Ratings: Yanks-Sox, racing, WNBA, Scottish Open

Regional primary league baseball motion that includes Yankees-Red Sox Saturday night time on FOX averaged a ranking of one.4 and a couple of.64 million audience, the biggest MLB target audience this season and the most efficient total common season target audience since Game Field of Dreams final August.

The similar matchup the next night time averaged 1.2 and a couple of.18 million on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, completing 2nd for the season on cable in the back of every other recreation between the opponents all through the season’s opening weekend (2.48 million) .

Sunday’s Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix garnered a median ranking of 0.6 and 1.07 million audience on ESPN2, the biggest target audience ever recorded for a race in Austria. Viewership greater by way of 8% over final yr’s Austrian GP (984).

The F1 season now averages 965,000 spectators, up 34% from final yr. Austin, Texas is the top-rated native marketplace with a 1.6 ranking, adopted by way of Chicago, the Bay Area and St. Louis (1.1) and Miami (1.0).

As for different racing motion, the NASCAR Cup Series race from Atlanta averaged 1.5 and a couple of.63 million on USA Network — a three% building up in scores and four% in viewership over final yr on NBCSN (Jan .5, 2.5 million) and a bigger target audience than every other race on NBCSN final season.

Finally, the SRX racing sequence drew 0.63 and 981k on CBS on Saturday night time. All 4 races this season completed within the 900,000 spectator vary.

The WNBA All-Star Game averaged a ranking of 0.46 and 734,000 audience on ABC Sunday afternoon, a 70% building up in scores and 53% in viewership over final yr on ESPN (0.27, 481,000). and equates to probably the most watched version of the sport since 2015. when it aired on each ESPN and ABC (746K). This yr’s version ranks 9th out of a complete of 18 WNBA All-Star video games (since 1999).

Coverage of the overall spherical of the Scottish Open in golfing garnered a median ranking of one.3 and a couple of.17 million audience on CBS, the biggest ever recorded target audience for the development. Viewership has greater by way of 163% since 2019, when the protection was once final aired on a TV community (0.6, 872K).

The earlier day’s 3rd spherical motion drew 0.9 and 1.38 million, additionally up dramatically from 2019 (0.50, 685,000).

Later within the day, the finals of the yearly Celebrity Golf Championship drew 0.8 and 1.36 million on NBC – the biggest target audience for the development since 2009. The complete match averaged 963,000 audience on NBC, Golf Channel and Peacock, up 19% than final yr and a report for the development.