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SBD/Issue 130/Sports Media
Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Events
Published March 28, 2008
The following lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports events. CBS' Thursday-Sunday coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament averaged a 4.8/11 final Nielsen rating, down 9.4% from a 5.3/12 for last year's comparable window (THE DAILY).
|
SHOW
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
RAT/SHR
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Figure Skating: ISU World Championships (taped)
|
3/22
|
ABC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.1/-
|
|
WGC/PGA Tour: CA Championship: Third Round
|
3/22
|
NBC
|
2:00-6:00pm
|
1.9/5
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
3/23
|
ABC
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.9/-
|
| NBA: Spurs-Mavericks |
3/23
|
ABC
|
12:57-3:38pm
|
1.5/-
|
| Burton U.S. Snowboarding Championships (taped) |
3/23
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:00pm
|
0.7/2
|
| WGC/PGA Tour: CA Championship: Final Round* |
3/23
|
NBC
|
3:00-7:30pm
|
3.0/7
|
NOTES: * = Event ended with rain delay. Final round finished Monday morning on Golf Channel.
|
SHOW
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
U.S. AREA
|
COV. AREA
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NBA: Warriors-Suns
|
3/13
|
TNT
|
10:59pm-1:27am
|
1.3
|
1.5
|
1,768
|
| NBA: Cavaliers-Wizards |
3/13
|
TNT
|
8:14-10:59pm
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
1,503
|
| NCAA Basketball: Big East Quarterfinals: Pitt-Louisville |
3/13
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:24pm
|
1.0
|
1.2
|
1,558
|
| NCAA Basketball: Big East Championship: Pitt-Georgetown |
3/15
|
ESPN
|
9:00-11:23pm
|
1.7
|
1.9
|
2,421
|
| NCAA Basketball: ACC Semifinals: Clemson-Duke |
3/15
|
ESPN
|
4:00-6:11pm
|
1.2
|
1.4
|
1,786
|
| NCAA Basketball: ACC Semifinals: UNC-Virginia Tech |
3/15
|
ESPN
|
1:30-3:41pm
|
1.1
|
1.2
|
1,453
|
| "College GameDay" |
3/15
|
ESPN
|
8:10-9:00pm
|
1.0
|
1.1
|
1,324
|
| NCAA Basketball: Big 12 Championship: Kansas-Texas |
3/16
|
ESPN
|
3:17-5:15pm
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
2,665
|
| NCAA Basketball: ACC Championship: UNC-Clemson |
3/16
|
ESPN
|
1:00-3:17pm
|
1.6
|
1.8
|
2,327
|
| "College GameNight: Bracketology Special" |
3/16
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:00pm
|
1.4
|
1.6
|
1,983
|
| "College GameNight: Bracketology Special" |
3/16
|
ESPN
|
5:15-5:59pm
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
1,604
|
DOUBLE DOSE: Golf Channel averaged a 1.1 and 0.8 coverage area rating for its dual Tiger Woods coverage on Monday, featuring the weather-delayed conclusion of the WGC-CA Championship and the Tavistock Cup, respectively (THE DAILY).
