSN
|
7:58-11:11pm
|
2.0
|
3,663
|
NHL Stanley Cup Final:
Capitals-Golden Knights: Game 3 |
6/2
|
NBCSN
|
8:06-11:10pm
|
1.9
|
3,439
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Pocono 400 |
6/3
|
FS1
|
1:54-5:30pm
|
1.6
|
2,672
|
| PGA Tour: The Memorial: Third Round |
6/2
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.8
|
2,630
|
| PGA Tour: The Memorial: Final Round |
6/3
|
CBS
|
2:30-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
2,345
|
| MLB: (regional) |
6/2
|
Fox
|
7:15-11:31pm
|
1.3
|
2,050
|
| Soccer friendly: Mexico-Wales |
5/28
|
UniMas
|
8:53-11:09pm
|
0.9
|
1,880
|
| Soccer friendly: Mexico-Scotland |
6/2
|
Univision
|
7:30-10:02pm
|
0.9
|
1,777
|
| MLB: Red Sox-Astros |
6/3
|
ESPN
|
7:30-11:04pm
|
0.9
|
1,437
|
| Tennis: French Open: Round of 32 |
6/2
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:15pm
|
0.9
|
1,316
|
PGA Tour: The Memorial:
Final Round (early) |
6/3
|
Golf Channel
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
0.9
|
1,274
|
PGA Tour: The Memorial:
Third Round (early) |
6/2
|
Golf Channel
|
12:28-2:45pm
|
0.8
|
1,255
|
| Tennis: French Open: Round of 16 |
6/3
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
0.8
|
1,141
|
Women's College World Series:
Pool Play: Florida-Oklahoma |
6/2
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:07pm
|
0.7
|
1,066
|
Women's College World Series:
Pool Play: UCLA-Florida |
6/3
|
ESPN
|
3:38-5:59pm
|
0.7
|
1,039
|
Women's College World Series:
Pool Play: Florida State-Oregon |
6/2
|
ESPN
|
9:30pm-12:03am
|
0.6
|
1,007
|
Verizon IndyCar Series:
Chevy Detroit Grand Prix: Race 2 |
6/3
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:06pm
|
0.6
|
936
|
Track & Field:
IAAF Diamond League (taped) |
6/2
|
NBC
|
3:15-5:00pm
|
0.7
|
922
|
| Golf: U.S. Women's Open: Final Round |
6/3
|
Fox
|
2:00-7:45pm
|
0.6
|
878
|
Verizon IndyCar Series:
Chevy Detroit Grand Prix: Race 1 |
6/2
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
751
|
Reebok CrossFit Games:
Atlantic Regional (taped) |
6/2
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
647
|
| "Phenoms -- Episode 3" |
6/1
|
Fox
|
9:00-10:00pm
|
0.4
|
585
|
| Golf: U.S. Women's Open: Third Round |
6/2
|
Fox
|
2:00-7:15pm
|
0.4
|
543
|
| "World of X Games: Best of Norway" |
6/2
|
ABC
|
2:30-3:30pm
|
0.4
|
474
|
