NBC averaged 3.17 million viewers for the final round of the PGA Tour Dell Technologies Championship on Monday (second leg of FedExCup Playoffs), as Bryson DeChambeau won his second consecutive event. That figure is up 8% from last year. Tiger Woods finished 24th this year and did not play in '17. Golf Channel averaged 1 million viewers heading into NBC’s coverage on Monday, up 81% from '17. Third-round coverage on NBC was up 9% on Sunday, while GC was up 44%.
FAMILY TIE: The third-round U.S. Open match on Friday night between Venus and Serena Williams, which was moved from ESPN2 to ESPN, drew 1.95 million viewers. That marks the third-best matchup between the sisters all-time on ESPN networks (10 matches). Friday’s match ranks below only the '15 U.S. Open quarterfinals (3.32 million) and '03 Australian Open final (2.4 million). Overall, the sisters have played 30 times.
GETTING OLD? NBCSN averaged 2.66 million viewers for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race from Darlington over Labor Day weekend, which has featured a retro theme the last four years. That figure is down from 3.1 million viewers on the cable net last year. Two years ago, on NBC, the race drew 4.64 million, while the inaugural throwback weekend race averaged 5.92 million in '15.
The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| College football: Michigan-Notre Dame |
9/1
|
NBC
|
7:30-11:12pm
|
4.0
|
7,091
|
| College football: Miami-LSU |
9/2
|
ABC
|
7:36-11:35pm
|
3.8
|
6,553
|
| College football: Washington-Auburn |
9/1
|
ABC
|
3:40-7:15pm
|
3.2
|
5,253
|
| College football: Louisville-Alabama |
9/1
|
ABC
|
8:07-11:55pm
|
2.7
|
4,540
|
| College football: Oregon State-Ohio State* |
9/1
|
ABC
|
12:01-2:00pm;
3:00-3:45pm
|
2.2
|
3,487
|
PGA Tour: Dell Technologies
Championship: Final Round |
9/3
|
NBC
|
1:30-6:00pm
|
n/a
|
3,167
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Bojangles Southern 500 (Darlington) |
9/2
|
NBCSN
|
7:15-11:07pm
|
1.5
|
2,664
|
| College football: West Virginia-Tennessee* |
9/1
|
CBS
|
3:30-5:30pm;
6:15-7:45pm
|
1.6
|
2,647
|
PGA Tour: Dell Technologies
Championship: Third Round |
9/2
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.7
|
2,627
|
| U.S. Open: Third Round (Venus vs. Serena) |
8/31
|
ESPN
|
7:11-9:22pm
|
n/a
|
1,951
|
| College football: Ole Miss-Texas Tech |
9/1
|
ESPN
|
12:00-3:40pm
|
1.2
|
1,929
|
| "College GameDay" (South Bend) |
9/1
|
ESPN
|
9:00am-12:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,867
|
| College football: Northwestern-Purdue |
8/30
|
ESPN
|
7:57-11:54pm
|
n/a
|
1,741
|
| U.S. Open: Round of 16 |
9/2
|
ESPN
|
11:00am-7:13pm
|
1.0
|
1,526
|
| College football: Western Kentucky-Wisconsin |
8/31
|
ESPN
|
9:22pm-12:25pm
|
n/a
|
1,409
|
| College football: FAU-Oklahoma |
9/1
|
Fox
|
12:42-3:15pm
|
0.9
|
1,385
|
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Sport Clips
Haircuts VFW 200 (Darlington) |
9/1
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,377
|
PGA Tour: Dell Technologies Championship:
Third Round (early coverage) |
9/2
|
Golf
Channel
|
1:00-2:55pm
|
0.9
|
1,335
|
| College football: BYU-Arizona |
9/1
|
ESPN
|
10:45pm-2:15am
|
0.8
|
1,288
|
| College football: Texas-Maryland |
9/1
|
FS1
|
12:00-4:12pm
|
0.8
|
1,274
|
| CrossFit Games (taped) |
9/2
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
990
|
| College football: North Carolina-Cal |
9/1
|
Fox
|
4:00-7:30pm
|
0.6
|
930
|
| EPL: Newcastle-Manchester City |
9/1
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.6
|
870
|
| Liga MX: Pachuca-Chivas |
9/1
|
Univision
|
9:55pm-12:00am
|
0.5
|
865
|
| Liga MX: Atlas-Tigres UANL |
9/1
|
Univision
|
7:55-9:55pm
|
0.3
|
571
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (taped) |
9/2
|
CBS
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
468
|
"World of X Games:
Cam Zink's Biggest Little Fest" |
9/2
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.3
|
404
|
NOTE: * = Weather delays not included in figures. Fox' Akron-Nebraska in primetime cancelled by weather.
