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Saturday night prime time proves tough for viewership for 2020 PBA Indianapolis Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 5:00 pm
Saturday night prime time proves tough for viewership for 2020 PBA Indianapolis Open
Jesper Svensson after winning the 2020 PBA Indianapolis Open. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
The live Saturday night prime time (7:30-9:30 p.m. Central time) telecast of the 2020 PBA Indianapolis Open on FS1 figured to be a tough viewership draw simply because it was facing prime time competition and perhaps also because it wasn’t in a time bowling viewers would expect to look for. And the show didn’t draw enough viewers to make either the weekly sports ratings minimum of 300,000 viewers or the Saturday top 50 original cable telecasts by ShowBuzzDaily.com. Update March...