Sports Ratings Highlights for Week of June 3-9: Belmont Stakes Edition
Game 1 of the Women’s College World Series finals attracted a substantially larger audience than the MLB game airing on regular ESPN at the time (736k). Does this say more about the matchup (for either game), the fact the WCWS game went into extra innings scoreless, or will ESPN consider switching the two in future years? Or does the WCWS just skew so old that even MLB skews young by comparison?
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 |
|
NBA Finals: Spurs @ Heat, Game 2 |
14.57 |
|
5.8 |
ABC |
NBA Finals: Spurs @ Heat, Game 1 |
14.24 |
|
5.7 |
ABC |
NBA Eastern Conference Finals: |
11.565 |
|
5.1 |
TNT |
Belmont Stakes |
7 |
4.5 |
NBC |
|
NASCAR: Party in the Poconos 400 |
4.358 |
2.8 |
1.0 |
TNT |
Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Finals: |
3.813 |
2.2 |
NBC |
|
Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Finals: |
2.9 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
NBCSN |
Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Finals: |
2.844 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
NBCSN |
Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Finals: |
2.601 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
NBCSN |
Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Finals: |
2.024 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
NBCSN |
French Open, Men’s Final: |
2 |
1.4 |
NBC |
|
French Open, Women’s Final: |
1.9 |
1.4 |
NBC |
|
Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Finals: |
1.813 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
NBCSN |
Women’s College World Series: |
1.315 |
0.9 |
ESPN |
|
Women’s College World Series: |
1.238 |
0.8 |
ESPN2 |
|
NASCAR Nationwide Series |
0.417 |
0.3 |
|
ESPN2 |
MLB First-Year Player Draft |
0.277 |
0.2 |
|
MLBN |
Top 20 Most-Viewed Sports Events for Week of May 6-12: THE PLAYERS Championship Edition
Please don’t tell me subsequent ratings roundups have been as bare-bones as this one, otherwise I might have to stop this project. I’d love if anyone has viewership figures for the FA Cup final, and take the HH ratings for the two Bulls-Heat games on TNT with a grain of salt; I had to get them from Bloomberg, which doesn’t make clear which is which.
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 |
THE PLAYERS Championship: |
7.6 |
5.0 |
|
5/12 2:00 PM |
NBC |
2 |
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: |
6.615 |
4.2 |
2.8 |
5/10 8:06 PM |
ESPN |
3 |
NASCAR: Southern 500 |
5.925 |
3.8 |
|
5/11 7:00 PM |
FOX |
4 |
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: |
5.537 |
3.6 |
2.4 |
5/6 7:00 PM |
TNT |
5 |
NBA Western Conference Semifinals: |
5.457 |
3.6 |
2.5 |
5/6 9:54 PM |
TNT |
6 |
NBA Western Conference Semifinals: |
5.437 |
3.6 |
2.4 |
5/10 10:52 PM |
ESPN |
7 |
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: |
5.332 |
3.5 |
|
5/11 8:15 PM |
ABC |
8 |
NBA Western Conference Semifinals: |
5.324 |
3.4 |
|
5/12 3:30 PM |
ABC |
9 |
NBA Western Conference Semifinals: |
5.314 |
3.6 |
2.4 |
5/8 9:44 PM |
TNT |
10 |
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: |
5.286 |
3.5 |
2.3 |
5/8 7:00 PM |
TNT |
11 |
NBA Western Conference Semifinals: |
4.752 |
3.3 |
2.1 |
5/7 9:44 PM |
TNT |
12 |
NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: |
3.743 |
2.5 |
1.6 |
5/7 7:00 PM |
TNT |
13 |
THE PLAYERS Championship: |
3.7 |
2.6 |
|
5/11 2:00 PM |
NBC |
14 |
NBA Western Conference Semifinals: |
3.373 |
2.3 |
|
5/11 5:04 PM |
ESPN |
15 |
Sunday Night Baseball: |
1.453 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
5/12 8:00 PM |
ESPN |
16 |
NASCAR Nationwide Series: |
1.138 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
5/10 7:30 PM |
ESPN2 |
17 |
THE PLAYERS Championship: |
1.08 |
0.8 |
|
5/10 1:00 PM |
GOLF |
18 |
THE PLAYERS Championship: |
1.06 |
0.8 |
|
5/9 1:00 PM |
GOLF |
19 |
MLB: Braves @ Reds |
0.988 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
5/6 7:00 PM |
ESPN |
20 |
Stanley Cup Playoffs, First Round: |
0.912 |
0.5 |
5/12 7:30 PM |
NBCSN |