Sports Ratings Report for Week of August 12-18

Hey, so, next week I’m going to try a new feature called the Studio Show Scorecard, comparing the ratings for all the various daily studio shows on the various national sports networks. Should I do this in a separate post on Friday, or put it up with the other stuff the following week? If I do it in a separate post, which post should have the total day averages? (Speaking of which, the averages for Speed and Fuel you see here are for Monday-Friday only and do not include the post-relaunch period.) Should I have separate tables for each day (thus ending up with more total tables and a huge temptation to grab more ratings than I realistically have time for) or each timeslot (which can be awkward with the varying time slots shows have)? Feel free to leave your suggestions in an e-mail or the comments (assuming, you know, anyone cares about this stuff).

Hey, here’s something interesting: the viewership for the last hours of Speed and the first hours of Fox Sports 1! Shows in bold were, for the time being, the most-watched program in the young network’s history; the most watched program at the end of the weekend is in the main highlights table. It’s FS1’s first appearance in my weekly ratings tables! They grow up so fast…

Sports Ratings Highlights for Week of August 12-18: Yankees-Red Sox Edition

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

Top 20 Most-Viewed Sports Events for Week of July 15-21: The Open Championship Edition

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.