The following lists final national and cable Nielsen TV
ratings from recent sports events (THE DAILY).
EVENT DATE NET TIME RAT/SHR
NCAA Football: (regional) 9/2 ABC 3:30-7:00pm 4.7/13
Tennis: U.S. Open 9/2 CBS 11:00am-6:00pm 1.7/5
"This Week In Baseball" 9/2 Fox 12:30-1:00pm 0.8/3
"MLB on Fox": (regional) 9/2 Fox 1:00-4:00pm 2.4/7
NCAA Football: TX A&M-ND 9/2 NBC 1:00-4:30pm 3.7/11
Women's Basketball: U.S.-Brazil 9/2 NBC 4:30-6:45pm 1.6/4
Men's Basketball: Select-U.S. 9/2 NBC 6:45-9:00pm 1.6/4
Soccer: Guatemala-U.S. 9/3 ABC 2:00-4:00pm 0.7/2
CART: Indy Vancouver 9/3 ABC 4:00-6:00pm 0.8/2
"The NFL Today" 9/3 CBS 12:00-1:00pm 2.9/8
NFL: (regional) 9/3 CBS 1:00-4:00pm 6.2/16
NFL: (Jets-Packers) 9/3 CBS 4:15-7:30pm 9.9/23
"Fox NFL Sunday" 9/3 Fox 12:00-1:00pm 3.8/11
NFL: (regional) 9/3 Fox 1:00-7:00pm 11.6/29
Gorge Games 9/3 NBC 3:00-4:00pm 1.0/2
Le Mans: Grand Prix of TX 9/3 NBC 4:00-6:00pm 0.9/2
"MNF": Broncos-Rams 9/4 ABC 9:00pm-12:00 15.3/27
US COV
EVENT DATE NET AREA AREA SHR 000
NFL Preseason: Rams-Cowboys 8/24 ESPN 2.7 3.5 6 2732
Golf: NEC Invitational 8/25 USA 1.5 1.9 5 1467
Winston Cup: goracing.com 500 8/26 ESPN 2.9 3.7 7 2877
Boxing: Forrest-Frank 8/26 HBO 1.9 5.8 10 1927
Boxing: Vargas-Thompson 8/26 HBO 2.5 7.7 14 2533
MLB: Indians-Angels 8/27 ESPN 1.3 1.7 3 1306
NOTE: For broadcast numbers, one ratings point =
1,008,000 homes. "COV AREA" = % of homes tuned into that
program in that network's universe of subscribers.
RATINGS NOTES: CBS' opening-weekend regional coverage
of the NFL on Labor Day weekend was down 5% from a 6.5/17
opening-weekend rating also over Labor Day weekend in '98.
The Jets-Packers national game was up 5% from '98's Labor
Day weekend. But CBS' early regional action was down 44%
from last season's opening-weekend rating, which produced a
11.1/27 (THE DAILY). Fox' opening-weekend rating was up 17%
from '99's 9.9/22 rating for a doubleheader (Fox)...."MLB on
Fox" is averaging a 2.8/9 through 15 weeks, down 7% from
last season's 3.0/9 through the same point (Fox).
OVERNIGHT WEEKEND RATINGS: The 5.0/12 Nielsen overnight
rating for Saturday's Univ. of NE-Univ. of Notre Dame was
NBC's highest overnight for a ND game since the '98 Notre
Dame-Univ. of MI game earned a 5.9/15. The broadcast was up
43% from last year's comparable Notre Dame-MI State Univ.
game, which earned a 3.5/9 (NBC)....DAILY VARIETY's Rick
Kissell reports that Sunday's NFL overnight ratings on Fox
and CBS "were down" from '99 comparable calendar weekend.
Fox's doubleheader -- primarily Bears-Bucs and Redskins-
Lions, averaged an 11.1, off 15% from last year's 13.1 for
the opening week. CBS' 10.5 for its single-game coverage --
primarily Raiders-Colts -- was down 13% from last year's
12.0 for its opening weekend (DAILY VARIETY, 9/12).
