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NASCAR Confronts Bristol Backlash as Prices Bite and Audiences Shrink

High prices plus fragmented TV access drive fans away.

NBC’s MLB Return Opens With 2.7 Million Average, Best Single-Network Opening Day Since 2017

WBC 2026 Sets Attendance and TV Records, Fueling Fresh Format and Calendar Proposals

First Four Sets Viewership Record With 7.5 Million as Miami (OH)–SMU Tops

Selection Show Ratings Hit 12-Year High as Championship Week Delivers Big Gains

UNC–Duke Rematch Draws 3.43 Million, Fifth-Biggest Men’s Game This Season

Unrivaled’s Year 2 Closes With Mist BC Title, Strong Gates, and TV Slump

LIV Golf Sets Multiyear Busan Stop for May 28–31, 2026, Completing Its 2026 Schedule

NASCAR Daytona 500 TV Audience Climbs 11% to Three-Year High on Fox

Pro Bowl Games Sink to Record-Low 2.0 Million Viewers After Tuesday Cable Shift

NFL Conference Championship Audience Slips to 47.4 Million, Lowest Since 2021

Indiana–Miami CFP Final Draws 30.1 Million Viewers, Second-Highest of Playoff Era

Non-Playoff Bowls Jump 13% as Pop-Tarts Bowl Draws 8.7 Million

CFP First-Round TV Audience Slips 7% as NFL Windows Crush Cable Games

Texas vs. Michigan Set for Citrus Bowl as Wolverines Turn to Interim Coach

DAZN’s Serie A Matchday 14 Draws 6.58 Million Viewers, Second-Best This Season

Indiana–Ohio State Big Ten Title Game Draws 18.3 Million, Sets All-Time Conference Championship Record

Ohio State–Michigan Tops 2025 College Football TV Charts With 18.4 Million on FOX

Cowboys–Chiefs Thanksgiving Game Sets All-Time NFL Regular-Season Viewership Record

World Series Game 7 Draws 51 Million Across U.S., Canada and Japan, Biggest MLB Audience Since 1991