The following lists final national and cable Nielsen
ratings for recent sporting events (THE DAILY):
EVENT DATE NET TIME RAT/SHR
NCAA Football: regional 9/04 ABC noon-3:30pm 3.4/11
NCAA Football: (ND-MICH) 9/04 ABC 3:30-7:00pm 6.5/18
U.S. Open Tennis 9/04 CBS 11:00am-6:00pm 2.0/6
Fox "In the Zone" 9/04 Fox 12:30-1:00pm 1.2/4
"MLB on Fox": (regional) 9/04 Fox 1:15-4:15pm 2.1/6
World Track & Field Wrap-Up 9/04 NBC 2:00-2:30pm 0.9/3
Hopeful/Spinaway Stakes 9/04 NBC 2:30-3:30pm 1.1/3
WNBA Champ. -- Game Two (NY-HO) 9/04 NBC 3:45-6:00pm 1.5/4
CART: Molson Indy Vancouver 9/05 ABC 4:00-6:15pm 1.3/3
U.S. Open 9/05 CBS 11:00am-6:15pm 2.4/7
NFL Celebrity Golf 9/05 Fox 3:00-5:00pm 1.3/4
WNBA Champ. -- Game Three (NY-HO)9/05 NBC 3:45-6:00pm 2.3/6
U.S. Open Tennis 9/06 CBS 11:00am-6:00pm 1.3/6
US COV
EVENT DATE NET AREA AREA SHR 000
MLB: Reds-Braves 8/24 TBS 1.5 1.9 3 1455
MLB: Braves-Cardinals 8/27 TBS 1.7 2.2 4 1703
NFL Preseason: Falcons-Titans 8/27 ESPN 2.4 3.1 6 2344
NASCAR: Goody's 500 8/28 ESPN 2.8 3.7 7 2822
NCAA Football: (NCST-TEX) 8/28 ESPN2 1.1 1.7 3 1091
MLB: Braves-Cardinals 8/29 ESPN 2.4 3.2 5 2411
WNBA IN HOUSTON: In Houston, David Barron reports that
Game Two of the Liberty-Comets WNBA Championship earned a
15.6/32 local Nielsen rating in Houston, while Game Three
pulled an 18.8/35. The Comets' victory parade, televised
live on four local channels, earned a combined 19.9 local
rating Wednesday afternoon (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 9/10).
OPEN ON USA: USA Network's coverage of the U.S. Open on
Wednesday night, which featured Serena Williams' win over
Monica Seles and Andre Agassi's win over Nicolas Escude,
drew a 2.8 rating (2.1 million HHs) (USA TODAY, 9/10).
NOTE: Nielsen released that the total number of U.S. TV
households has broken the 100 million mark for the first
time. Each national rating point now represents 1,008,000
TV households. For cable, "Cov. Area" = % of homes tuned in
to that program in that network's universe of subscribers.
