Streaming Data Dump: ‘SNL’ Sees Viewership Uptick, ‘Mountainhead’, and more

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Quick Broadcasting/Streaming Stats(from last week)
- According to SBJ’s Adam Stern the Cracker Barrel 400 in Nashville earned 2.06M viewers on Prime Video, only the second ever streaming exclusive race.
- Saturday Night Live’s Season 50 saw a 12% viewership increase, averaging 8.1M viewers.
- According to Warner Bros Discovery, last week’s Mountainhead was the most-watched HBO Original Film since Bad Education, earning 1.3M viewers in its first five days.
- Monumental Sports Network reported last week’s Caitlin Clark-less Fever matchup saw record-high viewership for the Mytics.
- ESPN PR denotes that the F1 Spanish Grand Prix earned its largest audience ever with 1.2M viewers.
- ESPN PR announces NCAA Softball World Series metrics; UCLA vs. Tennessee – 2.2M on ABC, Oklahoma vs. Texas – 1.7M on ABC. PLUS MORE!
- Game 1 of the World Series was the most-watched ever between Texas and Texas Tech with 2.1M viewers.
- ESPN PR reports most-watched Sunday Night Baseball in 8 years, the Yankees vs. Dodgers averaged 2.7M viewers.
- FOX Sports PR announces that the IndyCar Detroit GP earned 1.061M viewers, up from last year.
- FOX Sports PR reports Yankees vs. Dodgers matchup earns 2.2M viewers.
- TNT Sports PR releases that the Inside the NBA finale was the most-watched in 2 years, with 3.5M viewers.
- According to TNT Sports PR the first week of the Roland Garros was up 53% versus last year on TNT, truTV and Max.
- Check out our Tik Tok post looking at the NBA Conference Finals Viewership: the IND-NY series averaged 6.99M viewers.
- Also, check out our weekly wrestling viewership roundup thread on 𝕏; Raw got 2.6M(globally), NXT got 684K on the CW, & MORE!
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