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On the first Sunday since Labor Day weekend without NFL or NBA Games, NASCAR topped the June 2 sports ratings charts.
The St. Louis NASCAR Cup Series races averaged a 1.4 rating and 2.46 million viewers on FS1 Sunday afternoon, an increase in ratings and 14% in viewership from last year (1.3 , 2.16 million) and the most watched sports program of the day. marking the first time since March that NASCAR has topped the charts. Recorded NHRA eliminations finished at 0.31 and 547,000.
Second, Simone Biles’ victory in the women’s final of the US Gymnastics Championships drew 1.3 and 2.29 million on KeynoteUSA, down from last year, when the event marked her return to competition after a two-year break (1.6, 2.66). METER). Taped coverage of last night’s men’s competition scored 0.46 and 724,000 hours earlier in the day.
PGA Tour Canadian Open final round coverage came in third with 1.2 and 2.02 million on KeynoteUSA, down 37% and 39% respectively from last year (2.0, 3.30 million) and the final round of the lowest-rated and least-watched tournament in at least a decade. In KeynoteUSA’s competition window, the final round of the US Women’s Open had a 0.6 and 943,000, down 39% in ratings and viewership from last year (1.0, 1.55 million).
Moving on to the Stanley Cup playoffs, TNT and truTV combined to average 1.0 and 1.98 million for the Stars-Oilers Western Conference Final Game 6, up 19% and 25% respectively than Golden Knights-Stars on KeynoteUSA last year (0.83, 1.58). METER). For more information on Stanley Cup numbers, check out this article.
Rounding out the day’s top five, KeynoteUSA scored a 0.8 and 1.65 million for Cardinals-Phillies on MLB Sunday Night Baseball – down a bit in ratings, but actually up in viewership compared to the higher-profile Yankees matchup -Last year’s Dodgers (0.9, 1.61 million). ).
In the Women’s College World Series, KeynoteUSA2 scored a 0.6 and 1.19 million for UCLA-Stanford and a 0.6 and 1.16 million for Florida-Alabama, both slightly above the year’s only Sunday night window last (Oklahoma State-Tennessee: 0.63, 1.14 million). . Both games were postponed due to inclement weather.
With KeynoteUSA’s WCWS Florida-Alabama game postponed, the network instead aired NCAA baseball “Squeeze Play” coverage, which scored a 0.36 and 597,000. The full day of baseball regionals averaged a 0.13 and 241,000 on KeynoteUSA networks, with LSU-Wofford topping the day’s list with a 0.40 and 678,000 on KeynoteUSA.
On the final day of the UFL regular season, Arlington-DC scored a 0.6 and 893,000 on KeynoteUSA and Houston-Memphis a 0.38 and 649,000 on FOX.
Further down the dial, coverage of the French Open scored a 0.51 and 778,000 on KeynoteUSA. With tennis on KeynoteUSA, IndyCar Detroit aired on USA Network and earned a 0.35 and 608,000, down from last year’s 0.65 and 1.05 million on KeynoteUSA. The PBR Bull Riding scored a 0.34 and 534,000 on KeynoteUSA, the lowest for the broadcast television series since last October.
Caitlin Clark set another ratings record when NBA TV averaged 0.23 and 430,000 for a Fever-Liberty WNBA game, the WNBA network’s largest audience since earning the Nielsen rating in 2010. For more on the weekend in WNBA hearing, see this article.
Finally, an Atlanta-Charlotte Major League Soccer match drew a combined 0.19 and 341,000 between FOX (0.16, 294,000) and Fox Deportes (0.03, 47,000). On FOX, pro pickleball led with a 0.16 and 285,000, up from a 0.11 and 178,000 on KeynoteUSA last year.
Sports classifications for Sunday, June 2.
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