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Tyler Reddick's Daytona 500 win scores massive ratings for FoxTyler Reddick's victory in the 2026 Daytona 500 scored massive ratings for Fox Sports, which saw an 11% increase over last year's race.,The 7.489 million viewers for the race out-paced every non-prime Winter Olympics window on broadcast and cable and was the most-watched NASCAR race since the 2023 D...

All-Star events draw biggest audience in 24 yearsThe NBA's All-Star festivities drew their largest viewing audience in nearly a quarter-century last weekend, the league announced Thursday.,The league said 46 million people in the United States watched All-Star weekend across the NBC platforms and ESPN, the most since 2011 and more than triple last...

Super Bowl LX ratings given late boost, still shy of recordNielsen adjusted the ratings for Super Bowl LX, bumping the final viewership numbers to 125.6 million.,The Seattle Seahawks' victory over the New England Patriots was originally reported to have averaged 124.9 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, Telemundo and other digital platforms. Nielsen said t...

New NBA All-Star Game format draws highest ratings in 15 years

The NBA's midseason showcase finally got the bounce it's been chasing.,The first All-Star broadcast on NBC since 2002 averaged 8.8 million viewers across broadcast and streaming, marking the event's biggest audience since 2011, according to preliminary Nielsen data and Adobe Analytics on Monday.,Tha...

NBC sees 93% Winter Olympics ratings spike through first 5 days

NBCUniversal has seen an average of 26.5 million viewers during the first five nights of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, the most to this point since the 2014 Sochi Games, it announced Tuesday.,That translates into a 93% increase from the same period at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and inclu...

Alcaraz vs. Djokovic draws biggest ratings for Australian Open in 9 years

A compelling final between two of tennis' biggest names meant a big ratings increase for the Australian Open, Front Office Sports reported.,Carlos Alcaraz's victory over Novak Djokovic, despite a 3:30 a.m. ET start time Sunday on ESPN, drew 730,000 viewers, according to Nielsen data. That's a 57% bo...

NFL's wild-card drama scores huge ratings

The NFL's blockbuster regular season rolled straight into wild-card weekend, and the audiences followed.,Fox opened Saturday with the Rams' 34-31 victory over the Panthers drawing 28 million viewers, up 7% over last year in the same time slot for the biggest Saturday afternoon wild-card audience on ...

TGL ratings hold steady with holiday start to season

Television ratings for the start of TGL's second season are holding steady with last year's viewership numbers.,The Dec. 28 season opener for the indoor team golf league co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy garnered 646,000 viewers on ABC and the second match on Jan. 2 drew 354,000 viewers, ac...