The following is a list of final national and cable
Nielsen ratings from recent sporting events (THE DAILY).
EVENT DATE NET TIME RAT/SHR
NCAA Football: (regional) 10/16 ABC noon-3:00pm 4.2/13
NCAA Football: (regional) 10/16 ABC 3:30-7:00pm 3.1/8
NCAA Football: (AL-MISS) 10/16 CBS 3:30-7:00pm 2.2/6
McDonald's Championships 10/16 NBC noon-2:30pm 1.4/4
NCAA Football: (USC-ND) 10/16 NBC 2:30-6:15pm 2.8/8
IRL: Mall.com 500 10/17 ABC 4:00-6:00pm 0.9/2
"The NFL Today" 10/17 CBS noon-1:00pm 2.7/8
NFL: (regional) 10/17 CBS 1:00-4:00pm 11.2/26
"Fox NFL Sunday" 10/17 Fox noon-1:00pm 3.9/10
NFL: (regional) 10/17 Fox 1:00-4:00pm 6.3/15
NFL: (Packers-Broncos) 10/17 Fox 4:00-7:00pm 10.9/21
Gravity Games 10/17 NBC 2:00-4:00pm 1.5/3
"MNF": (Cowboys-Giants) 10/18 ABC 9:00-midnight 12.1/20
US COV
EVENT DATE NET AREA AREA SHR 000
MLB Playoff: Mets-Reds 10/04 ESPN 4.0 5.3 8 4050
NLDS: Astros-Braves 10/05 ESPN 2.8 3.7 9 2849
NLDS: Astros-Braves 10/06 ESPN 2.8 3.6 10 2805
NLDS: Braves-Astros 10/08 ESPN 4.1 5.3 12 4091
"NFL PrimeTime" 10/10 ESPN 3.4 4.5 7 3444
NFL: Bucs-Packers 10/10 ESPN 7.3 9.5 15 7321
NFL: ABC's "MNF" is averaging a 13.5/23, up 2% from
last year's 13.3/21 through the same week. CBS' NFL coverage
is averaging a 10.3/23, up 20% from last season's 8.6
through the same week. CBS' "The NFL Today" is averaging a
2.6/7, up 8% from last year's 2.4. Fox' NFL coverage is
averaging a 10.3/3, up 8% from last year's 9.5/22. "Fox NFL
Sunday" is averaging a 3.7/11, up 12% from last year's
3.3/10 (THE DAILY).
RASSLIN' WITH THESE NUMBERS: Wrestling outdrew both
"MNF" and Game Five of the Yankees-Red Sox ALCS in the male
12-34 demo on Monday night. Wrestling drew a combined
average of 3,621,000 viewers (USA: 2,505,000; TNT:
1,116,000) compared to "MNF" drawing 3,281,000 and MLB
drawing 2,232,000 (THE DAILY)....NBC's Braves-Mets NLCS Game
Five on Sunday, which earned a 12.0, was the highest-rated
afternoon post-season MLB game since '87. But in
comparison, the NFL has never had a post-season game rated
as low as a 12.0 and has had 301 regular season afternoon
telecasts since '87 rated higher than a 12.0 (THE DAILY).
For broadcast numbers, one ratings point = 1,008,000
homes. For cable, "Cov. Area" = % of homes tuned in to that
program in that network's universe of subscribers.
