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Ratings News and Notes

  • After a slight dip in recent weeks, the FS1 daily afternoon sports talk show “Speak for Yourself” with hosts Colin Cowherd and Jason Whitlock averaged its most-watched week in total viewers in four months (since June 12-15: 142,000 viewers) with 109,000 viewers per day for Oct. 2-6. The Friday, Oct. 6 edition — the program’s top telecast of the week — drew 215,000 viewers, which aired 18 minutes after the conclusion of American League Division Series Game 2: Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros. It was SFY‘s second-best week in 2017, to-date.

  • There were ups and downs from last year’s editions for the various auto races that took place during the weekend of Oct. 7-8.

    Experiencing increases from last year: NBCSN’s F1 Racing’s Japanese Grand Prix on the late night of Oct. 7 — up 3 percent (232,000 viewers vs. Oct. 1, 2016: 225,000 viewers)

    Experiencing declines from last year: NBC’s NASCAR Monster Cup Series’ Bank of America 500 from Charlotte on Oct. 8 — down 11 percent (2.859 million viewers vs. Oct. 9, 2016 on NBC/NBCSN: 3.221 million viewers); NBCSN’s NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Drive for the Cure from Charlotte on Oct. 7 — down 34 percent (601,000 viewers vs. Oct. 8, 2016: 905,000 viewers).

  • The start of the 2017-18 NHL regular season on NBCSN saw mostly slight declines from the year-ago premiere week game telecasts. St. Louis Blues at Pittsburgh Penguins in prime time on Oct. 4 — down 3 percent (873,000 viewers vs. St. Louis/Chicago Oct. 12, 2016: 905,000 viewers); Philadelphia Flyers at San Jose Sharks in late night on Oct. 4 — down 5 percent (462,000 viewers vs. Los Angeles/San Jose Oct. 12, 2016: 484,000 viewers); Minnesota Wild at Detroit Red Wings in prime time on Oct. 5 — down 24 percent (379,000 viewers vs. Washington/Pittsburgh Oct. 13, 2016: 500,000 viewers)

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NBCSN Top 25 (and Select) Programs

NBCSN ratings for October 2-8, 2017
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NBCSN is up 150 percent (330,000 vs. 132,000) from one week earlier and up 132 percent (330,000 vs. 142,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NBCSN is down 28 percent (121,000 vs. 168,000) from one week earlier and down 2 percent (121,000 vs. 123,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).

Viewership averages for the following NBCSN programs of the week:

  • “Pro Football Talk AM” (Oct. 2-6): 21,000 (7,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Dan Patrick Show” (Oct. 2-6): 57.000 (14,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NASCAR America” (Oct. 2-5): 71,000 (15,000 adults 18-49)

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Fox Sports 1 Top 25 (and Select) Programs

FS1 ratings for October 2-8, 2017
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), FS1 is up 430 percent (1,618,000 vs. 305,000) from one week earlier and up 93 percent (1,618,000 vs. 840,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), FS1 is up 218 percent (455,000 vs. 143,000) from one week earlier and up 35 percent (445,000 vs. 338,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).

Viewership averages for the following FS1 programs of the week:

  • “First Things First” (FS1 Oct. 2-6): 43,000 (22,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Skip & Shannon: Undisputed” (FS1 Oct. 2-6): 137,000 (75,000 adults 18-49)
  • “The Herd” (FS1 Oct. 2-6): 118,000 (70,000 adults 18-49)
  • “The Herd” (FS2 Oct. 6): 19,000 (15,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Speak For Yourself” (FS1 Oct. 2-6): 109,000 (39,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NASCAR Race Hub” (FS1 Oct. 2-5): 142,000 (26,000 adults 18-49)
  • “MLB Whiparound” (FS1 Sep. 25-29): 67,000 (22,000 adults 18-49)
  • “TMZ Sports” (FS1 Oct. 2-6 late night): 38,000 (14,000 adults 18-49)
  • “TMZ Sports Weekend” (FS1 Late Sep. 30/Early Oct. 1 5:09-5:39 a.m.): 45,000 (15,000 adults 18-49)

College Football: Pac-12: Stanford @ Utah (Fox Business Network, Oct. 7 10:00-11:09 p.m.): 90,000 viewers (26,000 adults 18-49)

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Fox Sports 2 Top 25 (and Select) Programs

FS2 ratings for October 2-8, 2017
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), FS2 is down 4 percent (26,000 vs. 27,000) from one week earlier and up 24 percent (26,000 vs. 21,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), FS2 is up 16 percent (22,000 vs. 19,000) from one week earlier and up 22 percent (22,000 vs. 18,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

About Douglas Pucci

Douglas Pucci is a contributor to Programming Insider and blogger at Son of the Bronx.