Last night's Yankees-Rays telecast was YES' most-viewed game since 2018

Sunday's Yankees-Jays game is YES' most-viewed weekend afternoon telecast in 10 years

Yankees viewership up 14% year-over-year

June 21, 2022 – YES’ position as the #1 TV sports destination in New York was buoyed by this past weekend in which it boasted the #1 sports programs in New York on each of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, including its most-viewed weekend afternoon telecast in 10 years.

Furthermore, last night’s Yankees-Rays game was the most-viewed game on YES since July 2018, averaging 495,000 total viewers. The game peaked at 663,000 total viewers during the 10:00-10:15 p.m. quarter-hour. The game attracted more than 600,000 total viewers in each of four consecutive quarter-hours, from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m., and was the most-viewed Primetime program overall in New York last night.

Last night also marked the 12th game this season (out of 55 games) that a YES Yankees telecast averaged at least 400,000 total viewers; by comparison, YES only had nine such games in 128 total telecasts last season

Through June 20, YES’ Yankees games are averaging 335,000 total viewers per game, up 14% year-over-year (294,000 in 2021); YES is having its best season-to-date delivery since 2018.

Sunday’s Highlights:

• The game was YES’ most-viewed weekend afternoon Yankees telecast in 10 years, averaging 453,000 total viewers in the New York DMA.

• The game was the most-viewed sports program in New York this past weekend, notching more viewers than the second, third and fourth rounds of the U.S. Open combined, the Primetime Game Two of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals and all other sports programming.

• It was, up to that time, YES’ most-viewed Yankees telecast of the 2022 season (since surpassed by last night’s game).

• Sunday’s game was the second most-viewed program on all of television this past weekend in the New York DMA, trailing only 60 Minutes.

• The game was YES’ most-viewed Father’s Day game in 13 years, and the second most-viewed locally produced Father’s Day game ever on a New York RSN (behind only YES’ June 21, 2009 Yankees-Marlins telecast which averaged 454,000 total viewers).

Additional Weekend Highlights:

• Friday’s Yankees-Rays game averaged 400,000 total viewers on YES, making it the #1 Primetime program in the entire New York DMA that night.

• YES’ Yankees telecasts Friday, Saturday and Sunday were the #1 sports programs in New York on each of those respective days.

About Last Night:

• Last night’s Yankees-Rays game was the most-viewed game on YES since 2018, averaging 495,000 total viewers. The game peaked at 663,000 total viewers during the 10:00-10:15 p.m. quarter-hour. The game attracted more than 600,000 total viewers in each of four consecutive quarter-hours, from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m.

‘Tis The Season:

•  Through June 20, YES’ Yankees games are averaging 335,000 total viewers per game, up 14% year-over-year (294,000 in 2021); YES is having its best season-to-date delivery since 2018.

• Counting last night’s game, YES’ Yankees games accounted for five of the top nine most-viewed English-Language Primetime programs in the New York DMA over the last seven nights.