Final Weekend TV Ratings
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| Almost no one watched Scott Dixon win last Saturday's IndyCar race |
Note in the table below the Saturday IndyCar race was the lowest rated broadcast on TV last weekend – worse than qualifying broadcasts of other series, even taped qualifying broadcasts.
Of course it was on NBCSN. If you want to make your race series invisible, broadcast it on NBCSN – a station almost no one watches.
IndyCar must like being nearly invisible – it has been on NBCSN for a long time delivering little value to IndyCar sponsors.
The 2nd IndyCar race of the weekend was on NBC, and of course the network station delivered over 1 million viewers, but that was down 6.5% from last year. IndyCar does not want to grow. If it did, all its races would be on NBC or ABC, not on NBCSN.
| Net | Event | Location | Total Viewers |
18-49 Viewers |
2020 TV Rating |
2019 TV Rating |
% Chg |
| FS1 | NASCAR Cup Race L | Kentucky | 2,575,000 | 448,000 | 1.57 | 1.21 | +29.8% |
| NBC | IndyCar Race #2 L | Road America | 1,044,000 | 235,000 | 0.72 | 0.77 | -6.5% |
| FS1 | NASCAR Truck Race L | Kentucky | 699,000 | 118,000 | 0.42 | 0.22 | +90.9% |
| FOX | NHRA Finals L | Indianapolis | 689,000 | 148,000 | 0.46 | ||
| FS1 | NASCAR Xfinity Race #2 L | Kentucky | 681,000 | 117,000 | 0.43 | 0.38 | +13.2% |
| ESPN | F1 Styrian GP L | Austria | 632,000 | 258,000 | 0.39 | N/A | N/A |
| FS1 | NASCAR Truck Weather L | Kentucky | 542,000 | 96,000 | 0.33 | N/A | N/A |
| FS1 | ARCA Race L | Kentucky | 521,000 | 79,000 | 0.33 | ||
| FS1 | NASCAR Xfinity Race #1 L | Kentucky | 514,000 | 87,000 | 0.33 | – | – |
| FS1 | NHRA Qualifying L | Indianapolis | 443,000 | 69,000 | 0.27 | – | – |
| ESPN | F1 Styrian GP Qualifying | Austria | 339,000 | 117,000 | 0.22 | N/A | N/A |
| FS1 | NHRA Qualifying Taped | Indianapolis | 315,000 | 40,000 | 0.20 | – | – |
| NBCSN | IndyCar Race #1 L | Road America | 299,000 | 35,000 | 0.18 | 0.22* | -18.2% |
*2018 TV Rating – last time race was on NBCSN