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Fox' Sunday U.S. Open Overnight Rating Is Third-Lowest On Record, But Well Above '14
Fox drew a 4.8 overnight rating for the final round of the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay yesterday from 2:00-10:45pm ET, which ended with Jordan Spieth grabbing his second straight major after a dramatic one-stroke win over Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen. That figure is up 45% from NBC’s record-low 3.3 overnight last year, which aired from 12:00-7:45pm and saw Martin Kaymer go wire-to-wire for an eight-stroke win at Pinehurst. The 4.8 overnight is the third-lowest figure for a Sunday telecast of the U.S. Open on record, behind only ’14 and ’88, the first year for which figures are available. The previous final round of the U.S. Open to air in primetime was in ’12, when Webb Simpson’s one-stroke win at Olympic Club over Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson drew a 6.6. The ’08 final round on Sunday, which saw Tiger Woods force a Monday playoff with Rocco Mediate, drew an 8.5 overnight for the competition from Torrey Pines near San Diego. Fox' final-round coverage will deliver the net a primetime win among all nets and will likely be the net's best Sunday primetime average since January. Yesterday's telecast peaked at an 8.0 rating from 10:00-10:30pm. Host market Seattle-Tacoma led all local ratings with an 11.4, followed by Jacksonville (6.8) and Columbus (6.7). For the four days of coverage across FS1 and Fox, the nets averaged a 2.7 overnight, up 36% from NBC/ESPN last year, but down sharply from a 4.3 rating in '12.
