The following lists final national and cable Nielsen
ratings from recent sporting events (THE DAILY).
EVENT DATE NET TIME RAT/SHR
World Golf-AmEx. Championship 11/6 ABC 1:00-3:30pm 1.5/4
NCAA Football: (regional) 11/6 ABC 3:30-7:00pm 5.6/4
NCAA Football: (regional) 11/6 CBS 3:30-6:45pm 2.9/7
Breeders' Cup 11/6 NBC 1:00-5:30pm 1.9/5
World Golf-AmEx. Championship 11/7 ABC 1:30-6:00pm 2.7/6
"The NFL Today" 11/7 CBS noon-1:00pm 3.1/8
NFL: (regional) 11/7 CBS 1:00-4:15pm 7.6/18
NFL: (regional) 11/7 CBS 4:15-7:30pm 12.0/24
"Fox NFL Sunday" 11/7 Fox noon-1:00pm 3.7/11
NFL: (regional) 11/7 Fox 1:00-7:15pm 10.7/25
Millennium Bass Fishing 11/7 Fox 4:30-6:00pm 1.8/4
NYC Marathon 11/7 NBC 3:00-4:00pm 1.4/3
StarSkates Special 11/7 NBC 4:00-6:00pm 2.7/6
MNF: (Cowboys-Vikings) 11/8 ABC 9:00pm-12:30am 16.2/28
US COV
EVENT DATE NET AREA AREA SHR 000
NCAA Football: (FSU-UVA) 10/30 ESPN 2.6 3.4 6 2578
NFL Countdown Sunday 10/31 ESPN 2.0 2.6 7 1979
"NFL Prime Time" 10/31 ESPN 3.8 5.0 8 3864
NFL: (Bucs-Lions) 10/31 ESPN 6.2 8.2 13 6289
NFL: CBS' NFL coverage is averaging a 9.9/22, up 9%
from last season's 9.1/22. "The NFL Today" is averaging a
2.7/8, up 13% from last season's 2.4/7....Fox's NFL coverage
is averaging a 10.8/24, up 7% from last season's 10.1/24.
"Fox NFL Sunday" is averaging a 3.8/11, up 12% from last
season's 3.4/10....ABC's "MNF" is averaging a 13.9/23, up 2%
from last year's 13.6/22 (THE DAILY)....ESPN's "Sunday Night
Football" is averaging an 8.32 rating (6,401,066 homes), up
11% over the same point last year (ESPN).
RATING NEWS & NOTES: NBC's five broadcasts of the
Gravity Games averaged a 1.7/5 final rating (NBC)....TSN's
CFL ratings are up 20% this season. TSN is averaging
236,000 viewers for 37 games in '99, compared to last
season's average of 196,000. Combined with a 26% growth
from '98's ratings, TSN's CFL audience has grown 46% since
the '97 season (CFL). ...CART reported that the number of
U.S. HHs that tuned into CART's FedEx Championship Series
increased 5.8% in '99 to 22,605,000 HHs. CART's cumulative
HH audience was 21,369,000 for the '98 season (CART).
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.
