Sports Ratings Report for Week of June 17-23, plus Top 50 Most-Watched Sports Events of the First Half of 2013

Sports Ratings Highlights for Week of June 17-23: NBA Finals Conclusion 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

Time

Net

NBA Finals: Spurs @ Heat, Game 7

26.32

15.3

10.6

6/20 9:00 PM

ABC

NBA Finals: Spurs @ Heat, Game 6

20.64

8.5

6/18 9:00 PM

ABC

Stanley Cup Final:
Blackhawks @ Bruins, Game 4

6.64

2.4

6/19 8:00 PM

NBC

Stanley Cup Final:
Bruins @ Blackhawks, Game 5

5.6

3.2

6/22 8:00 PM

NBC

NASCA

4.66

1.3

6/23 3:00 PM

TNT

Stanley Cup Final:
Blackhawks @ Bruins, Game 3

4.001

2.3

1.6

6/17 8:00 PM

NBCSN

Top 20 Most-Watched Sports Events for Week of May 20-26: Indianapolis 500 Edition

Because of the Memorial Day holiday, SBD never bothered to report numbers for this week and many of these numbers come from Sports Media Watch. I’d say Paulsen’s sources should be supplying SBD instead of whatever their actual sources are, since they managed to get full viewership figures for the CBS golf tournament when CBS normally doesn’t supply any viewership figures at all unless it’s a major or really impressive, but it didn’t help Paulsen with being able to supply me with viewership numbers for the Selection Show, so who knows. Also, I only realized later that the reported numbers for the Monaco Grand Prix, as reported in an NBC press release, were fast-national numbers, and I’m not completely certain of which rating for which TNT game is which since I had to get them from Bloomberg again.

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 Eastern Conference Finals:
Pacers @ Heat, Game 1

8.245

5.3

3.6

5/22 8:31 PM

TNT

2

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Heat @ Pacers, Game 3

7.279

4.5*

3.1

5/26 8:31 PM

TNT

3

NASCAR: Coca-Cola 600

7.134

4.3

1.9

5/26 6:30 PM

FOX

4

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Pacers @ Heat, Game 2

6.975

4.4*

3.0

5/24 8:31 PM

TNT

5

Indianapolis 500

5.704

3.7

5/26 12:00 PM

ABC

6

NBA Western Conference Finals:
Spurs @ Grizzlies, Game 3

4.941

3.1

1.9

5/25 9:03 PM

ESPN

7

NBA Western Conference Finals:
Grizzlies @ Spurs, Game 2

4.62

3.1

1.9

5/21 9:03 PM

ESPN

8

Liga MX Final:
Club America v. Cruz Azul

4.5

~2.0

5/26 8:50 PM

Univ.

9

NBA Draft Lottery

2.895

1.9

1.2

5/21 8:28 PM

ESPN

10

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Semifinals:
Red Wings @ Blackhawks, Game 5

2.852

1.6

5/25 8:00 PM

NBC

11

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

2.253

1.5

5/25 7:00 PM

FOX

12

NASCAR Nationwide Series: History 300

2.219

1.5

5/25 2:45 PM

ABC

13

Crowne Plaza Invitational: Final Round

2.187

1.5

5/26 3:00 PM

CBS

14

Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Semifinals:
Rangers @ Bruins, Game 5

1.868

1.0

5/25 5:30 PM

NBCSN

15

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Semifinals:
Blackhawks @ Red Wings, Game 4

1.756

1.1

0.7

5/23 8:00 PM

NBCSN

16

Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Semifinals:
Bruins @ Rangers, Game 3

1.752

1.1

0.8

5/21 7:30 PM

NBCSN

17

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Semifinals:
Blackhawks @ Red Wings, Game 3

1.631

1.0

0.7

5/20 7:30 PM

NBCSN

18

Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix*

1.456

1.0

5/26 8:00 AM

NBC

19

Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Semifinals:
Bruins @ Rangers, Game 4

1.365

0.7

0.6

5/23 7:00 PM

CNBC

20

UEFA Champions League Final:
Bayern Munich v. Borussia Dortmund

1.362

0.9

5/25 2:45 PM

FOX

21

UFC 160 Prelims

1.309

0.7

5/25 8:00 PM

FX

Top 50 Most-Viewed Sports Events of the First Six Months of 2013

Vwr (mil)

HH

18-49

Time

Net

1

Super Bowl XLVII:
Ravens v. 49ers

108.693

46.4

39.7

2/3 6:32 PM

CBS

2

AFC Championship Game:
Ravens @ Patriots

47.707

25.5

16.8

1/20 6:45 PM

CBS

3

NFC Championship Game:
49ers @ Falcons

42

24.2

1/20 3:00 PM

FOX

4

NFC Wild Card Game:
Seahawks @ Redskins

38.1

21.5

13.4

1/6 4:30 PM

FOX

5

AFC Divisional Game:
Texans @ Patriots

37.66

21.7

12.8

1/13 4:30 PM

CBS

6

AFC Divisional Game:
Broncos @ Ravens

35.3

1/12 4:30 PM

CBS

7

NFC Divisional Game:
Seahawks @ Falcons

32.1

19.3

1/13 1:00 PM

FOX

8

NFC Divisional Game:
Packers @ 49ers

30.9

16.9

1/12 8:00 PM

FOX

9

NFC Wild Card Game:
Vikings @ Packers

30.3

17.3

10.5

1/5 8:00 PM

NBC

10

AFC Wild Card Game:
Colts @ Ravens

29.6

18.1

1/6 1:00 PM

CBS

11

BCS Championship Game:
Alabama v. Notre Dame

26.38

15.1

9.2

1/7 8:25 PM

ESPN

12

NBA Finals: Spurs @ Heat, Game 7

26.32

15.3

10.6

6/20 9:00 PM

ABC

13

AFC Wild Card Game:
Bengals @ Texans

23.6

14.4

1/5 4:30 PM

NBC

14

NCAA Basketball Championship Game:
Louisville v. Michigan

23.43

14.0

8.4

4/8 9:30 PM

CBS

15

NBA Finals: Spurs @ Heat, Game 6

20.64

8.5

6/18 9:00 PM

ABC

16

NCAA Tournament, Final Four:
Syracuse v. Michigan

17.104

10.2

4/6 8:49 PM

CBS

17

Rose Bowl:
Stanford v. Wisconsin

17.024

9.4

4.7

1/1 5:08 PM

ESPN

18

NASCAR: Daytona 500

16.651

9.9

2/24 1:00 PM

FOX

19

NBA Finals: Heat @ Spurs, Game 5

16.27

6.3

6/16 8:00 PM

ABC

20

NBA Finals: Heat @ Spurs, Game 4

16.23

10.0

6.7

6/13 9:00 PM

ABC

21

Kentucky Derby

16.2

9.7

5/4 6:05 PM

NBC

22

NCAA Tournament Elite Eight:
Duke v. Louisville

15.65

8.8

4.9

3/31 5:00 PM

CBS

23

The Masters: Final Round

14.72

9.4

3.6

4/14 2:00 PM

CBS

24

NBA Finals: Spurs @ Heat, Game 2

14.57

5.8

6/9 8:00 PM

ABC

25

NCAA Tournament, Final Four:
Wichita State v. Louisville

14.468

8.7

4/6 6:00 PM

CBS

26

NBA Finals: Spurs @ Heat, Game 1

14.24

5.7

6/6 9:00 PM

ABC

27

NBA Finals: Heat @ Spurs, Game 3

14.04

5.8

6/11 9:00 PM

ABC

28

Fiesta Bowl:
Oregon v. Kansas State

12.306

7.4

4.0

1/3 8:30 PM

ESPN

29

Pro Bowl

12.156

7.1

4.0

1/27 7:31 PM

NBC

30

Cotton Bowl:
Texas A&M v. Oklahoma

11.94

7.2

3.5

1/4 8:00 PM

FOX

31

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Pacers @ Heat, Game 7

11.565

5.1

6/3 8:31 PM

TNT

32

NCAA Tournament Elite Eight:
Wichita State v. Ohio State

11.292

6.8

3/30 7:00 PM

CBS

33

NCAA Tournament Third Round:
North Carolina v. Kansas

11.24

7.0

4.0

3/24 5:00 PM

CBS

34

Capitol One Bowl:
Georgia v. Nebraska

11

6.6

1/1 1:00 PM

ABC

35

NCAA Tournament Third Round:
Temple v. Indiana

10.6

6.8

3/24 2:57 PM

CBS

36

Orange Bowl:
Florida State v. Northern Illinois

10.562

6.1

3.5

1/1 8:51 PM

ESPN

37

Sugar Bowl:
Florida v. Louisville

10.125

6.2

3.3

1/2 8:26 PM

ESPN

38

Preakness Stakes

9.7

5.9

5/18 5:50 PM

NBC

39

NCAA Tournament Elite Eight:
Michigan v. Florida

9.4

5.7

3/31 2:15 PM

CBS

40

NASCAR: Subway Fresh Fit 500

9.117

5.6

3/3 3:30 PM

FOX

41

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Pacers @ Heat, Game 5

8.54

5.4

3.7

5/30 8:31 PM

TNT

42

The Masters: Third Round

8.5

5.8

4/13 3:00 PM

CBS

43

US Open: Final Round

8.39

5.4

1.9

NBC

44

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Pacers @ Heat, Game 1

8.245

5.3

3.6

5/22 8:31 PM

TNT

45

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Heat @ Pacers, Game 6

8.236

3.3

6/1 8:31 PM

TNT

46

Stanley Cup Final:
Blackhawks @ Bruins, Game 6

8.16

3.3

6/24 8:30 PM

NBC

47

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Heat @ Pacers, Game 4

8.122

3.5

5/28 8:31 PM

TNT

48

NBA All-Star Game

8.02

4.6

3.5

2/17 8:42 PM

TNT

49

NCAA Tournament Sweet 16:
Syracuse v. Indiana

7.99

5.1

2.8

3/28 9:30 PM

CBS

50

NFL Draft: Round 1 (combined)

7.721

5.0

3.6

4/25 8:00 PM

ESPN+
NFLN

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