The following lists final national and cable Nielsen
ratings from recent sports events (THE DAILY).
EVENT DATE NET TIME RAT/SHR
Cycling: Tour de France 7/8 ABC 2:30-3:30pm 1.1/3
Advil Western Open - 3rd Rd. 7/8 ABC 3:30-6:00pm 2.3/7
Craftsman Truck Series: NH 200 7/8 CBS 2:30-5:00pm 1.1/4
Boxing: Golota-Norris/Tua-Sullivan 7/8 CBS 5:00-6:00pm 1.6/5
"This Week In Baseball" 7/8 Fox 12:30-1:00pm 1.3/4
"MLB On Fox": (regional) 7/8 Fox 1:00-4:00pm 3.8/12
"WNBA On NBC": (Mercury-Fever) 7/8 NBC 2:00-4:15pm 1.5/5
Celebrity Golf: American Century 7/8 NBC 4:15-6:00pm 1.4/4
Wimbledon: Women's Final 7/8 NBC 9:00am-2:00pm 3.7/13
Celebrity Golf: American Century 7/9 NBC 4:15-6:00pm 2.0/5
Advil Western Open - 4th Rd. 7/9 ABC 3:00-6:00pm 3.1/8
Wimbledon: Men's Final 7/9 NBC 9:00am-4:15pm 4.4/14
US COV
EVENT DATE NET AREA AREA SHR 000
Wimbledon: 2nd Rd. 6/28 TNT 0.8 1.1 3 854
"NBA On TNT": NBA Draft 6/28 TNT 1.7 2.2 4 1747
NASCAR: Pepsi 400 Qualifying 6/29 ESPN2 1.0 1.4 3 1011
MLB: Dodgers-Giants 7/2 ESPN 1.4 1.8 3 1380
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.
WIMBLEDON: NBC's women's Wimbledon final was even with
last year's Saturday coverage of the men's and women's
semis, and up 37% from '98's women's final, which drew a
2.7/11. Sunday's men's final was down 6% from last year's
coverage of the men's and women's finals matches, which drew
a 4.7/16, and up 33% from '98's men's final, which produced
a 3.3/12. NBC's 14 Wimbledon telecasts drew a 3.3/11, up
14% from '99's 2.9/10 (NBC).
WNBA: NBC's season-to-date rating for five WNBA
telecasts is 1.7/5, up 6% from '99's four telecast-rating on
comparable dates. NBC's rating for its fifth weekend was
not compared to '99 due to the JFK Jr. plane crash (NBC).
CELEBRITY GOLF: NBC's two-day coverage of celebrity
golf coverage was up 21% from '99's 1.4/5. Sunday's
coverage was up 33% from '99's 1.5/5, and Saturday's
telecast was up 8% from '99's 1.3/4 (NBC).
MLB: Fox's season-to-date rating through seven MLB
telecasts is 3.0/10, up 7% from last year's 2.8/9 through
the same amount of broadcasts. Fox's rating for its seventh
weekend was up 41% from last year's 2.7/7 (Fox).
