NBC averaged 5.89 million viewers from 1:30-6:00pm ET on Sunday for Tiger Woods’ win at the Tour Championship, marking the best figure for the event on record and best figure for any FedExCup Playoffs event since the PGA Tour introduced the system in ’07. The figure this year also is up 180% from 2.1 million viewers for Xander Schauffele’s win in ’17. On Sunday from 3:00-6:00pm alone, which is the normal Sunday PGA Tour window, NBC averaged 7.18 million viewers for the Tour Championship.
The chart below lists final audience figures from select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NFL: Cowboys-Seahawks (85%) |
9/23
|
Fox
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
12.7
|
22,195
|
| "SNF": Patriots-Lions |
9/23
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
11.5
|
19,457
|
| NFL: (regional) |
9/23
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
8.2
|
13,813
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
9/23
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
7.0
|
11,943
|
| "MNF": Seahawks-Bears |
9/17
|
ESPN
|
8:13-11:18pm
|
7.0
|
11,720
|
| "TNF": Jets-Browns |
9/20
|
NFL Net
|
8:23-11:36pm
|
5.2
|
8,688
|
| "Football Night in America" |
9/23
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.3
|
7,066
|
| PGA Tour: Tour Championship: Final Round |
9/23
|
NBC
|
1:30-6:00pm
|
n/a
|
5,890
|
| College football: Texas A&M-Alabama |
9/22
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
3.4
|
5,650
|
| College football: Stanford-Oregon |
9/22
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
2.5
|
4,165
|
| "Thursday Night Football Postgame" |
9/20
|
NFL Net
|
11:38pm-12:16am
|
2.6
|
4,029
|
| PGA Tour: Tour Championship: Third Round |
9/22
|
NBC
|
2:30-6:30pm
|
2.5
|
3,874
|
| College football: Georgia-Missouri |
9/22
|
ESPN
|
12:00-3:40pm
|
2.1
|
3,328
|
| College football: Wisconsin-Iowa |
9/22
|
Fox
|
8:30-11:40pm
|
2.0
|
3,313
|
| College football: TCU-Texas |
9/22
|
Fox
|
4:30-8:00pm
|
1.7
|
2,887
|
| College football: Notre Dame-Wake Forest |
9/22
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
1.7
|
2,439
|
| College football: Florida-Tennessee |
9/22
|
ESPN
|
7:00-10:32pm
|
1.2
|
2,108
|
| College football: Arizona State-Washington |
9/22
|
ESPN
|
10:32pm-1:49am
|
1.1
|
1,834
|
| College football: Clemson-Georgia Tech |
9/22
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.2
|
1,808
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond) |
9/22
|
NBCSN
|
7:42-10:38pm
|
1.0
|
1,774
|
| "College GameDay" |
9/22
|
ESPN
|
9:00am-12:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,724
|
| College football: Washington State-USC |
9/21
|
ESPN
|
10:30pm-2:03am
|
n/a
|
1,644
|
| PBR: Border Patrol Invitational |
9/23
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.0
|
1,545
|
| College football: Nebraska-Michigan |
9/22
|
FS1
|
11:58am-3:34pm
|
0.9
|
1,449
|
| MLB: (regional) |
9/22
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:30pm
|
0.8
|
1,210
|
| Campeones Cup: Tigres UANL-Toronto FC |
9/19
|
Univision
|
8:26-11:00pm
|
0.6
|
1,107
|
| EPL: Brighton-Tottenham |
9/22
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
754
|
| FEI Equestrian Games |
9/23
|
NBC
|
12:00-1:30pm
|
0.5
|
674
|
| "World of X Games" |
9/23
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.2
|
271
|
| "World of X Games" |
9/23
|
ABC
|
3:30-4:00pm
|
0.2
|
260
|
| "The Jump: NBA Rank Special" |
9/23
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.2
|
246
|
