The following lists the final national and cable
Nielsen ratings from recent sports events (THE DAILY).
EVENT DATE NET TIME RAT/SHR
NCAA Football: (regional) 9/9 ABC 3:30-7:00pm 2.9/7
NCAA Football: (regional) 9/9 ABC 8:00-11:45pm 4.4/9
U.S. Open: Men's Semifinal 9/9 CBS 11:00am-2:00pm 2.5/8
U.S. Open: Men's Semifinal 9/9 CBS 2:00-5:00pm 3.3/9
U.S. Open: Women's Final 9/9 CBS 7:00-8:30pm 5.8/13
"This Week In Baseball" 9/9 Fox 12:30-1:00pm 0.8/2
"MLB on Fox": (regional) 9/9 Fox 1:15-5:00pm 2.1/6
Men's Basketball: U.S.-Australia 9/9 NBC 12:30-2:30pm 1.8/5
NCAA Football: Univ. of NE-ND 9/9 NBC 2:30-6:00pm 5.5/14
NFL: (regional) 9/10 CBS 1:00-4:15pm 9.8/23
U.S. Open: Men's Final 9/10 CBS 4:30-7:00pm 4.2/9
NFL: (regional) 9/10 Fox 1:00-4:15pm 6.9/17
NFL: (national) 9/10 Fox 4:15-7:30pm 13.0/27
"Road to the Breeder's Cup" 9/10 NBC 2:00-3:00pm 0.8/2
Gorge Games 9/10 NBC 3:00-4:00pm 0.8/2
LeMans: Rose City Grand Prix 9/10 NBC 4:00-6:00pm 0.8/2
"MNF": Patriots-Jets 9/11 ABC 9:00pm-12:00am 12.2/21
US COV
EVENT DATE NET AREA AREA SHR 000
Boxing: Corrales-Manfredy 9/2 HBO 1.6 5.0 10 1642
Boxing: Morales-Kelly 9/2 HBO 1.7 5.3 12 1744
NFL: Titans-Bills 9/3 ESPN 6.5 8.3 15 6546
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.
U.S. OPEN: CBS' coverage of the U.S. Open men's final
on Sunday was down 33% from a 6.3/13 in '99. Saturday's
women's final was down 8% from a 6.3/16 in '99 (CBS).
NFL: CBS' is averaging a 8.7/21 for its NFL coverage
after two weeks, down 18% from last year's 10.6/24 for the
same point of the season....Fox is averaging a 10.6/24, up
3% from a two-week average of 10.3/23 in '99 (THE DAILY).
NOTES: Through 16 weeks, "MLB on Fox" is averaging a
2.8/9, down 7% from last season's 3.0/9 through the same
point in the season (THE DAILY)....NBC's two-game average
for Univ. of Notre Dame football is 4.6/13, up 48% from a
3.1/9 in '99. NBC's second Notre Dame broadcast was up 77%
from a 3.1/9 last year (NBC).
