NBC averaged 2.72 million viewers for the NASCAR Cup Series race from Martinsville last Sunday afternoon, up 6% from the series' penultimate race last season from Phoenix (2.57 million). Two years ago, the race from Phoenix averaged 3.31 million viewers. Earlier in the week (Wednesday), NBCSN carried the Cup race from Texas that had been rained out a few times, averaging 1.2 million viewers.
SCARLETT & GREY'S ANATOMY: Ohio State was once again on top for college football viewership this past weekend. The "Saturday Night Football" matchup with Penn State averaged 6.53 million viewers on ABC. That figure is 55% higher than the average for Big Ten games on ABC last season. The No. 2 college game of the weekend was ABC's noon ET window featuring Clemson's comeback win over Boston College (4.38 million). For the "Big Noon Saturday" window on Fox, Michigan State-Michigan averaged 4.22 million viewers (No. 3 last weekend), down 5% from Fox' Big Ten average last season.
The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NFL: Saints-Bears |
11/1
|
Fox
|
4:27-7:30pm
|
22,773
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
11/1
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:05pm
|
18,650
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Cowboys-Eagles |
11/1
|
NBC
|
8:23-11:13pm
|
16,933
|
| World Series: Dodgers-Rays: Game 6 |
10/27
|
Fox
|
8:03-11:49pm
|
12,704
|
| NFL: (regional) |
11/1
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:25pm
|
12,305
|
| "Thursday Night Football": Falcons-Panthers |
10/29
|
Fox/NFL Net
|
8:23-11:25pm
|
12,052
|
| "Monday Night Football": Bears-Rams |
10/26
|
ESPN
|
8:13-11:27pm
|
10,501
|
| College football: Ohio State-Penn State |
10/31
|
ABC
|
7:37-11:19pm
|
6,534
|
| College football: Boston College-Clemson |
10/31
|
ABC
|
12:01-3:46pm
|
4,376
|
| College football: Michigan State-Michigan |
10/31
|
Fox
|
12:06-4:02pm
|
4,216
|
| College football: Texas-Oklahoma State |
10/31
|
Fox
|
4:02-7:15pm
|
4,039
|
| College football: Notre Dame-Georgia Tech |
10/31
|
ABC
|
3:46-7:00pm
|
3,770
|
| College football: LSU-Auburn |
10/31
|
CBS
|
3:31-7:15pm
|
3,452
|
| NASCAR Cup Series: Martinsville |
11/1
|
NBC
|
2:21-6:15pm
|
2,718
|
| College football: Oklahoma-Texas Tech |
10/31
|
Fox
|
8:11-11:48pm
|
2,116
|
| College football: Mississippi State-Alabama |
10/31
|
ESPN
|
6:59-10:36pm
|
1,996
|
| College football: Minnesota-Maryland |
10/30
|
ESPN
|
7:25-11:12pm
|
1,912
|
| NASCAR Xfinity Series: Martinsville |
10/31
|
NBC
|
3:45-6:15pm
|
1,316
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
11/1
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
1,291
|
| "College GameDay" |
10/31
|
ESPN
|
9:00am-12:01pm
|
1,280
|
| "Monday Night Countdown" |
10/26
|
ESPN
|
6:00-7:59pm
|
1,278
|
| NASCAR Cup Series: Texas* |
10/28
|
NBCSN
|
4:58-8:14pm
|
1,200
|
| College basketball: Northwestern-Iowa |
10/31
|
ESPN
|
3:30-6:53pm
|
1,145
|
| Figure skating: Las Vegas Spectacular (taped) |
11/1
|
NBC
|
12:00-1:30pm
|
815
|
| College football: Western Kentucky-BYU |
10/31
|
ESPN
|
10:37pm-1:39am
|
788
|
| EPL: West Ham-Liverpool |
10/31
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:30pm
|
766
|
| College football: Memphis-Cincinnati |
10/31
|
ESPN
|
12:01-3:20pm
|
679
|
| Liga MX: Chivas-UNAM Pumas |
10/31
|
Univision
|
8:56-11:00pm
|
658
|
| MLS: Crew-Union |
11/1
|
ABC
|
3:30-5:30pm
|
283
|
NOTE: * = Race had three straight days of rainouts.
