Sports Ratings Report for Week of July 15-21

Since all my time this week was taken up by the college football TV schedule post, no total day averages this week.

Sports Ratings Highlights for Week of July 15-21: The Open Championship Edition

Numbers compiled from a variety of sources, including TV by the Numbers, The Futon Critic, Sports Media Watch, and Son of the Bronx.

Vwr (mil)

HH

18-49

Net

MLB All-Star Game

10.96

6.9

3.2

FOX

Home Run Derby

6.651

4.1

2.6

ESPN

The Open Championship: Final Round

4.372

3.1

1.2

ESPN

The Open Championship: Third Round

3.776

2.7

ESPN

MLB: Regional coverage
(main game: Yankees @ Red Sox)

2.0

FOX

Sunday Night Baseball:
Yankees @ Red Sox

2.566

1.7

0.7

ESPN

ESPY Awards

2.269

1.5

1.0

ESPN

All-Star Celebrity Softball Game

2.179

1.4

1.0

ESPN

Tour de France: Last Stage

0.56

0.4

NBCSN

Top 20 Most-Viewed Sports Events for Week of June 17-23: NBA Finals Conclusion Edition

Normally I extend the list down to the top 20 English-language sports events, but no thanks to Univision not publicizing all its Confederations Cup ratings and SBD inexplicably not reporting any of them (while reporting World Cup qualifiers on Univision networks happening in the middle of it!), I’m not even sure this list is complete.

These numbers are delayed a month to wait for SportsBusiness Daily’s ratings roundup to come out of the paywall. Other numbers from the same sources as before. Numbers in gray interpolated based on the rest of the chart.

Vwr (mil)

HH

18-49

Time

Net

1

NBA Finals: Spurs @ Heat, Game 7

26.319

15.3

10.6

6/20 9:00 PM

ABC

2

NBA Finals: Spurs @ Heat, Game 6

20.636

12.3

8.5

6/18 9:00 PM

ABC

3

Stanley Cup Final:
Blackhawks @ Bruins, Game 4

6.459

3.8

2.4

6/19 8:00 PM

NBC

4

Stanley Cup Final:
Bruins @ Blackhawks, Game 5

5.632

3.2

6/22 8:00 PM

NBC

5

NASCAR

4.66

3.0

1.3

6/23 3:00 PM

TNT

6

Stanley Cup Final:
Blackhawks @ Bruins, Game 3

4.001

2.3

1.6

6/17 8:00 PM

NBCSN

7

FIFA Confederations Cup:
Brazil v. Mexico

~3.2

6/19 3:00 PM

ESPN+
Univ.

8

Baseball Night in America
(main game: Rangers @ Cardinals)

3.088

2.0

6/22 7:12 PM

FOX

9

Travelers Championship: Final Round

3.1

1.9

6/23 3:00 PM

CBS

10

FIFA Confederations Cup:
Japan v. Mexico

~3.0

6/22 3:00 PM

ESPN+
Univ.

11

FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
United States v. Honduras

2.455

1.3

6/18 8:30 PM

ESPN+
UniMas

12

Travelers Championship: Round 3

2.1

1.3

6/22 3:00 PM

CBS

13

FIFA Confederations Cup:
Nigeria v. Spain

~2.0

6/23 3:00 PM

ESPN+
Univ.

14

NASCAR Nationwide Series

1.708

1.2

0.4

6/22 5:00 PM

ESPN

15

FIFA Confederations Cup:
Italy v. Japan

~1.4

6/19 3:00 PM

ESPN+
UniMas

16

World Championship Boxing:
Adrian Broner v. Paulie Malignaggi

1.28

0.8

6/22 11:30 PM

Showtime

17

US Track and Field Championships

1.248

0.9

6/23 4:00 PM

NBC

18

College World Series:
UCLA v. North Carolina

1.099

0.7

0.3

6/21 8:00 PM

ESPN

19

College World Series:
Oregon State v. Indiana

1.044

0.7

0.2

6/19 8:00 PM

ESPN

20

Sunday Night Baseball:
Rangers @ Cardinals

1.017

0.7

6/23 11:00 PM

ESPN

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