3.37: 2020 Masters Ratings Fall In Fall

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With a 10 a.m. ET final round start to clear room for the Bills-Cardinals, the 2020 Masters recorded a 3.37 final round rating with an average of 5.58 million viewers. That’s down over four points from the epic 2019’s Masters (7.7/10.8 million average) won by Tiger Woods (which also started and ended earlier than normal, but was played in April).

ShowbuzzDaily.com’s Mitch Metzcalf with all of the numbers, including Saturday’s 3.05 rating. 2019’s Saturday telecast drew a 5.5.

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While this is undoubtedly the lowest rated Masters since numbers were tabulated, weekday coverage on ESPN did not see such extreme declines, drawing an average of 2.2 million Thursday and almost 2.8 million Friday.

Friday’s telecast was the top rated cable show.

Two other ratings notes from Michael McCarthy, veteran media reporter:

Despite the 3.37 drop from a 7.7, this still earns the Masters atop the list of top golf broadcasts in 2019 to edge August’s PGA Championship. That event, played in east coast prime time, drew a 3.2 and peaked at 6.8 million viewers for Collin Morikawa’s win. The U.S. Open’s final round 1.9 on NBC made it the lowest rated of the three majors played this year.