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Overnight Nielsen Ratings From Weekend Sports Events

French Open overnight ratings were a mixed bag from this past weekend. On Friday, coverage of the men's semifinals earned a 1.3/4 overnight Nielsen rating, up slightly from a 1.2/4 last year. On Saturday morning, the women's final featuring Ana Ivanovic defeating Dinara Safina to win her first major earned a 1.8/6, even with the 1.8/5 overnight for Justine Henin-Ivanovic last year. On Sunday, Rafael Nadal's fourth-straight French Open championship win, and third straight over Roger Federer, earned a 1.8/5 overnight rating, down 18.2% from a 2.2/6 for the same matchup last year. The following lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports events.  Ratings for events on Fox were not available at press time (THE DAILY).

SHOW
DATE
NET
TIME
RAT/SHR
French Open: Men's Semifinals: (live and tape)
6/6
NBC
10:00am-1:00pm
1.3/4
Belmont Stakes Pre-Race
6/7
ABC
5:00-5:30pm
4.5/-
Belmont Stakes: Race Coverage
6/7
ABC
6:15-7:15pm
10.5/-
Belmont Stakes: Complete Coverage
6/7
ABC
5:30-7:15pm
9.5/-
PGA Tour: Stanford St. Jude Championship:
Third Round
6/7
CBS
3:00-6:00pm
1.3/3
French Open: Women's Final:
Ivanovic d. Safina
6/7
NBC
9:00am-12:00pm
1.8/6
"Michael Douglas & Friends Celebrity Golf" (taped)
6/7
NBC
2:00-4:00pm
1.0/3
Visa U.S. Gymnastics Championships:
Women's (taped)
6/7
NBC
4:00-6:00pm
1.8/4
"NBA Countdown"
6/8
ABC
8:30-9:00pm
3.8/-
NBA Finals: Lakers-Celtics: Game Two
6/8
ABC
9:00pm-12:00am
10.2/-
PGA Tour: Stanford St. Jude Championship:
Final Round
6/8
CBS
3:00-6:00pm
2.0/5
French Open: Men's Final: Nadal d. Federer
6/8
NBC
9:00am-2:00pm
1.8/5
Visa U.S. Gymnastics Championships:
Men's (taped)
6/8
NBC
2:00-4:00pm
1.6/4
Track & Field: Prefontaine Classic
6/8
NBC
4:00-6:00pm
1.9/4
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