T.V. ratings for N.H.

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New Hampshire TV/Cable Ratings: NASCAR fans revved up ratings for TNT's coverage of the Siemens 300. The Sunday night race was the most watched basic-cable show, with 6.8 million viewers. As usual, HBO's Six Feet Under [Jayski Fave] was the most watched pay-cable show, with 3.8 million.(Yahoo)
AND New England doubleheader a hit ... In the off-to-a-good-start department, TNT's season debut at New Hampshire mirrored that of its sister network, NBC, three weeks ago at Chicagoland Speedway. The two networks will televise the second half of the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season, and just as NBC enjoyed significant viewer response in Chicago, TNT scored big last week with its season-opening coverage of the Siemens 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. According to Nielsen Media Research, an average of 4,706,000 households tuned in, a 17% increase from 2003. An average of 6,766,000 viewers tuned in, a 15% increase from 2003. The Siemens 300 was the most-watched NASCAR NEXTEL Cup event since premier-series competition began at New Hampshire in 1993. But that's not all. The NASCAR Busch Series event, the Siemens 200, also was a viewer hit. An average of 1,514,000 households tuned in, a 41% increase from 2003. An average of 1,954,000 viewers tuned in, a 43% increase from 2003. The Siemens 200 was the most-watched NASCAR Busch Series event since that series debuted at New Hampshire in 1990."(NASCAR PR)(7-28-2004)
 
So we can blame the low ratings on FOX? or is it still because of the CHASE?
 
It was the whole Dale Earnhardt Jr., Martin Truex Jr. swap that made the ratings so high...so much coverage on ESPN the past week on Dale Jr.
 
hmm...either loudon is starting to get the reputation as being an exciting track, weather and a lack of other things to do kept nielsen box participants inside, or the massive amount of coverage that junior's accident received piqued the curiousity of a bunch of people...

i know which cause i'm leaning towards...and brian france better take note that the phrase "the drivers need nascar more than nascar needs them" doesn't always hold true.
 
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