NBCSN Top 10 Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 INDYCAR SERIES: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Sun 3:43PM- 5:48PM 125 0.2 386
2 INDYCAR CENTRAL POST Sun 5:48PM- 6:01PM 13 0.2 323
3 INTL CLUB SOCCER: Liverpool/AC Milan Sat 6:30PM- 9:00PM 150 0.1 284
4 INTL CLUB SOCCER: Manchester United/Inter Milan Tue 7:26PM- 9:37PM 131 0.1 250
5 MLS REGULAR SEASON: Seattle/San Jose Sat 10:30PM- 1:02AM 152 0.1 192
6 INTL CLUB SOCCER PRE Tue 7:00PM- 7:26PM 26 0.0 189
7 SHARK HUNTERS Wed 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.1 171
8 SHARK HUNTERS Wed 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.1 157
9 INDYCAR CENTRAL PRE Sun 3:00PM- 3:43PM 43 0.1 145
10 SHARK HUNTERS Wed 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.1 143

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NBCSN is down 28 percent (115,000 vs. 159,000) from one week earlier and up 49 percent (115,000 vs. 77,000) from the same week one year ago (July 29-August 4, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NBCSN is down 49 percent (59,000 vs. 115,000) from one week earlier and up 11 percent (59,000 vs. 53,000) from the same week one year ago (July 29-August 4, 2013).

Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia/Kansas City (8 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.) on August 1 averaged 141,000 viewers.

Fox Sports 1 Top 10 Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 MLB REGULAR SEASON: N.Y. Yankees/Texas Tue 8:00PM-12:00AM 240 0.4 622
2 MLB REGULAR SEASON: N.Y. Yankees/Boston Sat 4:00PM- 8:04PM 244 0.4 616
3 NCWTS RACING: Pocono Sat 1:01PM- 2:50PM 109 0.4 571
4 NASCAR LIVE (live) Sat 2:50PM- 3:00PM 10 0.3 567
5 NASCAR RACEDAY (live) Sun 10:00AM-12:00PM 120 0.3 371
6 NASCAR SPRINT CUP QUALIFYING (live) Fri 3:30PM- 5:00PM 90 0.2 341
7 NASCAR SPRINT CUP QUALIFYING Fri 8:30PM-10:00PM 90 0.2 321
8 FOX SPORTS LIVE (live) Tue 12:00AM-12:20AM 20 0.2 277
9 BARRETT-JACKSON (live) Thu 7:00PM-11:00PM 240 0.2 273
10 DEREK JETER: A TRIBUTE Sat 8:04PM- 9:02PM 58 0.2 244

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), FS1 is up 15 percent (229,000 vs. 199,000) from one week earlier and up 72 percent (229,000 vs. 133,000) from the same week one year ago when it was known as Speed Channel (July 29-August 4, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), FS1 is up 20 percent (102,000 vs. 85,000) from one week earlier and down 5 percent (102,000 vs. 107,000) from the same week one year ago when it was known as Speed Channel (July 29-August 4, 2013).

Viewership averages for the following FS1 programs of the week:

  • “Fox Sports Live” (average of each night’s most-watched telecast): 49,000
  • “NASCAR Race Hub”: 116,000
  • “MLB Whiparound”: 49,000
  • “America’s Pregame”: 31,000
  • “Mike Francesa Show”: 50,000 (FS1 July 28), 15,000 (FS2 July 22), 46,000 (FS1 July 29), and 13,000 (FS2 July 23)

Fox Sports 2 Top 10 Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 ULTIMATE FIGHTER Fri 12:30PM- 1:30PM 60 0.0 80
2 RED BULL X-FIGHTERS Thu 12:00AM- 1:30AM 90 0.0 79
3 NCWTS FINAL PRACTICE (live) Fri 2:30PM- 3:30PM 60 0.0 62
4 STREET LEAGUE SKATEBOARD Thu 11:00PM-12:00AM 60 0.0 61
5 INTERNATIONAL CHAMP CUP (live) Sat 3:00PM- 5:20PM 140 0.0 50
6 BARRETT-JACKSON (live) Fri 8:00PM-11:00PM 180 0.0 46
7 WORLD POKER TOUR Wed 12:00AM- 1:00AM 60 0.0 40
8 INTERNATIONAL CHAMP CUP (live) Sat 12:53PM- 3:00PM 127 0.0 39
9 BARRETT-JACKSON (live) Fri 3:30PM- 7:00PM 210 0.0 37
10 ULTIMATE FIGHTER Thu 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.0 35

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), FS2 is up 44 percent (23,000 vs. 16,000) from one week earlier and down 18 percent (23,000 vs. 28,000) from the same week one year ago when it was known as Fuel (July 29-August 4, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), FS2 is up 8 percent (13,000 vs. 12,000) from one week earlier and down 41 percent (13,000 vs. 22,000) from the same week one year ago when it was known as Fuel (July 29-August 4, 2013).

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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