Who needs the Olympics?
NBC Sports Network is on pace for the cable channel’s top calendar year ever, since it launched as OLN in 2003. This, despite 2014 being goosed by its live Sochi Winter Olympics coverage.
That claim is thanks in very large part to NBCSN’s acquisition of NASCAR programming, which this year has given the NBCUniversal channel its Top 4 non-Olympic telecasts ever, and five of its top seven.
Beyond the closed-wheel racing, NBCSN got its most-watched year out of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Premiere League season, the IndyCar season and the Formula One season. Plus, it even ran its first Notre Dame Football game.