The beginning of the Braves-Yankees series on Monday night was a winner for both YES Network and FS Southeast. The game drew a 5.84 local rating in N.Y., marking the RSN’s best non-Red Sox telecast since Derek Jeter’s home finale on Sept. 24, 2014. Excluding any Red Sox games or Jeter’s finale, Monday’s Braves-Yankees game was the RSN’s highest-rated Yankees game since ’11. Meanwhile, FS Southeast drew a 5.46 local rating for the game in the Atlanta market. That is the RSN’s best Braves game figure since Aug. 17, 2013.
SWING OF THINGS: This year’s College World Series averaged 1.13 million viewers across ESPN networks, up 4% from last year. Including the CWS, Regionals and Super Regionals, ESPN networks had the best NCAA D-I Baseball Championships audience since ’12. Each round saw an increase over ’17.
UP, UP & AWAY: After three months of the season, each MLB Network studio show is seeing year-over-year viewership growth. “High Heat” leads the way with a 47% increase at the halfway point of the ’18 season, followed by “MLB Central” (+24%). “The Rundown” is up 20%, while “MLB Now” is up 19% and “Intentional Talk” is up 8%.
The chart below lists final audience figures from recent sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| FIFA World Cup: Round of 16: Croatia-Denmark |
7/1
|
Fox
|
2:00-5:00pm
|
3.5
|
5,912
|
| FIFA World Cup: Round of 16: Uruguay-Portugal |
6/30
|
Fox
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
3.4
|
5,879
|
| FIFA World Cup: Round of 16: Russia-Spain |
7/1
|
Fox
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
3.1
|
5,118
|
| FIFA World Cup: Round of 16: France-Argentina |
6/30
|
Fox
|
10:00am-12:00pm
|
2.9
|
4,693
|
| PGA Tour: Quicken Loans National: Final Round |
7/1
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:45pm
|
2.3
|
3,579
|
| MLB: (regional) |
6/30
|
Fox
|
7:11-10:27pm
|
2.0
|
3,228
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Overton's 400 (Chicagoland) |
7/1
|
NBCSN
|
2:41-5:37pm
|
1.6
|
2,548
|
| PGA Tour: Quicken Loans National: Third Round |
6/30
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.7
|
2,487
|
| MLB: Red Sox-Yankees |
7/1
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:23pm
|
1.5
|
2,441
|
College World Series Championship:
Oregon State-Arkansas: Game 2 |
6/27
|
ESPN
|
7:00-11:19pm
|
n/a
|
2,160
|
College World Series Championship:
Oregon State-Arkansas: Game 3 |
6/28
|
ESPN2
|
6:30-9:50pm
|
n/a
|
1,890
|
College World Series Championship:
Oregon State-Arkansas: Game 1 |
6/26
|
ESPN
|
7:00-11:02pm
|
n/a
|
1,807
|
PGA Tour: Quicken Loans National:
Final Round (early) |
7/1
|
Golf
Channel
|
12:58-2:45pm
|
0.8
|
1,250
|
| "NBA Awards" |
6/25
|
TNT
|
9:00-11:04pm
|
n/a
|
1,208
|
| MLS: Sounders-Timbers |
6/30
|
Fox
|
4:30-6:30pm
|
0.8
|
1,159
|
| MLS: Toronto FC-Red Bulls |
7/1
|
Fox
|
5:15-7:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,109
|
PGA Tour: Quicken Loans National:
Third Round (early) |
6/30
|
Golf
Channel
|
12:58-2:45pm
|
0.7
|
1,020
|
| FIFA World Cup: group stage: South Korea-Germany |
6/27
|
FS1
|
9:40am-12:14pm
|
n/a
|
1,020
|
| MLB: Cubs-Dodgers |
6/27
|
ESPN
|
11:19pm-1:20am
|
n/a
|
814
|
| Special Olympics: Opening Ceremony |
7/1
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:08pm
|
0.5
|
738
|
| "World of X Games: Real Street" |
6/30
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.5
|
665
|
| KPMG Women's PGA Championship: Final Round |
7/1
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
630
|
| KPMG Women's PGA Championship: Third Round |
6/30
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
557
|
| "Sports Shorts" |
6/30
|
ABC
|
4:00-4:30pm
|
0.3
|
408
|
| "SportsCenter Special: Marty Smith's America" |
6/30
|
ABC
|
4:30-5:00pm
|
0.3
|
392
|
