Curlin (l) Overtakes Street Sense (r) In Saturday's Preakness

NBC earns a respectable 5.4/13 overnight Nielsen rating for the Preakness Stakes, but two larger stories have emerged from Saturday’s race. First, the network opts to switch viewers from the overtime finish of the Senators-Sabres playoff game so they can see all of the pre-race coverage before the Preakness. Also, with Curlin ending Street Sense’s Triple Crown bid at Pimlico, the Belmont Stakes in three weeks looks much less compelling.

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