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Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Events
Published May 16, 2008
The following lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports events (THE DAILY).
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SHOW
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DATE
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NET
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TIME
|
RAT/SHR
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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IRL: Indianapolis 500 Pole Day
|
5/10
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ABC
|
3:00-6:05pm
|
0.9/3
|
|
"NBA Countdown"
|
5/10
|
ABC
|
8:00-8:12pm
|
1.6/-
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| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Semifinals: Celtics-Cavaliers: Game Three |
5/10
|
ABC
|
8:12-11:01pm
|
3.2/6
|
| NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships (taped) |
5/10
|
CBS
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
0.7/2
|
| "Bowling's Clash of Champions" (taped) |
5/10
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.6/2
|
| MLB: (regional) |
5/10
|
Fox
|
3:37-7:00pm
|
2.2/6
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dodge Challenger 500 |
5/10
|
Fox
|
7:38-11:13pm
|
4.8/10
|
| PGA Tour: The Players Championship: Third Round |
5/10
|
NBC
|
2:00-7:14pm
|
1.8/5
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
5/11
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
1.2/-
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Semifinals: Lakers-Jazz: Game Four |
5/11
|
ABC
|
3:25-6:35pm
|
4.1/10
|
| "Bowling's Clash of Champions" (taped) |
5/11
|
CBS
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.6/1
|
| Toyota Texas Bass Classic (taped) |
5/11
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.6/2
|
| National Heads-Up Poker Championship (taped) |
5/11
|
NBC
|
12:00-12:50pm
|
0.9/3
|
| National Heads-Up Poker Championship (taped) |
5/11
|
NBC
|
12:50-2:00pm
|
1.3/4
|
| PGA Tour: The Players Championship: Final Round |
5/11
|
NBC
|
2:00-7:50pm
|
3.1/8
|
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SHOW
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
U.S. AREA
|
COV. AREA
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Semifinals: Spurs-Hornets: Game Two
|
5/5
|
TNT
|
9:50pm-12:21am
|
2.9
|
3.5
|
4,276
|
|
NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Semifinals: Magic-Pistons: Game Two
|
5/5
|
TNT
|
7:00-9:50pm
|
1.9
|
2.2
|
2,729
|
| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Semifinals: Cavaliers-Celtics: Game One |
5/6
|
TNT
|
8:16-11:03pm
|
3.5
|
4.1
|
4,873
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Semifinals: Jazz-Lakers: Game Two |
5/7
|
TNT
|
10:45pm-1:28am
|
3.0
|
3.5
|
4,424
|
| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Semifinals: Pistons-Magic: Game Three |
5/7
|
TNT
|
8:00-10:45pm
|
2.3
|
2.8
|
3,337
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Semifinals: Hornets-Spurs: Game Three |
5/8
|
ESPN
|
9:54pm-12:21am
|
3.4
|
4.0
|
4,953
|
| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Semifinals: Cavaliers-Celtics: Game Two |
5/8
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:54pm
|
2.2
|
2.6
|
3,103
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Semifinals: Lakers-Jazz: Game Three |
5/9
|
ESPN
|
8:57-11:01pm
|
2.6
|
3.0
|
3,624
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Semifinals: Hornets-Spurs: Game Four |
5/11
|
TNT
|
8:16-10:46pm
|
2.4
|
2.9
|
3,590
|
| MLB: "Sunday Night Baseball": Red Sox-Twins |
5/11
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:17pm
|
1.7
|
2.0
|
2,525
|
NHL PLAYOFFS: TSN's telecast of Red Wings-Stars Western Conference Finals Game Four on Wednesday drew 846,000 viewers, marking the net's second-highest NHL Playoffs audience, behind 990,000 viewers for first-round Flyers-Capital Game Seven on April 22 (GLOBE & MAIL, 5/16).
BREW CITY: The first three games of the Cardinals-Brewers series last weekend were the top-rated sports telecasts in the Milwaukee market. The Saturday afternoon game on WITI-Fox had an 8.5 HH rating (75,735 HHs). Sunday's game on FSN Wisconsin had a 7.5 HH rating (66,825 HHs), while Friday night's game on the net had a 6.7 HH rating (59,697 HHs) (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 5/13).
