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SBD/Issue 182/Sports Media
Final Nielsen Ratings For Weekend Sports Events
Published June 16, 2006
The following lists final Nielsen ratings for weekend sports events (THE DAILY).
HOT STUFF? Miami’s WPLG-ABC averaged a 23.8 Nielsen rating for the first three games of the NBA Finals, “nowhere near the 38.0 for the 2003 Marlins-Yankees World Series or the 41.9 for the 1997 Marlins-Indians fall classic.” The three-game average also trailed the 33.6 average of Dallas’ WFAA-ABC (Barry Jackson, MIAMI HERALD, 6/16).
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| SHOW |
DATE |
NET |
TIME |
RAT/SHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup: England-Paraguay (First Rd.) | 6/10 |
ABC |
9:00-11:00am |
2.1/7 |
| World Cup: Trinidad & Tobago-Sweden (First Rd.) | 6/10 |
ABC |
12:00-2:00pm |
2.4/7 |
| PGA Tour: Barclays Classic-Third Rd. | 6/10 |
ABC |
2:00-5:00pm |
1.5/4 |
| Belmont Stakes: Prerace | 6/10 |
ABC |
5:00-5:30pm |
2.7/7 |
| Belmont Stakes: Race Coverage | 6/10 |
ABC |
5:30-7:00pm |
3.5/9 |
| Belmont Stakes: Full Coverage | 6/10 |
ABC |
5:00-7:00pm |
3.3/8 |
| T&F: NCAA Div. I Men's & Women's Outdoor Champs. | 6/10 |
CBS |
3:30-6:00pm |
1.1/3 |
| MLB: (regional) | 6/10 |
Fox |
1:15-4:30pm |
2.5/7 |
| Tennis: French Open-Women's Final (Henin-Hardenne d. Kuznetsova) | 6/10 |
NBC |
9:00am-12:00pm |
1.5/5 |
| Golf: "Michael Douglas & Friends" | 6/10 |
NBC |
4:00-6:00pm |
0.9/2 |
| NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Hurricanes-Oilers Gm. 3 | 6/10 |
NBC |
8:00-11:00pm |
1.6/3 |
| World Cup: Mexico-Iran (First Rd.) | 6/11 |
ABC |
11:30am-2:00pm |
2.2/6 |
| PGA Tour: Barclays Classic-Final Rd. | 6/11 |
ABC |
3:00-6:30pm |
1.8/4 |
| "NBA Nation" | 6/11 |
ABC |
8:30-9:00pm |
3.3/6 |
| NBA Finals: Heat-Mavericks Gm. 2 | 6/11 |
ABC |
9:00pm-12:00am |
8.0/14 |
| F1: British Grand Prix | 6/11 |
CBS |
1:00-3:00pm |
0.8/2 |
| NASCAR: Nextel Cup Subway 500 | 6/11 |
Fox |
2:15-6:30pm |
5.2/12 |
| Tennis: French Open-Men's Final (Nadal d. Federer) | 6/11 |
NBC |
9:00am-2:00pm |
1.8/5 |
| "Laureus Sports Awards" | 6/11 |
NBC |
2:00-3:00pm |
0.7/2 |
| AFL Arenabowl XX: Rush-Predators | 6/11 |
NBC |
3:00-6:00pm |
0.7/2 |
| SHOW |
DATE |
NET |
U.S. AREA |
COV AREA |
SHR |
000s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBA Conference Finals: Mavericks-Suns | 5/30 |
TNT |
4.1 |
5.0 |
8 |
4500 |
| "Inside The NBA Playoffs" | 5/30 |
TNT |
1.8 |
2.2 |
5 |
1959 |
| "NBA Playoffs Pregame" | 5/30 |
TNT |
1.5 |
1.8 |
3 |
1601 |
| NBA Conference Finals: Heat-Pistons | 5/31 |
ESPN |
4.5 |
5.5 |
9 |
4971 |
| NBA Conference Finals: Suns-Mavericks | 6/1 |
TNT |
4.2 |
5.1 |
8 |
4622 |
| "Inside The NBA Playoffs" | 6/1 |
TNT |
1.8 |
2.2 |
5 |
2022 |
| "NBA Playoffs Pregame" | 6/1 |
TNT |
1.5 |
1.8 |
3 |
1661 |
| NBA Conference Finals: Pistons-Heat | 6/2 |
ESPN |
4.4 |
5.3 |
10 |
4840 |
| NBA Conference Finals: Mavericks-Suns | 6/3 |
TNT |
3.9 |
4.7 |
9 |
4275 |
| "Inside The NBA Playoffs" | 6/3 |
TNT |
2.2 |
2.6 |
5 |
2379 |
| "NBA Playoffs Pregame" | 6/3 |
TNT |
1.5 |
1.8 |
4 |
1670 |
| NASCAR: Nextel Cup Neighborhood Excellence 400 | 6/4 |
FX |
3.7 |
4.6 |
10 |
4079 |
| NASCAR: Nextel Cup Neighborhood Excellence 400 Prerace | 6/4 |
FX |
1.9 |
2.4 |
6 |
2124 |
HOT STUFF? Miami’s WPLG-ABC averaged a 23.8 Nielsen rating for the first three games of the NBA Finals, “nowhere near the 38.0 for the 2003 Marlins-Yankees World Series or the 41.9 for the 1997 Marlins-Indians fall classic.” The three-game average also trailed the 33.6 average of Dallas’ WFAA-ABC (Barry Jackson, MIAMI HERALD, 6/16).
