The following lists the final national and cable
Nielsen ratings from recent sports events (THE DAILY).
EVENT DATE NET TIME RAT/SHR
NCAA Football: PSU-OSU 9/23 ABC 12:00-3:30pm 2.8/8
NCAA Football: (regional) 9/23 ABC 3:30-7:00pm 4.8/11
"College Football Today" 9/23 CBS 3:00-3:30pm 1.1/3
NCAA Football: (regional) 9/23 CBS 3:30-7:15pm 2.5/6
"This Week In Baseball" 9/23 Fox 12:30-1:00pm 0.7/2
"MLB on Fox": (regional) 9/23 Fox 1:00-4:00pm 1.6/4
"NFL Today" 9/24 CBS 12:00-1:00pm 1.7/4
NFL on CBS: (regional) 9/24 CBS 1:00-4:15pm 5.8/13
NFL on CBS: (regional) 9/24 CBS 4:30-7:30pm 12.6/25
"Fox NFL Sunday" 9/24 Fox 12:00-1:00pm 3.3/9
NFL On Fox: (regional) 9/24 Fox 1:00-7:15pm 10.7/24
"MNF": Jaguars- Colts 9/25 ABC 9:00pm-12:15am 10.3/18
US COV
EVENT DATE NET AREA AREA SHR 000
WCB: Jones vs. Harding 9/14 HBO 1.7 5.1 7 1754
Boxing: Joppy vs. Cherifi 9/16 SHOW 0.6 2.9 5 657
NFL: Ravens-Dolphins 9/17 ESPN 5.6 7.2 11 5716
NOTES: 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.
PLAYING THEIR OWN GAMES: ABC's "MNF" is averaging a
12.8/22 after four games, down 12% from last year's 14.6/25.
...Fox' NFL coverage is averaging a 10.3/23, down 1% from a
10.4/24 last year to the same point....CBS' NFL coverage is
averaging an 8.8/20, down 11% from a 9.9/23 in '99. CBS'
rating for its fourth weekend NFL doubleheader was 9.0/19,
down 8% from '99's 9.8/22. The early regional game was down
8% from a 6.3/15 last year, while the late national game,
viewed by 62% of the country, was down 5% from a 13.3/27 in
'99...."MLB on Fox" is averaging a 2.7/8 through 18 weeks,
down 7% from last year's full-season 2.9/9 average....ABC's
eight college football telecasts are averaging a 3.9/9, down
15% from last year's 4.6/12....Through two weeks, CBS'
college football is averaging a 3.5/9, down 30% from a
4.9/11 last year for three games in two weeks (THE DAILY).
FORMULA ONE RACING: The SAP U.S. Grand Prix at Indy
Motor Speedway "was a hit" last Sunday for Speedvision and
FSN, "drawing double the number of viewers" F1 races
"usually get." Nielsen reported that Speedvision had
400,000 viewers, and FSN had 299,000 (L.A. TIMES, 9/29).
