IndyCar TV Ratings for Toronto (The noose tightens)

UPDATE For more on the television difficulties facing IndyCar, recall AR1 Columnist Brian Carroccio's article outlining the uphill battle facing the series.

07/19/13 The noose around IndyCar's neck called NBC Sports Network, continues to tighten. NBC Sports Network had its first Izod IndyCar Series doubleheader of the season last weekend, with the Honda Indy Toronto averaging just 273,000 viewers for Saturday’s race and even less at 258,000 viewers for Sunday’s telecast. Last year, the one-day race averaged 1.1 million viewers on ABC on a Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile, Rogers Sports net, which took over IndyCar rights in Canada from TSN this season, “saw an already small niche audience" drop 35% this year, with Saturday’s telecast getting 145,000 viewers and Sunday getting 151,000 viewers. The Canadian audience for the Toronto race has been “slipping for several years after peaking near 550,000 on TSN two years ago."