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SBD/Issue 43/Sports Media
Final Ratings For Weekend Sports Events
Published November 10, 2006
The following lists final Nielsen ratings for weekend sports events (THE DAILY).
LIVE FROM BEIJING: USA TODAY’s Michael Hiestand reports NBC “expects a 20% ratings jump on the eight nights of the [’08 Beijing] Games where it can carry live action from events, such as swimming and gymnastics, moved partly to accommodate U.S. TV” (USA TODAY, 11/10).
NOTES: ESPN earned a 1.5/ (1,381,000 HHs) for four “Game Time” telecasts during the opening week of the NBA season, up 15% and 14%, respectively. for the equivalent telecasts last season....The PBR World Finals on Versus last week earned a 0.4/ (287,527 HHs) cable rating, up 33% from last year. The seven-day event drew 465,481 viewers, up 52% from 306,658 in ’05. Viewers in the men 18-34 demo increased 67%, while men 18-49 and 25-54 were up 33% and 21%, respectively....The 3.9/9 for LSU-Tennessee last Saturday marks the highest-rated college football broadcast on CBS this season. Through 11 college football telecasts, CBS is averaging a 3.0/7 this season, up 11% from a 2.7/6 for ten games at the same point in the ’05 season. The season-to-date average is the highest for CBS’ college football coverage since a 3.1/8 in ’03 (CBS).
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| SHOW |
DATE |
NET |
TIME |
RAT/SHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NCAA Football: (regional) |
11/4 |
ABC |
12:00-3:15pm |
3.1/- |
Golf: PGA Tour: The Tour Championship: Third Round |
11/4 |
ABC |
3:30-7:00pm |
1.4/- |
NCAA Football: (regional) |
11/4 |
ABC |
8:00-11:15pm |
3.8/- |
Ultimate Blackjack Tour |
11/4 |
CBS |
2:00-3:00pm |
0.6/1 |
NCAA Football: LSU-Tennessee |
11/4 |
CBS |
3:30-7:00pm |
3.9/9 |
NCAA Football: UNC-Notre Dame |
11/4 |
NBC |
2:30-6:00pm |
2.5/6 |
Golf: PGA Tour: The Tour Championship: Final Round |
11/5 |
ABC |
1:00-5:00pm |
0.9/- |
SmartOnes Skate America |
11/5 |
ABC |
5:00-6:00pm |
2.0/- |
"The NFL Today" |
11/5 |
CBS |
12:00-1:00pm |
3.2/8 |
"NFL on CBS": (regional) |
11/5 |
CBS |
1:00-4:15pm |
7.9/18 |
"NFL on CBS": Broncos-Steelers (84%) |
11/5 |
CBS |
4:15-7:30pm |
13.1/24 |
"Fox NFL Sunday" |
11/5 |
Fox |
12:00-1:00pm |
2.9/8 |
NFL on Fox: (regional) |
11/5 |
Fox |
1:00-4:15pm |
9.8/22 |
ING New York City Marathon |
11/5 |
NBC |
1:30-2:30pm |
1.0/2 |
NASCAR Nextel Cup: Bank of America Countdown to Green Pre-Race Show |
11/5 |
NBC |
2:30-3:00pm |
2.2/5 |
NASCAR Nextel Cup: Dickies 500 |
11/5 |
NBC |
3:00-7:00pm |
4.3/8 |
"Sunday Night Football": Colts-Patriots |
11/5 |
NBC |
8:15-11:30pm |
14.0/22 |
| SHOW |
DATE |
NET |
U.S. AREA |
COV. AREA |
000s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Monday Night Football": Giants-Cowboys |
10/23 |
ESPN |
10.5 |
12.7 |
11726 |
"Monday Night Countdown" |
10/23 |
ESPN |
2.5 |
3.1 |
2821 |
"NFL PrimeTime" |
10/23 |
ESPN |
1.5 |
1.8 |
1666 |
NCAA Football: Clemson-Virginia Tech |
10/26 |
ESPN |
1.7 |
2.1 |
1948 |
NCAA Football: Tennessee-South Carolina |
10/28 |
ESPN |
2.6 |
3.1 |
2859 |
NCAA Football: Northwestern-Michigan |
10/28 |
ESPN |
1.4 |
1.7 |
1612 |
"College GameDay" |
10/28 |
ESPN |
1.4 |
1.7 |
1550 |
"College GameDay Scoreboard" |
10/28 |
ESPN |
1.2 |
1.5 |
1360 |
NCAA Football: Texas-Texas Tech |
10/28 |
TBS |
1.6 |
2.0 |
1808 |
"NFL Countdown" |
10/29 |
ESPN |
2.1 |
2.5 |
2352 |
|
| PBR World Finals Ratings On Versus Up 33% From Last Year |
NOTES: ESPN earned a 1.5/ (1,381,000 HHs) for four “Game Time” telecasts during the opening week of the NBA season, up 15% and 14%, respectively. for the equivalent telecasts last season....The PBR World Finals on Versus last week earned a 0.4/ (287,527 HHs) cable rating, up 33% from last year. The seven-day event drew 465,481 viewers, up 52% from 306,658 in ’05. Viewers in the men 18-34 demo increased 67%, while men 18-49 and 25-54 were up 33% and 21%, respectively....The 3.9/9 for LSU-Tennessee last Saturday marks the highest-rated college football broadcast on CBS this season. Through 11 college football telecasts, CBS is averaging a 3.0/7 this season, up 11% from a 2.7/6 for ten games at the same point in the ’05 season. The season-to-date average is the highest for CBS’ college football coverage since a 3.1/8 in ’03 (CBS).
