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) 10/21 ABC 3:30-7:00pm 3.7/10
NCAA Football: Notre Dame-WVU 10/21 CBS 12:00-4:00pm 1.8/6
NCAA Football: Alabama-Tennessee 10/21 CBS 4:00-7:00pm 3.2/8
Golf: Presidents Cup 10/21 NBC 12:00-6:30pm 2.8/8
"NFL Today" 10/22 CBS 12:00-1:00pm 1.8/5
NFL on CBS: (regional) 10/22 CBS 1:00-4:15pm 8.5/20
Jack Nicklaus Golf Special 10/22 CBS 4:45-6:15pm 1.4/3
"Fox NFL Sunday" 10/22 Fox 12:00-1:00pm 3.9/11
NFL On Fox: (regional) 10/22 Fox 1:00-4:30pm 9.6/23
NFL On Fox: 'Skins-Jags (95%/US) 10/22 Fox 4:30-7:30pm 11.2/23
Golf: Presidents Cup 10/22 NBC 10:00am-4:15pm 2.6/7
Gravity Games 10/22 NBC 2:00-4:00pm 1.5/3
"MNF": Dolphins-Jets 10/23 ABC 9:00pm-1:15am 12.1/21
US COV
EVENT DATE NET AREA AREA SHR 000
NCAA Football: WVU-VA Tech 10/12 ESPN 1.8 2.3 4 1836
Winston Cup: Winston 500 10/15 ESPN 3.0 3.9 9 3066
NFL: Vikings-Bears 10/15 ESPN 5.7 7.3 11 5818
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.
SUBMARINED ON THE WAY? NBC's two-day coverage of the
fourth President's Cup produced a 2.7/8 rating, up 4% from
CBS' 2.6/7 in '98, marking the highest two-day average for
the event. Sunday's final round was down 16% from '98's
3.1/6, while Saturday's third-round coverage was up 22% from
a 2.3/7 in '98, marking the highest-rated Saturday in the
event's history....ABC's "MNF" is averaging a 12.6/21 rating
through eight games, down 7% from last year's 13.6/23. The
final Nielsen rating for ABC's "MNF" Dolphins-Jets game was
down 19% from last year's Seahawks-Packers game, which drew
a 14.9/25....CBS' NFL coverage is averaging an 8.8/20 after
eight weeks, down 11% from a 9.9/22 a year ago....Fox is
averaging a 10.3/23 through eight weeks, down 5% from '99's
10.8/24....ABC is averaging a 3.9/10 rating through 13
college football telecasts, down 13% from a 4.5/12 through
the same point last year (THE DAILY).