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Ratings News and Notes
With the Winter Olympics soon arriving, NBC’s Jan. 5 181-minute telecast of the ladies’ free skate portion of the 2018 “U.S. Figure Skating Championships” from San Jose, Calif. drew an average of 4.48 million viewers. Not counting prior Olympic editions, it was the most-watched United States figure skating telecast since 2010. (Source: NBC Sports)
The 2018 Monster Energy Supercross season opened in Anaheim, Calif. on Jan. 6 and saw good gains for FS1. It posted 346,000 viewers, and ranked as the top FS1 telecast of Jan. 6. The season-opening event was up 18 percent from last season’s opener (292,000) and up 25 percent from 2016 (276,000). (Source: Fox Sports)
NBCSN Top 25 (and Select) Programs
Week of Dec. 18-24, 2017
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Week of Dec. 25-31, 2017
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Week of Jan. 1-7, 2018
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Viewership averages for the following NBCSN programs of the week:
- “Pro Football Talk AM” (NBCSN, Dec. 18-22): 20,000 (7,000 adults 18-49)
- “Pro Football Talk AM” (NBCSN, Dec. 27-29): 22,000 (8,000 adults 18-49)
- “Pro Football Talk AM” (NBCSN, Jan. 2-5): 21,000 (11,000 adults 18-49)
- “Dan Patrick Show” (NBCSN, Dec. 18-22): 58,000 (17,000 adults 18-49)
- “Dan Patrick Show” (NBCSN, Jan. 2-5): 69,000 (21,000 adults 18-49)
Premier League: Crystal Palace vs. Swansea (CNBC, Dec. 23 10:00 a.m.-12:03 p.m.): 74,000 viewers (34,000 adults 18-49)
Premier League: Stoke City vs. Chelsea (CNBC, Dec. 30 10:00 a.m.-12:01 p.m.): 109,000 viewers (66,000 adults 18-49)
Premier League: Newcastle vs. Stoke City (CNBC, Jan. 1 10:00 a.m.-12:04 p.m.): 58,000 viewers (21,000 adults 18-49)
Fox Sports 1 Top 25 (and Select) Programs
Week of Dec. 18-24, 2017
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Week of Dec. 25-31, 2017
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Week of Jan. 1-7, 2018
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Viewership averages for the following FS1 programs of the week:
- “First Things First” (FS1, Dec. 18-22): 43,000 (22,000 adults 18-49)
- “First Things First” (FS1, Dec. 25-29): 56,000 (26,000 adults 18-49)
- “First Things First” (FS1, Jan. 1-5): 50,000 (20,000 adults 18-49)
- “Skip & Shannon: Undisputed” (FS1, Dec. 18-22): 147,000 (83,000 adults 18-49)
- “Skip & Shannon: Undisputed” (FS1, Dec. 25-29): 185,000 (95,000 adults 18-49)
- “Skip & Shannon: Undisputed” (FS1, Jan. 1-5): 163,000 (84,000 adults 18-49)
- “The Herd” (FS1, Dec. 18-22): 111,000 (60,000 adults 18-49)
- “The Herd” (FS1, Dec. 25-29): 114,000 (53,000 adults 18-49)
- “The Herd” (FS1, Jan. 1-5): 131,000 (60,000 adults 18-49)
- “Speak for Yourself” (FS1, Dec. 18-22): 77,000 (32,000 adults 18-49)
- “Speak for Yourself” (FS1, Dec. 26-29): 93,000 (39,000 adults 18-49)
- “Speak for Yourself” (FS1, Jan. 1-5): 89,000 (41,000 adults 18-49)
- “TMZ Sports” (FS1, Dec. 18-22): 35,000 (12,000 adults 18-49)
- “TMZ Sports” (FS1, Dec. 25-29): 57,000 (21,000 adults 18-49)
- “TMZ Sports” (FS1, Jan. 1-5): 42,000 (18,000 adults 18-49)
- “TMZ Sports Weekend” (FS1, late Dec. 24 12:30-1:00 a.m.): 56,000 (24,000 adults 18-49)
- “TMZ Sports Weekend” (FS1, late Dec. 30 12:12-12:40 a.m.): 77,000 (27,000 adults 18-49)
- “TMZ Sports Weekend” (FS1, latevJan. 6 2:00-2:30 a.m.): 29,000 (7,000 adults 18-49)
- “Yesterday Today” (FS1, Dec. 19-22): 18,000 (9,000 adults 18-49)
Fox Sports 2 Top 25 (and Select) Programs
Week of Dec. 18-24, 2017
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Week of Dec. 25-31, 2017
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Week of Jan. 1-7, 2018
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Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
