Ratings: NASCAR Bristol Night Race on NBC Hits Three-Year High

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Ratings News and Notes

• The cable portion of English Premier League Week Two coverage on Aug. 19-20 — four matches on NBCSN — averaged 454,000 viewers, down 22 percent from two years ago (581,000 viewer average on Aug. 22-23, 2015; three matches on NBCSN, two on USA).

• NBC was the top network in all key figures (except adults 18-34) on Saturday, Aug. 19 with “NASCAR Monster Cup Series: Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race” from Bristol, Tenn.

  At 3.82 million viewers, it jumps up 6 percent in total audience from two years ago when it had aired on NBCSN (3.61 million in 2015) — the bulk of the 2016 race was rain-delayed, pushed to a Sunday afternoon and televised on CNBC (2.67 million viewers). 2017 was the highest-rated, most-watched edition of the Bristol night race since 2014 (3.2 household rating, 5.1 million viewers for ABC).

On Aug. 18, NASCAR Xfinity Series: Food City 300 on NBCSN in Bristol registered 1.081 million viewers, down 14 percent from two years ago, the most recent year it had also aired on cable (Aug. 21, 2015 on NBCSN: 1.256 million viewers).

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: UNOH 200 on FS1 Aug. 16 drew 236,000 viewers, down 32 percent from last year (Aug. 17, 2016: 345,000 viewers) and down 44 percent from two years ago (Aug. 19, 2015: 522,000 viewers).

• IndyCar Series: ABC Supply 500 from Pocono on NBCSN Aug. 20 drew 618,000 viewers, down just 3 percent from two years ago (Aug. 23, 2015: 635,000 viewers). The 2016 race was postponed by rain and had taken place on Mon. Aug 22, drawing 143,000 viewers.

• Drag racing’s Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals from Brainer, Minn. on Aug. 20 (412,000 viewers) was FS1’s most-watched telecast of the week, but down 9 percent from last year (Aug. 21, 2016 on FS1: 452,000 viewers) and down 30 percent from two years ago (Aug. 23, 2015 on ESPN2: 591,000 viewers).

• The first three days of golf’s U.S. Amateur Open on FS1 from Aug. 16-18 averaged 66,000 viewers, up 53 percent from last year (Aug. 17-19, 2016: 43,000 viewers) and up 40 percent from two years ago (Aug. 19-21, 2015: 47,000 viewers).

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 +81 percent (230,000 vs. 127,000) from one week earlier and down -77 percent (230,000 vs. 1,002,000) from the same week one year ago (August 15-21, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NBCSN is down -33 percent (136,000 vs. 203,000) from one week earlier and down -77 percent (136,000 vs. 584,000) from the same week one year ago (August 15-21, 2016).

Viewership averages for the following NBCSN programs of the week:

• “Pro Football Talk AM” (Aug. 14-18): 18,000 (9,000 adults 18-49)
• “Dan Patrick Show” (Aug. 14-18): 56,000 (21,000 adults 18-49)
• “NASCAR America” (Aug. 14-17): 111,000 (21,000 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 up +1 percent (186,000 vs. 185,000) from one week earlier and down -34 percent (186,000 vs. 283,000) from the same week one year ago (August 15-21, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), FS1 is down -10 percent (95,000 vs. 105,000) from one week earlier and down -8 percent (95,000 vs. 103,000) from the same week one year ago (August 15-21, 2016).

Viewership averages for the following FS1 programs of the week:

• “Skip & Shannon: Undisputed” (FS1 Aug. 14-15 & 17-18): 131,000 (69,000 adults 18-49)
• “The Herd” (FS1 Aug. 14-18): 92,000 (50,000 adults 18-49)
• “The Herd” (FS2 Aug. 18): 16,000 (9,000 adults 18-49)
• “Speak For Yourself” (FS1 Aug. 14-15 & 17-18): 81,000 (42,000 adults 18-49)
• “NASCAR Race Hub” (FS1 Aug. 14-15): 165,000 (35,000 adults 18-49)
• “MLB Whiparound” (FS1 Aug. 14-18): 61,000 (27,000 adults 18-49)
• “TMZ Sports” (FS1 Aug. 14-18 late night): 39,000 (22,000 adults 18-49)
• “TMZ Sports Weekend” (FS1 Late Aug. 19/Early Aug. 20 3:00-3:30 a.m.): 16,000 (8,000 adults 18-49)
• “TMZ Sports” (FS2 Aug. 15-18 9:00-9:30 a.m.): 7,000 (3,000 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 (32,000 vs. 32,000) from one week earlier and up +23 percent (32,000 vs. 26,000) from the same week one year ago (August 15-21, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), FS2 is up +5 percent (21,000 vs. 20,000) from one week earlier and up +24 percent (22,000 vs. 17,000) from the same week one year ago (August 15-21, 2016).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research