TV News: Weekend USA TV Ratings
Rating Analysis
NASCAR: By moving the NASCAR Las Vegas Cup and Xfinity races from NBCSN last year to NBC this year, NASCAR got a 25% increase in viewership this year on NBC. Only 19% of the viewers were in the all important 18-49 year old age group.
MotoGP: The tape delayed MotoGP race from Phillip Island, Australia on NBC pulled a 0.34 rating with 499,000 people tuned in. There was no race there the past two years due to the Chinese Covid Pandemic
NHRA: The NHRA Fall Nationals on FS1 only had 201,000 people tuned in, down 10.27% from last year on the same network. What is alarming for the NHRA is that only 7% of the people tuned in were in the 18-49 year old age group, indicating that the series may soon have one foot in the grave as their fan base ages out.
TV Rating Data
| Network | Event | Location | Total Viewers | 18-49 Viewers | Ratio: 18-49 Yr Old/ Total Viewers |
2022 Rating | 2021 Rating | Rating % Chg. | 2021 Network | 2021 Viewers | 2021 18-49 Viewers | Viewers % Chg |
| NBC | NASCAR Cup Race L | Las Vegas | 2,619,000 | 487,000 | 19% | 1.57 | 1.21 | 29.75% | NBCSN | 2,095,000 | 428,000 | 25.01% |
| NBC | NASCAR Xfinity race L | Las Vegas | 1,030,000 | 200,000 | 19% | 0.62 | 0.5 | 24.00% | NBCSN | 830,000 | 120,000 | 24.10% |
| NBC | MotoGP Race L | Phillip Island | 499,000 | 119,000 | 24% | 0.34 | No Race | |||||
| FS1 | NHRA Fall Nationals | Dallas | 201,000 | 14,000 | 7% | 0.10 | 0.13 | -23.08% | FS1 | 224,000 | 25,000 | -10.27% |