ABC drew 508,000 viewers for the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday afternoon, marking the game’s lowest figure since ESPN drew 475,000 viewers in ’14. The game is down 28% from 709,000 viewers on ABC last season. Two seasons ago, ABC drew 606,000.
NOTES: F1 races on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 have averaged 679,000 viewers through 11 events this season to date, up 19% from 571,000 last season and up 21% from 561,000 on NBC Sports two seasons ago. There have been year-over-year gains for eight of 11 races....FS1 drew 643,000 viewers for Yankees-Red Sox on Saturday afternoon, marking the net’s second-best MLB game this season to date....NBC and NBCSN averaged 359,000 viewers for live Tour de France coverage this year (21 stages), marking the event’s best figure since ’15 and second-best average over the last seven years. The ’19 average also was up 11% from ’18.
The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Gander RV 400 (Pocono) |
7/28
|
NBCSN
|
3:05-6:17pm
|
1.7
|
2,705
|
| MLB: Yankees-Red Sox |
7/28
|
ESPN
|
7:00-10:38pm
|
1.5
|
2,403
|
| WGC: FedEx St. Jude Invitational: final round |
7/28
|
CBS
|
2:00-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
2,308
|
| WGC: FedEx St. Jude Invitational: third round |
7/27
|
CBS
|
2:00-6:00m
|
1.1
|
1,599
|
| Track & Field: Toyota U.S. Outdoor Championships |
7/28
|
NBC
|
8:00-9:01pm
|
0.9
|
1,472
|
| Track & Field: Toyota U.S. Outdoor Championships |
7/27
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,063
|
| Tour de France: Stage 20 |
7/27
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:00am
|
0.7
|
1,051
|
| Liga MX: Club America-Leon |
7/27
|
Univision
|
7:55-9:58pm
|
0.6
|
1,001
|
| Tour de France: Stage 21 (finale) |
7/28
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.6
|
943
|
| Liga MX: Toluca-Cruz Azul |
7/27
|
Univision
|
9:58pm-12:05am
|
0.5
|
882
|
| UFC 240 prelims |
7/27
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:00pm
|
0.5
|
722
|
| Golf: Senior Open Championship: final round |
7/28
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
691
|
| F1: German Grand Prix |
7/28
|
ESPN
|
9:05-11:51am
|
0.5
|
688
|
| NHRA Mello Yello Series: Sonoma Nationals |
7/28
|
Fox
|
5:00-7:00pm
|
0.4
|
671
|
| NTT IndyCar Series: Honda 200 (Mid-Ohio) |
7/28
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
670
|
| MLB: Yankees-Twins |
7/24
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:37pm
|
0.4
|
661
|
| World Swimming Championships (taped) |
7/27
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
653
|
| MLB: Yankees-Red Sox |
7/27
|
FS1
|
4:27-7:42pm
|
0.4
|
643
|
| Track & Field: Toyota U.S. Outdoor Championships |
7/28
|
NBCSN
|
6:45-8:01pm
|
n/a
|
555
|
| WGC: FedEx St. Jude Invitational: final round (early) |
7/28
|
Golf Channel
|
12:00-1:45pm
|
0.4
|
535
|
| MLB: Red Sox-Rays |
7/22
|
ESPN
|
7:00-10:31pm
|
0.4
|
524
|
| Tour de France: Stage 21 (finale) |
7/28
|
NBCSN
|
12:31-2:30pm
|
0.3
|
515
|
| WNBA All-Star Game |
7/27
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
508
|
| Golf: Senior Open Championship: third round |
7/27
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.3
|
468
|
