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SBD/Issue 179/Sports Media
Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Events
Published June 6, 2008
The following lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports events (THE DAILY).
|
SHOW
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
RAT/SHR
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Scripps National Spelling Bee
|
5/30
|
ABC
|
8:00-10:11pm
|
3.3/-
|
|
PGA Tour: The Memorial: Third Round
|
5/31
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.2/3
|
| WNBA: Sparks-Mystics |
6/1
|
ABC
|
3:30-5:48pm
|
0.5/1
|
| MMA: "Saturday Night Fights": EliteXC |
5/31
|
CBS
|
9:00-11:51pm
|
3.0/6
|
| MLB: (regional) |
5/31
|
Fox
|
3:51-7:00pm
|
2.0/5
|
| French Open: Early Round Coverage (same-day tape) |
5/31
|
NBC
|
1:00-4:00pm
|
0.9/3
|
| LPGA Tour: Ginn Tribute: Third Round |
5/31
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.7/2
|
| NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Red Wings-Penguins: Game Four |
5/31
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:00pm
|
2.3/5
|
| IndyCar: ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt 225 |
6/1
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:04pm
|
0.8/2
|
| Track & Field: Reebok Grand Prix (taped) |
6/1
|
CBS
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.7/2
|
| PGA Tour: The Memorial: Final Round |
6/1
|
CBS
|
2:30-6:00pm
|
1.6/4
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Best Buy 400 |
6/1
|
Fox
|
2:17-5:56pm
|
4.5/11
|
| French Open: Early Round Coverage (taped) |
6/1
|
NBC
|
1:00-4:00pm
|
0.8/2
|
| LPGA Tour: Ginn Tribute: Final Round |
6/1
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6/1
|
|
SHOW
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
U.S. AREA
|
COV. AREA
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Finals:
Lakers-Spurs: Game Four |
5/27
|
TNT
|
9:14pm-12:02am
|
4.8
|
5.6
|
7,247
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Finals: Spurs-Lakers: Game Five |
5/29
|
TNT
|
9:14-11:49pm
|
4.6
|
5.4
|
6,794
|
| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Finals: Celtics-Pistons: Game Six |
5/30
|
ESPN
|
8:30-11:25pm
|
4.3
|
5.1
|
6,445
|
| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Finals: Pistons-Celtics: Game Five |
5/28
|
ESPN
|
6:30-11:46pm
|
4.2
|
4.9
|
6,434
|
| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Finals: Celtics-Pistons: Game Four |
5/26
|
ESPN
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
4.0
|
4.6
|
6,086
|
| NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Penguins-Red Wings: Game Two |
5/26
|
VS
|
8:00-10:51pm
|
1.3
|
2.0
|
2,608
|
| MLB: "Sunday Night Baseball": Dodgers-Mets |
6/1
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:06pm
|
1.6
|
1.9
|
2,392
|
| NASCAR Nationwide Series: Helluva Good! 200 |
5/31
|
ESPN2
|
6:14-8:10pm
|
1.4
|
1.6
|
2,018
|
| NCAA: College Softball World Series: Semifinals: Texas A&M-Florida |
6/1
|
ESPN2
|
7:11-10:05pm
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
1,457
|
| MLB: Dodgers-Cubs |
5/27
|
ESPN
|
7:00-10:04pm
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
1,305
|
MLB NOTES: Wednesday night's Royals-White Sox game on Comcast SportsNet (CSN) Chicago earned a 3.03 HH rating (105,000 HHs), making it the net's highest White Sox rating since Indians-White Sox earned a 3.08 HH rating in September '06 (CSN Chicago)….From March 31 through May 22, FSN Arizona was the top-rated net in the Phoenix DMA on nights that it aired a D'Backs game, outdistancing all four broadcast stations in the market from 7:00-11:00pm PT. During the period, the net generated an average primetime HH rating of 5.01 on nights it had D'Backs games (FSN Arizona)….CSN Philadelphia's broadcast of the Reds-Phillies game on Wednesday night, in which P Brett Myers took a no-hitter into the 7th inning, earned an 8.3 HH rating with 247,000 HHs, making the highest-rated Phillies game on the net since Braves-Phillies in September '07 (CSN Philadelphia)….Through Tuesday, Marlins games on FSN Florida and Sun Sports were averaging a 3.4 HH rating, up 6% from '07 and marking the team's highest figure at this point of the season since '05 (MIAMI HERALD, 6/6)….YES Network earned a 5.6 HH rating for Blue Jays-Yankees on Tuesday, which marked P Joba Chamberlain's debut start. From 8:00-8:15pm ET, 7.5% of area homes were watching the Yankees game. Meanwhile, SNY's coverage of Mets-Giants, which featured P Pedro Martinez' return from the DL, earned a 3.3 HH rating (NEWSDAY.com, 6/4).
