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Daytona 500 draws mixed ratings amid rain delays
The Daytona 500 carried the sports calendar over the busy Presidents' Day weekend, but the "Great American Race" still suffered a ratings hit.,After waiting out a nearly four-hour rain delay, the 41-car field resumed under the lights on Sunday, putting it up against the NBA All-Star Game. Despite th...
Record 182.8M tuned into Super Bowl LIX
A record 182.8 million unique viewers turned into Super Bowl LIX for at least one minute, according to new Nielsen data released on Tuesday.,Nielsen previously announced that the Philadelphia Eagles' 40-22 win against the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 9 in New Orleans averaged a record 127.7 million vi...
Luka Doncic's Lakers debut scores ESPN huge ratings
Luka Doncic's debut with the Los Angeles Lakers scored massive ratings for ESPN despite coming in a game that started at 10:30 p.m. ET and whose result was never in doubt. ,The network's audience for Monday night's game -- a 132-113 Lakers victory over the Utah Jazz -- peaked at 2.55 million viewers...
Fox Sports' LIV Golf debut draws miniscule ratings
Fox Sports' debut event for LIV Golf produced meager ratings for the broadcaster at the league's 2025 season-opening event.,Fox averaged only 40,200 viewers for the final round played under the lights in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which began at 10 a.m. ET Saturday. While FS1 averaged 54,000 viewers betw...
Super Bowl LIX draws record 127.7 million viewers
A record 127.7 million viewers watched the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, according to the official Nielsen numbers released Tuesday.,The game in New Orleans aired on Fox, Fox Deportes and Telemundo and streamed on Tubi and drew a combined averag...
Fox projections put Super Bowl viewership at record high
Despite the Super Bowl being a blowout, an average of 126 million U.S. viewers tuned in to see the Philadelphia Eagles thrash the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 on Sunday, according to estimates Monday from Fox Sports.,The game in New Orleans was available for viewing on Fox, Telemundo, Fox Deportes, Tubi...
ESPN sees best January ratings in a decade
The first month of 2025 saw ESPN record its highest viewership numbers in a decade, fueled by the NFL playoffs and the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff.,ESPN reported an average of 1.6 million viewers throughout the entire month of January, marking the network's best average minute audience...
Aussie Open ratings plummet despite American success
Viewership for the 2025 Australian Open was down 11 percent from last year and 16 percent compared to 2023.,That's despite Madison Keys winning her first Grand Slam title by upsetting World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the women's final, and fellow American Ben Shelton reaching the men's semifinals.,The...
Tiger-Rory showdown fails to bring TGL big ratings boost
The TGL strategically scheduled Rory McIlroy's TGL debut match to come against co-founder Tiger Woods, and while Monday night's showdown featured plenty of drama, it failed to produce a big ratings boost for the new league.,ESPN drew an average of 864,000 viewers for the overtime victory by Woods' J...
Chiefs-Bills scores massive ratings; NFC title game down
The Kansas City Chiefs' 32-29 win Sunday over the Buffalo Bills was the most-watched AFC Championship game in history with 57.4 million viewers on CBS, according to multiple reports.,That eclipsed the 55.5 million set the previous year for the Chiefs' 17-10 victory against the Baltimore Ravens. It a...
Report: Chiefs-Bills sets AFC title game viewership record
The Kansas City Chiefs' 32-29 win Sunday over the Buffalo Bills was the most-watched AFC Championship game in history with 57.4 million viewers on CBS, according to the Sports Business Journal.,That eclipsed the 55.5 million set the previous year for the Chiefs' 17-10 victory against the Baltimore R...
Tiger-less TGL suffers big ratings drop in Week 3
Nearly a million viewers tuned in to see the debut match of the TGL with co-founders Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy on hand for the star-studded debut two weeks ago.,The new league then topped the 1 million viewer mark for Woods' debut last week. ,On Tuesday night with Woods and McIlroy idle, TGL suff...
CFP title game draws strong ratings despite inauguration conflict
Ohio State's victory over Notre Dame in Monday's College Football Playoff championship game scored strong ratings for ESPN despite being played just hours after President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony.,The network said the CFP title game delivered 22.1 million viewers while peaking at 26.1 fr...
Justin Thomas encourages 'on-course personality' in memo to golfers
Justin Thomas sent a memo to his fellow PGA Tour golfers on Tuesday, imploring them to be more accommodating to the sport's broadcast partners as a means to connect with the fans and improve television viewership.,In the memo, which was first obtained by The Athletic, recommendations such as pre- an...
NFL's wild-card ratings tumble amid blowouts
The NFL wild-card round over the past week saw a decline in TV viewership compared to last year, including the weekend's most competitive contest, according to figures released Wednesday.,The overall drop-off from the same round of games a year ago was 9.3 percent.,The Washington Commanders' 23-20 w...
CFP's 12-team format produces major ratings drop
Television ratings for the College Football Playoff semifinals were down about 17 percent in the first season of the expanded 12-team format.,Taking place later in January than under the previous four-team CFP, last weekend's games averaged 19.2 million viewers across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.,That mar...
TGL debut draws nearly 1M viewers, tops LIV ratings
This week's debut of the TGL indoor golf league drew nearly a million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen numbers reported Thursday by Front Office Sports.,Even though league co-founders Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were not in action, Tuesday night's broadcast attracted an average of 919,000 view...
TV viewership for NBA Christmas games up 84% from last year
The NBA's television ratings have been a source of consternation this season, but the league cooked up some Christmas magic on Wednesday.,The NBA's five-game Christmas Day slate earned its best ratings in five years at an average of 5.25 million viewers, which represented an 84 percent jump from las...
CFP games top 10M average, but NFL wins head-to-head
The NFL won the head-to-head battle for viewers with the College Football Playoff.,Front Office Sports, citing figures from Nielsen, reported Tuesday that the Kansas City Chiefs' 27-19 win over the Houston Texans on Saturday averaged 15.5 million viewers on NBC, more than double the average of 6.4 m...
NFL's massive ratings weather election season
The NFL's television ratings remained strong in the wake of the recent election season.,An average of 17.5 million viewers have tuned in to an NFL game this season, which does not count international games carried by NFL Network or other exclusive broadcasts streamed on ESPN+ and Peacock. The league...