Bristol TV ratings plummet

UPDATE Fox’s broadcast of last Sunday’s Food City 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway earned a final Nielsen Media Research rating of 4.5 and a 10 market share. The rating is 18.2 percent lower than the 5.5 Fox earned for the race last year. ABC’s broadcast of last Saturday’s Scotts Turf Builder 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Bristol earned a 1.7 final rating, down 15 percent from the 2.0 the race earned last year.

03/23/09 Fox’s broadcast of Sunday’s Food City 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race earned a 4.1 overnight rating and a 10 market share from Nielsen Media Research. The rating is 18 percent lower than the 5.0 Fox earned for the race in 2008.