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The fixation is statistically shown. Sundays Indianapolis 500 was a hit with fans as Helio Castroneves scored his fourth win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and it also resonated with viewers on NBC who gave the event its best ratings in five years.
2017 - 1199000 viewers - 283000 age 18-49 - 080 household rating - ABC 31217.
Indycar tv ratings. GMR Grand Prix. IndyCar ratings on NBC continue to trend upward in the start of 2020 A week ago the series drew an average of 1145 million viewers for the fan-less GMR Grand Prix. The ratings rebound bodes well for IndyCar as its searches for a new US TV deal for 2022 following the expiry of NBCs contract.
Sign up here to access more motorsport business news. 2018 - 1144000 viewers - 278000 age 18-49 - 081 household rating - ABC 31118. 2017 - 1199000 viewers - 283000 age 18-49 - 080 household rating - ABC 31217.
2016 - 1390000 viewers - NA age 18-49 - 100 household rating - ABC 31316. Indy 500 TV rating hits 5-year high. Sundays Indianapolis 500 was a hit with fans as Helio Castroneves scored his fourth win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and it also resonated with viewers on NBC who gave the event its best ratings in five years.
IndyCar NCAA volleyball and more. Instead the IndyCar TV contract was made worthless because of 14 years on NBCSN and its minuscule ratings. Hence no one would touch the new contract and IndyCar has to stay with NBC.
But Roger Penske who has a head on his shoulders is said to be negotiating with NBC to put all the races next year on network NBC. Despite airing in a morning window on cable ratings and viewership nearly matched Sunday afternoons season-opening IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama on NBC 059 914K. As for the IndyCar race ratings declined 26 and viewership 27 from last years months-delayed primetime opener from Texas 08 125M but increased 84 and 85 respectively from the 2019 opener from St.
And the IndyCar TV ratings sure did follow. Numbers were up once again for the series this time with their season opener on broadcast television on ABC. The 110-lap race drew a 11.
The fixation is statistically shown. A now-banned website RACINGnomics demonstrated that all else equal IndyCar loses 25 of its audience if NASCAR is on at the same time and 33 of its audience when the NFL is on. And the Indy 500 rating for 2020 was bad because it aired against NASCAR.
The second part is programming and content. Central Indiana delivers massive local Indy 500 TV rating In 2016 with the local blackout lifted for the first time in more than 60 years and just the third time ever Indianapolis averaged. While the IndyCar TV ratings were mixed for Indy 500 qualifying things are looking up for the greatest spectacle in racing.
Indycar tv viewers increase 9 overall in 2019 vs 2018. Season finale up 15 2019 was the first year for NBC as the exclusive media partner with the NTT Indycar Series. According to data from the Nielsen company and digital data and from Adobe Analytics the audience grew 9.
Below is a table of historical IndyCar TV Ratings. Oh how we long for those CART days the series Tony George set out to destroy. With the help of Fred Nation ultimately they were successful.
The highest Indy 500 TV Rating in the modern era was a 141 in 1983 pictured above on ABC in the CART Golden Years. The NTT IndyCar Series opened its season at Barber Motorsports Park on NBC averaging a 059 Nielsen rating and 914000 viewers for the Sunday afternoon telecast. Now the ratings are in and itshonestly better than expected.
Sundays race averaged 5581 million viewers the most since the 100th Running in 2016. That makes it the most watched Indy 500 in five years. The race peaked at 7129 million viewers with Helio Castroneves winning his record tying fourth Indianapolis 500.
The massive dip in television ratings for the Indianapolis 500 was simply a pandemic-induced blip. Sundays race won by Helio Castroneves and broadcast on NBC was watched by an average of 558. The race produced a 082 HH rating.
SPEED SPORT contacted Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles who helped negotiate the current television contract between IndyCar and NBC. The Genesys 300 provided the 2020 NTT INDYCAR Series with. Bruce Martin July 5 2020 INDIANAPOLIS It was another impressive ratings improvement for the NTT IndyCar Series as Saturdays GMR Grand Prix scored a total audience delivery of 1145 million viewers.
That was NBC Sports best afternoon IndyCar race excluding the 2019 Indianapolis 500 and the best GMR Grand Prix in six years. TV Ratings for the first NASCARIndyCar double-header increased by as much at 46 over last years numbers. Talking about this events smashing success.