The following lists the final national and cable
Nielsen ratings from recent sports events (THE DAILY).
EVENT DATE NET TIME RAT/SHR
ALCS Game Three: Yankees-Mariners 10/13 NBC 8:15-11:45pm 8.5/16
NCAA Football: (regional) 10/14 ABC 3:30-7:00pm 4.3/12
NCAA Football: Notre Dame-Navy 10/14 CBS 12:00-3:15pm 1.6/5
NCAA Football: Auburn-Florida 10/14 CBS 3:30-6:45pm 2.5/7
NLCS Game Three: Cardinals-Mets 10/14 Fox 4:15-7:45pm 4.7/12
ALDS Game Four: Yankees-Mariners 10/14 NBC 8:00-10:45pm 6.8/13
MLS Cup 2000: Fire-Wizards 10/15 ABC 1:30-4:00pm 0.7/2
IRL: Excite 500 10/15 ABC 4:00-6:00pm 0.8/2
"NFL Today" 10/15 CBS 12:00-1:00pm 2.3/7
NFL on CBS: (regional) 10/15 CBS 1:00-4:15pm 9.1/23
Golf: Samsung World Championship 10/15 CBS 4:45-6:15pm 1.1/3
"Fox NFL Sunday" 10/15 Fox 12:00-1:00pm 3.5/10
NFL On Fox: Falcons-Rams 10/15 Fox 1:00-4:00pm 10.6/26
NFL On Fox: 49ers-Packers 10/15 Fox 4:30-7:30pm 8.9/18
NLCS Game Four: Cardinals-Mets 10/15 Fox 8:00-11:15pm 6.1/10
Gravity Games 10/15 NBC 2:00-4:00pm 1.3/3
ALCS Game Five: Yankees-Mariners 10/15 NBC 4:15-8:30pm 6.8/13
"MNF": Jaguars-Titans 10/16 ABC 9:00-11:59pm 10.6/18
ALCS Game Six: Mariners-Yankees 10/17 NBC 8:15pm-12:15am 8.8/15
US COV
EVENT DATE NET AREA AREA SHR 000
ALDS: Mariners-White Sox 10/3 ESPN 2.5 3.2 7 2552
NLDS: Mets-Giants 10/4 ESPN 2.3 2.9 7 2345
NLDS: Braves-Cardinals 10/5 SHOW 2.7 3.4 8 2713
ALDS: White Sox-Mariners 10/6 ESPN 2.4 3.1 8 2473
NLDS: Cardinals-Braves 10/7 ESPN 2.5 3.3 8 2589
Boxing After Dark: Davis Whitaker 10/7 HBO 1.2 3.6 6 1262
Boxing After Dark: Maskaev-Johnson 10/7 HBO 1.4 4.2 8 1440
Winston Cup: UAW-GM Quality 500 10/8 TBS 2.7 3.4 7 2733
NFL: Ravens-Jaguars 10/8 ESPN 4.3 5.6 9 4440
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.
WHICH WAY TO THE SUBWAY? Fox' coverage of the Mets-
Cardinals five-game NLCS averaged a 6.2/11 final national
Nielsen rating, down 33% from last year's Yankees-Red Sox
five-game ALCS, which drew a 9.2/16. NBC's coverage of the
Mariners-Yankees six-game ALCS averaged a 7.7/14 rating,
down 32% from last year's six-game Mets-Braves NLCS, which
produced an 11.3/21....ABC's "MNF" is averaging a 12.6/22
after seven games, down 6% from last year's 13.4/22....CBS'
NFL coverage is averaging a 8.9/20, down 11% from a 10.0/23
last year....Fox' NFL coverage is averaging a 10.3/23, down
3% from '99's 10.6/24....ABC's college football coverage is
averaging a 3.9/10 after twelve telecasts, down 11% from a
4.4/12 through eleven telecasts last year....NBC's second
weekend of Gravity Games coverage was down 13% from last
year's 1.5/3 on the comparable weekend (THE DAILY).
