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Ratings News and Notes

  • Week 34 English Premier League soccer matches on NBCSN and CNBC from Apr. 25-27 and 29-30:

    • Southampton-Chelsea (NBCSN Apr. 25 afternoon): 212,000 viewers
    • Tottenham-Crystal Palace (NBCSN Apr. 26 afternoon): 193,000 viewers
    • Manchester United-Manchester City (NBCSN Apr. 27 afternoon): 429,000 viewers (Largest weekday afternoon EPL telecast for 2016-17 season to-date; previous year’s meeting drew 1.2 million viewers on NBC Mar. 20, 2016)
    • Hull City-Southampton (NBCSN Apr. 29 late morning): 203,000 viewers (-50 percent from 403,000 of Newcastle-Liverpool Apr. 23, 2016)
    • Bournemouth-Sunderland (CNBC Apr. 29 late morning): 89,000 viewers
    • Swansea City-Manchester United (CNBC Apr. 30 early morning): 142,000 viewers
    • Chelsea-Everton (CNBC Apr. 30 mid morning): 336,000 viewers
    • Arsenal-Tottenham (NBCSN Apr. 30 late morning): 674,000 viewers (+18 percent from 569,000 of Swansea-Leicester Apr. 24, 2016)

  • F1 Racing: Russian Grand Prix on NBCSN Apr. 30 drew 521,000 viewers, a 76 percent increase from the same race last year (May 1, 2016: 296,000 viewers) which had then aired on CNBC.

  • The IndyCar Series: Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix on NBCSN Apr. 29 (343,000 viewers) was off by just 6 percent increase from the year-ago Phoenix race (Apr. 2, 2016: 363,000 viewers).

  • NBCSN’s track and field relays on Apr. 29 from the University of Pennsylvania (196,000 viewers) and Drake University (250,000 viewers) were each down approximately 25 percent from the year-ago relays (Apr. 30, 2016: Penn 261,000 viewers; Drake 337,000 viewers).

  • The Apr. 29 NASCAR XFinity Series: ToyotaCare 250 race from Richmond on FS1 drew 1.065 million viewers, down 10 percent from the 2016 ToyotaCare 250 (1.18 million viewers). There was a steeper decline of 40 percent among adults 18-49 (165,000 vs. 274,000).

  • The 2017 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals from Concord, N.C. on FS1 from Apr. 30 (530,000 viewers) grew 12 percent from last year (Apr. 24, 2016: 475,000 viewers).

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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 down -10 percent (595,000 vs. 660,000) from one week earlier and down -22 percent (595,000 vs. 767,000) from the same week one year ago (April 25-May 1, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NBCSN is down -5 percent (185,000 vs. 195,000) from one week earlier and down -16 percent (185,000 vs. 219,000) from the same week one year ago (April 25-May 1, 2016).

Viewership averages for the following NBCSN programs of the week:

  • “Pro Football Talk Live AM” (Apr. 24-28): 28,000 (14,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Dan Patrick Show” (Apr. 24-28): 62,000 (30,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NASCAR America” (Apr. 24-27): 69,000 (17,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Sports Jeopardy” (Apr. 26): 109,000 (69,000 adults 18-49)

NHL Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 1: New York Rangers @ Ottawa Senators (CNBC, Apr. 27 7:00-9:50 p.m.): 477,000 viewers (210,000 adults 18-49)

F1 Qualifying: Russia (CNBC, Apr. 29 8:00-9:30 a.m.): 212,000 viewers (61,000 adults 18-49)

F1 Off The Grid: Japan (CNBC, Apr. 29 9:30-10:00 a.m.): 77,000 viewers (19,000 adults 18-49)

Premier League: Bournemouth vs. Sunderland (CNBC, Apr. 29 10:00 a.m.-12:02 p.m.): 89,000 viewers (45,000 adults 18-49)

Premier League: Swansea City vs. Manchester United (CNBC, Apr. 30 6:54-9:00 a.m.): 142,000 viewers (94,000 adults 18-49)

Premier League: Chelsea vs. Everton (CNBC, Apr. 30 9:00-11:16 a.m.): 336,000 viewers (210,000 adults 18-49)

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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 -23 percent (171,000 vs. 221,000) from one week earlier and down -19 percent (171,000 vs. 212,000) from the same week one year ago (April 25-May 1, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), FS1 is down -16 percent (139,000 vs. 165,000) from one week earlier and up +6 percent (139,000 vs. 131,000) from the same week one year ago (April 25-May 1, 2016).

Viewership averages for the following FS1 programs of the week:

  • “Skip & Shannon: Undisputed” (FS1 Apr. 24-28): 115,000 (62,000 adults 18-49)
  • “The Herd” (FS1 Apr. 24-28): 110,000 (60,000 adults 18-49)
  • “The Herd” (FS2 Apr. 28): 23,000 (15,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Speak For Yourself” (FS1 Apr. 24-28): 77,000 (35,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NASCAR Race Hub” (FS1 Apr. 24-27): 173,000 (38,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NASCAR Race Hub Weekend Edition” (FS1 Apr. 28-29): 245,000 (35,000 adults 18-49)
  • “MLB Whiparound” (FS1 Apr. 24-28): 33,000 (12,000 adults 18-49)
  • “TMZ Sports” (FS1 Apr. 24-28 late night): 37,000 (14,000 adults 18-49)
  • “TMZ Sports” (FS1 Apr. 30 6 a.m.): 42,000 (24,000 adults 18-49)
  • “TMZ Sports” (FS2 Apr. 25-28 9:00-9:30 a.m.): 9,000 (4.000 adults 18-49)

Bundesliga: Leverkusen vs. Schalke (Fox Deportes, Apr. 28 2:24-4:29 p.m.) 32,000 viewers (22,000 adults 18-49)

Bundesliga: Leipzig vs. Ingolstadt (Fox Deportes, Apr. 29 9:27-11:33 a.m.) 12,000 viewers (6,000 adults 18-49)

Bundesliga: Hoffenheim vs. Frankfurt (Fox Deportes, Apr. 30 11:24 a.m.-1:33 p.m.) 28,000 viewers (14,000 adults 18-49)

Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs @ Boston Red Sox (Fox Deportes, Apr. 29 4:00-7:12 p.m.) 36,000 viewers (14,000 adults 18-49)

Major League Soccer: Atlanta United vs. DC United (Fox Deportes, Apr. 30 3:00-5:30 p.m.) 38,000 viewers (25,000 adults 18-49)

UFC Prelim (Fox Deportes, Apr. 22 8:00-10:00 p.m.) 29,000 viewers (10,000 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)

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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 down -65 percent (25,000 vs. 71,000) from one week earlier and down -26 percent (25,000 vs. 34,000) from the same week one year ago (April 25-May 1, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), FS2 is down -41 percent (16,000 vs. 27,000) from one week earlier and down -20 percent (16,000 vs. 20,000) from the same week one year ago (April 25-May 1, 2016).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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