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Sports Ratings Report for Week of July 15-21

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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

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2013 College Football TV Schedule

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With one month to go until the start of the college football season, here is every game involving an FBS team for the first three weeks, plus national television windows for the rest of the season and nationally televised FCS games, as compiled by mattsarzsports.com. Refer to that site for more details and updates throughout the season. Networks in bold are cable; those in bold italics are Internet streams. Please be cautious when opening this post, as certain elements in it are numerous enough that they may slow down the browser.

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Sports Ratings Report for Week of July 8-14

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Vwr
(000)

HH

Vwr/
ESPN

HH/
ESPN

ESPN

380

0.3

380

0.3

ESPN2

169

0.1

169

0.1

GOLF

104

0.1

123

0.1

MLBN

101

0.1

140

0.1

NBCSN

100

0.1

127

0.1

SPEED

81

0.1

93

0.1

NFLN

61

0.1

84

0.1

NBATV

56

0.0

91

0.1

ESPNU

24

0.0

32

0.0

Sports Ratings Highlights for Week of July 8-14: Pre-MLB All-Star Edition

So it turns out that Word wasn’t actually right-aligning the total day average table the way I was trying to tell it to, so I’m experimenting with using Word just to try to get the table to look the way I want and then paste it into WordPress’ own editor. Also added two new columns showing how much viewership each network would have if they had the same percentage of ESPN’s distribution, based on May 2013 numbers from Sports Business Daily.

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

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

4.907

3.2

1.3

TNT

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

3

1.9

FOX

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

0.57

0.4

SPEED

Nine for IX

0.311

0.2

0.2

ESPN

FIFA U-20 World Cup Final

0.299

0.2

ESPN

All-Star Futures Game

0.194

0.1

ESPN2

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Sports Ratings Report for Week of July 1-7

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Vwr
(000)

HH

ESPN

659

0.5

ESPN2

221

0.2

MLBN

114

0.1

NBCSN

112

0.1

GOLF

101

0.1

NFLN

58

0.0

NBATV

40

0.0

ESPNU

38

0.0

Sports Ratings Highlights for Week of July 1-7: Wimbledon Championship Edition

I’m probably going to have to find something to fill this space every week to avoid the two tables at the top colliding horribly, aren’t I? Um… the numbers for the Wimbledon men’s final conflate numbers that referred to the whole window with numbers that referred only to the match portion and so should be taken with a grain of salt?

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

NASCAR: Coke Zero 400

5.662

3.5

1.4

TNT

Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Final:
Murray v. Djokovic

2.456

1.7

0.7

ESPN

NASCAR Nationwide Series

1.927

1.3

0.5

ESPN

Wimbledon Ladies’ Final:
Bartoli v. Lisicki

1.9

1.3

ESPN

Wimbledon Ladies’ Final:
Bartoli v. Lisicki (full window)

1.302

1.3

ESPN

Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

1.146

0.7

0.6

ESPN2

Nine for IX: Venus Vs.

0.46

0.4

0.2

ESPN

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Sports Ratings Report for Week of June 24-30

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Vwr
(000)

HH

ESPN

729

0.5

ESPN2

251

0.2

GOLF

104

0.1

MLBN

86

0.1

NBCSN

71

0.0

NFLN

62

0.1

NBATV

34

0.0

ESPNU

33

0.0

It’s possible that within 24 hours I’ll have all the information I’m going to get from this week, so all that’ll be left is to wait three weeks so I can get the times for selected events, so no sports ratings highlights this week; Sports Media Watch should have you mostly covered, with additional information on the FIFA Confederations Cup final, and Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final was in the Top 50 of the First Half table last week. But! I will take this opportunity to whip out a new feature: total-day averages for the sports networks covered by Son of the Bronx, seen in the table at right! Hopefully Word won’t goof this up too horribly…

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

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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

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Sports Ratings Report for Week of June 10-16

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Sports Ratings Highlights for Week of June 10-16: US Open Golf 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

NBA Finals: Heat @ Spurs, Game 5

16.27

6.3

ABC

NBA Finals: Heat @ Spurs, Game 4

16.23

10.0

6.7

ABC

NBA Finals: Heat @ Spurs, Game 3

14.04

5.8

ABC

US Open: Final Round

8.39

5.4

1.9

NBC

Stanley Cup Final:
Bruins @ Blackhawks, Game 1

6.36

3.9

2.5

NBC

US Open: Round 3

5.4

3.7

NBC

NASCAR: Michigan

4.533

2.8

1.2

TNT

Stanley Cup Final:
Bruins @ Blackhawks, Game 2

3.964

2.0

1.5

NBCSN

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Sports Ratings Report for Week of June 3-9

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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:
Pacers @ Heat, Game 7

11.565

5.1

TNT

Belmont Stakes
(no Triple Crown at stake)

7

4.5

NBC

NASCAR: Party in the Poconos 400

4.358

2.8

1.0

TNT

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Finals:
Kings @ Blackhawks, Game 5

3.813

2.2

NBC

Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Finals:
Penguins @ Bruins, Game 4

2.9

1.6

1.1

NBCSN

Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Finals:
Penguins @ Bruins, Game 3

2.844

1.6

1.2

NBCSN

Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Finals:
Bruins @ Penguins, Game 2

2.601

1.5

1.1

NBCSN

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Finals:
Blackhawks @ Kings, Game 4

2.024

1.2

0.8

NBCSN

French Open, Men’s Final:
Nadal v. Ferrer

2

1.4

NBC

French Open, Women’s Final:
S. Williams v. Sharapova

1.9

1.4

NBC

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Finals:
Blackhawks @ Kings, Game 3

1.813

1.1

0.7

NBCSN

Women’s College World Series:
Oklahoma v. Tennessee, Game 2

1.315

0.9

ESPN

Women’s College World Series:
Tennessee v. Oklahoma, Game 1

1.238

0.8

ESPN2

NASCAR Nationwide Series
(airing against Sprint Cup)

0.417

0.3

ESPN2

MLB First-Year Player Draft

0.277

0.2

MLBN

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Sports Ratings Report for Week of May 27-June 2

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Sports Ratings Highlights for Week of May 27-June 2: Red Sox/Yankees Edition

Numbers for Fox’s Red Sox-Yankees game estimated based on Sports Media Watch’s description, even though I now have evidence Paulsen’s definition of “just under” is broader than what I’ve been indicating. See the Top 20 table below.

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 Eastern Conference Finals:
Pacers @ Heat, Game 5

8.54

5.4

3.7

TNT

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Heat @ Pacers, Game 6

8.236

3.3

TNT

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Heat @ Pacers, Game 4

8.122

3.5

TNT

NASCAR: FedEx 400

5.973

3.8

FOX

NBA Western Conference Finals:
Spurs @ Grizzlies, Game 4

5.21

3.2

2.1

ESPN

Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Finals:
Bruins @ Penguins, Game 1

3.376

2.0

NBC

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Semifinals:
Red Wings @ Blackhawks, Game 7

3.354

2.1

1.4

NBCSN

Baseball Night in America
(main game: Red Sox @ Yankees)

3.29

2.2

FOX

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Semifinals:
Blackhawks @ Red Wings, Game 6

2.723

1.6

1.1

NBCSN

Sunday Night Baseball:
Red Sox @ Yankees

2.335

1.6

0.7

ESPN

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Finals:
Kings @ Blackhawks, Game 2

2.019

1.2

0.7

NBCSN

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Finals:
Kings @ Blackhawks, Game 1

1.624

1.0

NBCSN

Stanley Cup Playoffs, West Semifinals:
Sharks @ Kings, Game 7

1.372

0.8

0.6

NBCSN

Women’s College World Series
(most-watched weekend game)

1.242

0.8

0.3

ESPN

Scripps National Spelling Bee

0.797

0.5

ESPN

NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship

0.734

0.4

ESPN+
ESPNU

WNBA: Sky @ Mercury

0.455

0.3

ESPN2

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Sports Ratings Report for Week of May 20-26

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Sports Ratings Highlights for Week of May 20-26: Indianapolis 500 Edition

Numbers for the Indy 500 are currently based on fast-national data; I doubt there was much if any change from the fast-national to the final rating, but be ready for the final numbers to be different in a month.

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 Eastern Conference Finals:
Pacers @ Heat, Game 1

8.245

3.6

TNT

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Heat @ Pacers, Game 3

7.279

3.1

TNT

NASCAR: Coca-Cola 600

7.13

1.9

FOX

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:
Pacers @ Heat, Game 2

6.975

3.0

TNT

Indianapolis 500*

5.7

3.7

ABC

NBA Western Conference Finals:
Spurs @ Grizzlies, Game 3

4.941

3.1

1.9

ESPN

NBA Western Conference Finals:
Grizzlies @ Spurs, Game 2

4.62

3.1

1.9

ESPN

NBA Draft Lottery

2.895

1.9

1.2

ESPN

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

2.852

1.6

NBC

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

1.868

1.0

NBCSN

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

1.756

1.1

0.7

NBCSN

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

1.752

1.1

0.8

NBCSN

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

1.631

1.0

0.7

NBCSN

Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix

1.456

1.0

NBC

UEFA Champions League Final:
Bayern Munich v. Borussia Dortmund

1.4

0.9

FOX

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

1.365

0.7

0.6

CNBC

Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Semifinals:
Senators @ Penguins, Game 5

1.307

0.7

0.5

NBCSN

Stanley Cup Playoffs, East Semifinals:
Penguins @ Senators, Game 4

1.228

0.7

0.5

NBCSN

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