PRELIMINARY OVERNIGHT RATINGS FROM WEEKEND SPORTING EVENTS

          The following lists preliminary overnight Nielsen
     ratings from select weekend sporting events (THE DAILY):

EVENT                         DATE  NET  TIME          RAT/SHR
X Games                       7/03  ABC  2:00-3:00pm   2.0/6
Tour de France Prologue       7/03  ABC  3:00-4:00pm   1.5/4
PGA: Western Open-3rd Rd.     7/03  ABC  4:00-6:00pm   3.5/10
NASCAR: DieHard 200           7/03  CBS  2:30-5:00pm   1.3/4
NASCAR: Pepsi 400             7/03  CBS  8:00-11:00pm  4.8/10
Fox "In The Zone"             7/03  Fox  12:30-1:00pm  1.3/4
"MLB on Fox": (regional)      7/03  Fox  1:00-4:30pm   3.3/10
Wimbledon Semifinals          7/03  NBC  9:00am-1:30pm 4.6/15
WNBA: Liberty-Comets          7/03  NBC  2:00-4:00pm   1.9/6
Celebrity Golf Tournament     7/03  NBC  4:00-6:00pm   1.5/4
NHRA: Sears Nationals         7/04  ABC  1:00-2:00pm   1.3/4
X Games                       7/04  ABC  2:00-3:00pm   1.8/5
PGA: Western Open-4th Rd.     7/04  ABC  3:00-6:00pm   4.3/12
Wimbledon Finals              7/04  NBC  9:00am-3:00pm 5.6/17
                
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