UPDATE: The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs from Kansas earned a 1.7 rating and 2.75 million viewers on NBC last Sunday, flat in ratings and down a fraction of a percent in viewership from last year on NBCSN (1.7, 2.76M), and down 19% and 20% respectively from 2016 on NBC (2.1, 3.45M). Chase Elliott’s win ranks as the lowest rated and least-watched Cup Series race on broadcast television since at least 2000. The previous lows were a 1.8 (two races) and 2.86 million (Charlotte last year).
Original post: 10-23-2018:
.@NBC earned a 1.8 overnight rating for Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series #HC400 @KansasSpeedway.
➖ That's up a couple ticks from a 1.6 for last year's equivalent race, but it's not a direct comparison because last year's race was on @NBCSN.
➖ '16 race on NBC got 2.0. pic.twitter.com/Pi04OUk0Bf
— Adam Stern (@A_S12) October 23, 2018