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SBD/Issue 66/Sports Media
Final Nielsen Ratings For Weekend Sports Events
Published December 15, 2006
The following lists final Nielsen ratings for weekend sports events (THE DAILY).
CABLE: Cable for the fifth-straight year “is pacing to beat the six broadcast networks in household share in primetime.” To date, cable has a 55.4 share versus a 40.4 for broadcast. USA Network, “boosted by wrestling,” this year “will win the crown as cable’s No. 1-rated network in primetime ratings, total viewers and several key demographics.” The network is also “enjoying a banner year” in adults 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 (MULTICHANNEL.com, 12/13).
HOCKEY: The heavily-promoted Penguins-Capitals game on Versus Monday night, featuring Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin, earned a 0.2 rating, 33.3% lower than Devils-Sabres Tuesday night on Versus (THE DAILY)....Islanders games are averaging a 0.08 rating on FSNY, down from a 0.14 at this point last year. Through Monday, the Rangers were averaging a 0.49 on MSG and the Devils a 0.15, which “are near last year’s numbers” on FSNY and MSG (NEWSDAY, 12/15).
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| SHOW |
DATE |
NET |
TIME |
RAT/SHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WGC: Barbados World Cup: Third Round |
12/9 |
ABC |
3:00-6:00pm |
1.1/3 |
NCAA Basketball: Indiana-Kentucky |
12/9 |
CBS |
12:00-2:30pm |
1.5/4 |
NCAA Basketball: UCLA-Texas A&M (Wooden Classic) |
12/9 |
CBS |
2:30-5:00pm |
1.5/4 |
Jeep King of the Mountain |
12/9 |
CBS |
5:00-6:00pm |
1.0/2 |
Jeep World of Adventure (tape) |
12/9 |
NBC |
2:30-4:00pm |
0.7/2 |
Ironman World Championship (tape) |
12/9 |
NBC |
4:00-6:00pm |
1.3/3 |
Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge |
12/10 |
ABC |
1:00-3:00pm |
1.4/3 |
WGC: Barbados World Cup: Final Round |
12/10 |
ABC |
3:00-6:00pm |
0.9/2 |
"The NFL Today" |
12/10 |
CBS |
12:00-1:00pm |
3.1/8 |
"NFL on CBS": (regional) |
12/10 |
CBS |
1:00-4:15pm |
8.5/18 |
"NFL on CBS": Broncos-Chargers (85%) |
12/10 |
CBS |
4:30-7:15pm |
12.6/24 |
"Fox NFL Sunday" |
12/10 |
Fox |
12:00-1:00pm |
2.9/8 |
NFL on Fox: (regional) |
12/10 |
Fox |
1:00-4:15pm |
10.4/22 |
Action Sports Awards |
12/10 |
Fox |
4:30-6:00pm |
1.6/3 |
Off-Road Racing: Baja 1000 (taped) |
12/10 |
NBC |
4:00-5:00pm |
0.9/2 |
USSA Skiing (taped) |
12/10 |
NBC |
5:00-6:00pm |
1.1/2 |
"Football Night in America" |
12/10 |
NBC |
7:30-8:15pm |
5.2/- |
"Sunday Night Football": Saints-Cowboys |
12/10 |
NBC |
8:15-11:45pm |
12.8/20 |
| SHOW |
DATE |
NET |
U.S. AREA |
COV. AREA |
000s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Monday Night Football": Packers-Seahawks |
11/27 |
ESPN |
8.3 |
10.0 |
9243 |
"Monday Night Countdown" |
11/27 |
ESPN |
1.8 |
2.2 |
2057 |
NCAA Basketball: Indiana-Duke |
11/28 |
ESPN |
1.5 |
1.8 |
1662 |
NCAA Basketball: Ohio State-North Carolina |
11/29 |
ESPN |
2.0 |
2.4 |
2227 |
"Thursday Night Football": Ravens-Bengals |
11/30 |
NFLN |
1.8 |
5.2 |
2009 |
"Thursday Night Football": Post-Game Show |
11/30 |
NFLN |
0.8 |
2.3 |
886 |
NBA: Jazz-Lakers |
11/30 |
TNT |
1.3 |
1.6 |
1459 |
NCAA Football: Rutgers-West Virginia |
12/2 |
ESPN |
2.4 |
2.9 |
2628 |
NCAA Football: Connecticut-Louisville |
12/2 |
ESPN |
1.6 |
1.9 |
1728 |
"College GameDay" |
12/2 |
ESPN |
1.4 |
1.7 |
1542 |
"NFL Countdown" |
12/3 |
ESPN |
1.9 |
2.3 |
2136 |
CABLE: Cable for the fifth-straight year “is pacing to beat the six broadcast networks in household share in primetime.” To date, cable has a 55.4 share versus a 40.4 for broadcast. USA Network, “boosted by wrestling,” this year “will win the crown as cable’s No. 1-rated network in primetime ratings, total viewers and several key demographics.” The network is also “enjoying a banner year” in adults 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 (MULTICHANNEL.com, 12/13).
HOCKEY: The heavily-promoted Penguins-Capitals game on Versus Monday night, featuring Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin, earned a 0.2 rating, 33.3% lower than Devils-Sabres Tuesday night on Versus (THE DAILY)....Islanders games are averaging a 0.08 rating on FSNY, down from a 0.14 at this point last year. Through Monday, the Rangers were averaging a 0.49 on MSG and the Devils a 0.15, which “are near last year’s numbers” on FSNY and MSG (NEWSDAY, 12/15).
