The following lists final national and cable Nielsen ratings for recent sporting events (THE DAILY):
EVENT | DATE | NET | TIME | RAT/SHR |
PGA Seniors Champ. 3rd Rd. | 17-Apr | NBC | 1:00-4:00pm | 1.3/4 |
PGA Tour MCI Classic 3rd Rd. | 17-Apr | CBS | 3:00-6:00pm | 2.3/6 |
"NBA on NBC": Lakers-Jazz | 17-Apr | NBC | 8:30-11:00pm | 3.5/7 |
PGA Seniors Champ. Final Rd. | 18-Apr | NBC | noon-3:00pm | 2.1/6 |
"NHL on Fox": (regional) | 18-Apr | Fox | 3:00-6:30pm | 2.2/6 |
PGA Tour MCI Classic Final Rd. | 18-Apr | CBS | 3:00-6:45pm | 3.2/8 |
"NBA on NBC": (regional) | 18-Apr | NBC | 3:30-6:00pm | 2.9/7 |
CART Toyota Grand Prix | 18-Apr | ABC | 4:00-6:00pm | 1.5/4 |
"NBA on NBC": (regional) | 18-Apr | NBC | 6:00-8:30pm | 4.2/9 |
CABLE PROGRAM | DATE | NET | U.S. AREA | COV AREA | SHR | 000 |
MLB: Brewers-Cardinals | 5-Apr | ESPN | 1.6 | 2 | 4 | 1545 |
The Masters 3rd Rd. | 9-Apr | USA | 2 | 2.6 | 7 | 1973 |
Boxing: Hamed-Ingle Title Bout | 10-Apr | HBO | 3.1 | 10.9 | 21 | 3127 |
Winston Cup Food City 500 | 11-Apr | ESPN | 3.8 | 4.9 | 12 | 3751 |
RATINGS NOTES: Sunday's Penguins-Rangers game, which was Wayne Gretzky's NHL finale, was the highest-rated "NHL on Fox" regular season broadcast since March 31, 1996, which drew a 2.2/6. For the season, the "NHL on Fox" averaged a 1.4, equaling last season's average. Final-season averages for '97 and '96, respectively, were 1.9 and 2.1 (Fox). In Long Beach, Bob Keisser writes on the 2.2/6 rating for Gretzky's finale: "If the icon of your sport can't draw a TV crowd in his last game, it's a sign of a real severe illness" (Long Beach PRESS-TELEGRAM, 4/23)....The "NBA on NBC" is averaging a 4.4/10 through its 23 games this season, down 4% from last year's final-season 4.6/12 (NBC)....The WTA Tour's Bausch & Lomb Championships Monica Seles-Ruxandra Dragomir final on Sunday, April 11, drew a 1.40 cable rating, making it the highest rated WTA Tour event on ESPN since '93. ESPN's WTA Tour ratings are up 9% from '98 (WTA). For broadcast numbers, one ratings point = 994,000 homes. For cable, "Cov. Area" = % of homes tuned in to that program in that network's universe of subscribers.