Sunday Final Nationals: Indianapolis 500 on ABC Outdraws NASCAR Coca-Cola 500 on Fox for Second Consecutive Year

It was a normally low-rated night of television on this Sunday, the night before the Memorial Day holiday. Fox remained the annual prime time winner on this evening, thanks to their traditional telecast (since acquiring it in 2001) of NASCAR’s “Coca-Cola 500”.

On the negative side, though, the race on Fox drew its least non-rainout audience since at least 2000.

For the second consecutive year, the “Indianapolis 500” on ABC (from the early afternoon) bested the Coca-Cola 500 to be the day’s most-watched auto race, drawing an average of 5.9 million viewers and a 3.8 household rating. The 100th running of the legendary race aired live in the Indianapolis market for the first time since 1950, resulting in a tripling of its year-to-year local rating delivery (33.6 rating vs. 12.9 in 2015).
 
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	Sunday, May 29, 2016
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
7-11	Network Average	1.5/3	2473	0.5/2	0.6/2	0.7/3
7:00	America’s Funniest Home Videos (r)	2.1/5	3416	0.5/3	0.6/3	0.8/3
8:00	Movie: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)	1.3/3	2158	0.5/2	0.6/2	0.7/2
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
7-11	Network Average	2.6/5	4089	0.3/1	0.5/2	0.7/2
7:00	60 Minutes	4.2/9	6596	0.3/2	0.6/3	0.9/4
8:00	Undercover Boss (s)	2.6/5	4040	0.4/2	0.6/3	0.8/3
9:00	Madam Secretary (r)	2.0/4	3077	0.3/1	0.3/1	0.5/2
10:00	Elementary (r)	1.8/3	2642	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.4/1
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
7-11	Network Average	1.8/4	2973	0.5/2	0.7/3	0.9/3
7:00	Dateline: On Assignment	2.2/5	3201	0.3/2	0.4/2	0.6/2
8:00	The Carmichael Show (f)	1.5/3	2251	0.3/2	0.4/2	0.6/2
8:30	The Carmichael Show (r)	1.2/2	1791	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.5/2
9:00	American Ninja Warrior: All Stars (s)	1.9/4	3334	0.7/3	0.9/3	1.1/4
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
7-10	Network Average	3.4/7	5840	0.8/4	1.3/6	1.9/7
6:13	NASCAR Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 500 (s)	3.4/7	5731	0.8/5	1.3/6	1.8/7
10:00	NASCAR Sprint Cup Winners Circle (s)	3.7/7	6254	0.8/4	1.5/6	2.0/6
10:12	NASCAR Sprint Cup Winners Post Race (s) (thru 10:26)	2.4/5	4047	0.7/3	1.0/4	1.4/4
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
7-11	Network Average	0.8/2	1559		0.7/3
7:00	Aqui y Ahora	0.5/1	973		0.4/2
8:00	Sal y Pimienta	0.6/1	1051		0.4/2
9:00	Fútbol Central (s)	0.6/1	1169		0.5/2
9:24	Fútbol Mexicano: Final Monterrey vs. Pachuca (s) (thru 11:37)	1.2/2	2550		1.2/5
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
7-11	Network Average	0.4/1	868		0.3/1
5:42	Cine Duro de Matar (1988)	0.3/1	537		0.2/1
8:15	Cine Apocalypto (2006) (thru 11:12)	0.5/1	1037		0.4/1

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Sunday 5/29/16

Cable Rankings – Sunday 5/29/16

What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Sunday, May 29:

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research