The following lists preliminary overnight Nielsen
ratings for last weekend's sports events (THE DAILY):
EVENT DATE NET TIME RAT/SHR
NFL: (Bills-Titans) 1/8 ABC 12:30-4:00pm 14.8/34
NFL: (Lions-Redskins) 1/8 ABC 4:00-7:30pm 15.7/31
"The NFL Today" 1/9 CBS 3:30-4:00pm 5.8/11
NFL: (Dolphins-Seahawks) 1/9 CBS 4:00-7:30pm 20.7/37
"Fox NFL Sunday" 1/9 Fox noon-1:00pm 4.9/12
NFL: (Cowboys-Vikings) 1/9 Fox 1:00-4:00pm 20.2/42
Ski Town USA World Cup 1/9 NBC 4:00-5:00pm 1.4/3
North Face Challenge 1/9 NBC 5:00-6:00pm 1.8/3
NOTES: CBS' Dolphins-Seahawks wild card game was up 11%
over last year's comparable 18.7/36 rating for its Pats-
Jaguars (Sunday, 1:00pm ET). ABC's Bills-Titans was down
17% from last year's comparable 17.9/37 overnight for Bills-
Dolphins (Saturday, 1:00pm). ABC's Lions-Redskins was down
25% from last year's comparable 21.0/28 overnight rating for
Cardinals-Cowboys (Saturday, 4:00pm). Fox's Cowboys-Vikings
game on Sunday was down 17% from last year's comparable
24.2/40 overnight rating for Packers-49ers (Sunday, 4:00pm).
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