CBS averaged just under 7 million viewers for Georgia’s win over Florida on Saturday afternoon, marking the annual football matchup’s best audience since at least ’88 and up 10% from 6.4 million viewers last year. The game helped increase CBS’ average audience for SEC games this season (just under 6 million viewers). That is the best mark for the package at this point in the season since ’13.
HORSE FEATHERS: NBC drew 1.7 million viewers for the Breeders’ Cup Classic in primetime on Saturday, up from 1.6 million for the race on a Saturday afternoon last year, but down from 2 million viewers for the race in primetime two years ago.
HOT ICE: NBCSN is averaging 352,000 viewers for NHL game coverage to date (15 games), marking its best start to the season since ’15-16. That figure also is up 24% compared to the same point last season (278,000 viewers). Helping the increase was a 15% bump for the opening night doubleheader.
RACE DAY: ABC drew 861,000 viewers for the F1 U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon as Lewis Hamilton locked up his sixth F1 title. That figure is up 9% compared to 793,000 last year. Meanwhile, NBCSN drew 2.2 million viewers for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race from Texas on Sunday, down 3% from 2.3 million last year.
The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| World Series: Nationals-Astros: Game 7 |
10/30
|
Fox
|
8:04pm-12:00am
|
13.1
|
23,217
|
| NFL: Packers-Chargers (87%) |
11/3
|
CBS
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
12.8
|
22,291
|
| "SNF": Patriots-Ravens |
11/3
|
NBC
|
8:23-11:21pm
|
12.7
|
22,032
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
11/3
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
10.5
|
18,272
|
| World Series: Nationals-Astros: Game 6 |
10/29
|
Fox
|
8:03-11:46pm
|
9.6
|
16,551
|
| "TNF": 49ers-Cardinals |
10/31
|
Fox/
NFL Net
|
8:23-11:31pm
|
8.4
|
14,277
|
| NFL: (regional) |
11/3
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
7.0
|
11,492
|
| "MNF": Dolphins-Steelers |
10/28
|
ESPN
|
8:13-11:34pm
|
6.0
|
10,417
|
| "Football Night in America" |
11/3
|
NBC
|
7:27-8:14pm
|
5.2
|
9,058
|
| College football: Florida-Georgia |
11/2
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
4.2
|
6,978
|
| College football: Oregon-USC |
11/2
|
Fox
|
8:06-11:39pm
|
2.0
|
3,433
|
| College football: Michigan-Maryland |
11/2
|
ABC
|
12:01-3:30pm
|
2.1
|
3,103
|
| NFL: Texans-Jaguars (London) |
11/3
|
NFL Net
|
9:36am-12:31pm
|
1.9
|
2,958
|
| College football: Virginia Tech-Notre Dame |
11/2
|
NBC
|
2:30-6:00pm
|
1.9
|
2,952
|
| College football: SMU-Memphis |
11/2
|
ABC
|
7:37-11:41pm
|
1.8
|
2,947
|
| College football: Nebraska-Purdue |
11/2
|
Fox
|
12:06-4:06pm
|
1.8
|
2,697
|
| NBA: Lakers-Mavericks |
11/1
|
ESPN
|
9:37pm-12:23am
|
1.6
|
2,570
|
| College football: Ole Miss-Auburn |
11/2
|
ESPN
|
7:13-10:20pm
|
1.2
|
2,206
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
AAA Texas 500 |
11/3
|
NBCSN
|
3:26-7:12pm
|
1.4
|
2,199
|
| College football: Miami-Florida State |
11/2
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.3
|
2,013
|
| College football: Utah-Washington |
11/2
|
Fox
|
4:06-7:30pm
|
1.3
|
1,956
|
| Breeders' Cup Classic |
11/2
|
NBC
|
8:00-9:03pm
|
1.1
|
1,740
|
| "College GameDay" (Memphis) |
11/2
|
ESPN
|
9:00am-12:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,575
|
| Bowling: PBA Clash |
11/3
|
Fox
|
5:00-6:30pm
|
0.9
|
1,481
|
| NBA: Rockets-Nets |
11/1
|
ESPN
|
7:14-9:37pm
|
0.9
|
1,419
|
| Liga MX: Santos Laguna-Club America |
11/2
|
Univision
|
8:58-11:00pm
|
0.6
|
1,179
|
| College football: West Virginia-Baylor |
10/31
|
ESPN
|
7:54-11:38pm
|
0.7
|
1,126
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
11/3
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,104
|
| "Monday Night Countdown" |
10/28
|
ESPN
|
6:00-8:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,056
|
| Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix (taped) |
11/3
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
889
|
| F1: U.S. Grand Prix |
11/3
|
ABC
|
1:30-4:00pm
|
0.6
|
861
|
| Liga MX: Tigres UANL-Queretaro |
11/2
|
Univision
|
6:55-8:58pm
|
0.4
|
774
|
| Rugby World Cup final: South Africa-England |
11/2
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.4
|
659
|
