The following lists final national and cable Nielsen
ratings from recent sports events (THE DAILY).
EVENT DATE NET TIME RAT/SHR
Winston Cup: Brickyard 400 8/5 ABC 1:00-4:30pm 3.7/10
IROC at Indy Motor Speedway 8/5 ABC 4:30-5:30pm 2.2/7
Horse Racing: The Hambletonian 8/5 CBS 2:00-4:00pm 0.9/3
PGA Tour: The Int'l - 3rd Rd. 8/5 CBS 4:00-6:00pm 2.0/6
"This Week In Baseball" 8/5 Fox 12:30-1:00pm 0.9/3
"MLB On Fox": (regional) 8/5 Fox 1:00-4:00pm 2.6/8
WNBA Special 8/5 NBC 3:30-4:00pm 1.5/5
"WNBA On NBC": (Sparks-Mercury) 8/5 NBC 4:00-6:00pm 1.2/4
MLS: MetroStars-Fire 8/6 ABC 4:00-6:00pm 1.1/3
Kid's Tennis: "Topspin" 8/6 CBS 12:30-1:00pm 0.8/3
ATP: Masters Series 8/6 CBS 1:00-3:00pm 1.0/3
PGA Tour: The Int'l - 4th Rd. 8/6 CBS 3:00-6:00pm 2.4/7
American LeMans Grand Prix 8/6 NBC 2:00-4:00pm 1.1/3
"WNBA On NBC": (Comets-Monarchs) 8/6 NBC 4:00-6:00pm 1.2/3
US COV
EVENT DATE NET AREA AREA SHR 000
Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction 7/29 ESPN2 0.9 1.3 4 891
Boxing: Tszyu vs. Chavez 7/29 SHOW 1.0 4.8 8 1006
MLB: White Sox-Angels 7/30 ESPN 1.3 1.7 3 1337
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.
BRICKYARD 400: ABC's rating for the seventh Brickyard
400 was down 20% from last year's 4.6/15 (ABC).
THE INTERNATIONAL: CBS' two-day coverage of Ernie Els'
victory at The International produced a 2.3/6, down 18% from
a 2.8/8. Sunday's final-round coverage was down 23% from a
3.1/8 in '99, and the third-round coverage on Saturday was
down 13% from last year's 2.3/7 (ABC).
WNBA: NBC's season-to-date rating for 11 WNBA telecasts
in nine weekends is 1.4/4, down 7% from '99's 1.5/4 ten-
telecast-rating through that year's comparable weekend.
NBC's rating for Saturday was down 8% from '99's 1.3/4, and
Sunday's rating was down 37% from '99's 1.9/5. NBC's final
regular-season telecast on Sunday was up 33% compared with
last year's final regular-season telecast of Liberty-Rockers
on August 21, which produced a 0.9/3. Last year's regular
season started and ended later due to the NBA lockout (NBC).
MLB: Fox's season-to-date rating for 11 telecasts is
3.0/10, even with last year through the same amount of
broadcasts. Fox' rating for its eleventh weekend was down
13% from last year's 3.0/9 (Fox).
