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Ratings News and Notes
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Week 35-36 English Premier League soccer matches on NBCSN from May 1 and 5-7:
- Liverpool-Watford (NBCSN May 1 afternoon): 197,000 viewers (-34 percent from 298,000 of West Brom-Tottenham Apr. 25, 2016)
- Tottenham-West Ham (NBCSN May 5 afternoon): 201,000 viewers
- Crystal Palace-Manchester City (NBCSN May 6 early morning): 302,000 viewers
- Sunderland-Hull City (NBCSN May 6 late morning): 310,000 viewers (-6 percent from 329,000 of Bournemouth-Everton Apr. 30, 2016)
- Southampton-Liverpool (NBCSN May 7 early morning): 358,000 viewers (-61 percent from 908,000 of Leicester-Manchester United May 1, 2016)
- Manchester United-Arsenal (NBCSN May 7 late morning): 767,000 viewers (+41 percent from 543,000 of Manchester City-Southampton May 1, 2016)
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Kentucky Derby Prep on NBCSN May 6 drew 456,000 viewers, just 6 percent below the first 150 minutes of the year-ago prep (May 8, 2016 noon-2:30 p.m.: 487,000 viewers). Corrected from previous version that had compared the entire 2016 NBCSN telecast that had aired from noon-3:55 p.m.
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Germany’s 2-1 upset win over the Unitted States in the opening game of the 2017 IIHF World Championship on NBCSN late night of May 5 (130,000 viewers) was off by 8 percent from the year-ago evening telecast of USA-Canada (May 6, 2016: 141,000 viewers).
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FS1’s Cleveland Indians-Kansas City Royals MLB Baseball game on Sat. May 6 (370,000 viewers) was 44 percent down from the year-ago late Saturday afternoon FS1 game of Nationals-Cubs (May 7, 2016: 663,000 viewers).
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The May 2 Premier Boxing Champions event on FS1 featuring Ivan Redkach-Argenis Mendez (119,000 viewers) was about even from the year-ago PBC on FS1 (Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto May 3, 2016: 120,000 viewers).
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First legs of the Semifinal rounds in the UEFA Champions and Europa Leagues on FS1 from May 2-4:
- Champions League: Real Madrid-Club Atletico de Madrid (FS1 May 2 afternoon): 383,000 viewers (-6 percent from 409,000 of Man City-Real Madrid Apr. 26, 2016)
- Champions League: Monaco-Juventus Football Club (FS1 May 3 afternoon): 316,000 viewers (-11 percent from 357,000 of Club Atletico de Madrid-Bayern Munchen Apr. 27, 2016)
- Europa League: Celta de Vigo-Manchester United (FS1 May 4 afternoon): 178,000 viewers (-30 percent from 255,000 of Villareal-Liverpool Apr. 28, 2016)
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The 2017 NHRA Southern Nationals from Atlanta, Ga. on FS1 from May 7 (378,000 viewers) fell a steep 72 percent from last year’s Southern Nationals (May 15, 2016: 1,367,000 viewers). That 2016 telecast immediately followed a NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Dover.
NBCSN Top 25 (and Select) Programs
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NBCSN is up +83 percent (1,091,000 vs. 595,000) from one week earlier and up +12 percent (1,091,000 vs. 970,000) from the same week one year ago (May 2-8, 2016).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NBCSN is up +59 percent (295,000 vs. 185,000) from one week earlier and up +18 percent (295,000 vs. 249,000) from the same week one year ago (May 2-8, 2016).
Viewership averages for the following NBCSN programs of the week:
- “Pro Football Talk Live AM” (May 1-5): 26,000 (15,000 adults 18-49)
- “Dan Patrick Show” (May 1-5): 61,000 (32,000 adults 18-49)
- “NASCAR America” (May 1-3): 65,000 (19,000 adults 18-49)
- “Sports Jeopardy” (May 3 & 7): 137,000 (79,000 adults 18-49)
Premier League: Watford vs. Leicester City (CNBC, May 6 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.): 88,000 viewers (41,000 adults 18-49)
Fox Sports 1 Top 25 (and Select) Programs
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), FS1 is down -11 percent (153,000 vs. 171,000) from one week earlier and down -76 percent (153,000 vs. 646,000) from the same week one year ago (May 2-8, 2016).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), FS1 is down -18 percent (114,000 vs. 139,000) from one week earlier and down -46 percent (114,000 vs. 211,000) from the same week one year ago (May 2-8, 2016).
Viewership averages for the following FS1 programs of the week:
- “Skip & Shannon: Undisputed” (FS1 May 1-5): 102,000 (57,000 adults 18-49)
- “The Herd” (FS1 May 1-4): 81,000 (42,000 adults 18-49)
- “The Herd” (FS2 May 2 & 4): 9,000 (5,000 adults 18-49)
- “Speak For Yourself” (FS1 May 1-4): 99,000 (48,000 adults 18-49)
- “NASCAR Race Hub” (FS1 May 1-4): 184,000 (40,000 adults 18-49)
- “NASCAR Race Hub Weekend Edition” (FS1 May 5): 205,000 (37,000 adults 18-49)
- “MLB Whiparound” (FS1 May 1-5): 54,000 (16,000 adults 18-49)
- “TMZ Sports” (FS1 May 1-5 late night): 22,000 (9,000 adults 18-49)
- “TMZ Sports” (FS2 May 2-5 9:00-9:30 a.m.): 3,000
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich vs. Darmstadt; (Fox Deportes, May 6 9:22-11:30 a.m.) 41,000 viewers (21,000 adults 18-49)
Bundesliga: Freiburg vs. Schalke (Fox Deportes, May 7 11:21 a.m.-1:32 p.m.) 26,000 viewers (15,000 adults 18-49)
Major League Soccer: Minnesota United vs. Sporting KC (Fox Deportes, May 7 8:00-10:00 p.m.) 13,000 viewers (8,000 adults 18-49)
NASCAR Monster Energy Cup: Talladega (Fox Deportes, May 7 2:00-6:29 p.m.) 27,000 viewers (13,000 adults 18-49)
UFC Fight Night: C. Swanson vs. A. Lobov (Fox Deportes, Apr. 22 10:00 p.m.-1:15 a.m.) 64,000 viewers (29,000 adults 18-49)
Fox Sports 2 Top 25 (and Select) Programs
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), FS2 is even (25,000 vs. 25,000) from one week earlier and down -17 percent (25,000 vs. 30,000) from the same week one year ago (May 2-8, 2016).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), FS2 is up +13 percent (18,000 vs. 16,000) from one week earlier and up +13 percent (18,000 vs. 16,000) from the same week one year ago (May 2-8, 2016).
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
