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SBD/Issue 49/Sports Media
Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Events
Published November 21, 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
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RAT/SHR
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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"College Football Countdown"
|
11/15
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.7/-
|
|
NCAA Football: (regional)
|
11/15
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:04pm
|
3.1/7
|
|
NCAA Football: (regional)
|
11/15
|
ABC
|
8:08-11:39pm
|
3.0/5
|
|
NCAA Football: Notre Dame-Navy
|
11/15
|
CBS
|
12:00-3:37pm
|
1.9/5
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| NCAA Football: Florida-South Carolina |
11/15
|
CBS
|
3:37-7:08pm
|
3.3/7
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| "Jeep World of Adventure" (taped) |
11/15
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
0.4/1
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| Golf: Kiwi Challenge: Third Round (taped) |
11/15
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.7/2
|
| "NASCAR Countdown" |
11/16
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:44pm
|
1.0/-
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Ford 400 |
11/16
|
ABC
|
3:44-8:00pm
|
4.0/7
|
| "The NFL Today" |
11/16
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.4/8
|
| "The NFL on CBS": (regional) |
11/16
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:03pm
|
8.1/17
|
| "The NFL on CBS": Chargers-Steelers (65%) |
11/16
|
CBS
|
4:15-7:28pm
|
12.1/23
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
11/16
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.0/8
|
| "The NFL on Fox": (regional) |
11/16
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:27pm
|
10.7/23
|
| Figure Skating: Family Tribute on Ice (taped) |
11/16
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.7/1
|
| Golf: Kiwi Challenge: Final Round (taped) |
11/16
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.7/1
|
| "Football Night in America" |
11/16
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.3/-
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Cowboys-Redskins |
11/16
|
NBC
|
8:24-11:10pm
|
11.6/18
|
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SHOW
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
U.S. AREA
|
COV. AREA
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
"Monday Night Countdown"
|
11/10
|
ESPN
|
7:00-8:30pm
|
1.6
|
1.9
|
2,429
|
|
"Monday Night Football":
49ers-Cardinals |
11/10
|
ESPN
|
8:30pm-12:09am
|
7.6
|
8.9
|
11,870
|
| NCAA Football: Virginia Tech-Miami |
11/13
|
ESPN
|
7:30-10:44pm
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
2,692
|
| "Thursday Night Football": Jets-Patriots |
11/13
|
NFLN
|
8:16-11:44pm
|
2.7
|
7.5
|
4,411
|
| NBA: Pistons-Lakers |
11/14
|
ESPN
|
10:36pm-1:08am
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
2,680
|
| "College GameDay" |
11/15
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-12:01pm
|
1.4
|
1.6
|
2,030
|
| NCAA Football: Ohio State-Illinois |
11/15
|
ESPN
|
12:01-3:12pm
|
2.2
|
2.5
|
3,249
|
| NCAA Football: Mississippi State-Alabama |
11/15
|
ESPN
|
7:41-10:52pm
|
2.8
|
3.3
|
4,955
|
| NASCAR Nationwide Series: Ford 300 |
11/15
|
ESPN2
|
4:30-7:45pm
|
1.5
|
1.7
|
2,097
|
| "NFL Countdown" |
11/16
|
ESPN
|
11:00am-1:00pm
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
2,579
|
SEEING GREEN: Comcast SportsNet New England this season is averaging a 3.4 HH rating for Celtics game telecasts, and the net earned a 10.2 HH rating in the Boston market for the final quarter-hour of the November 12 Hawks-Celtics game. Meanwhile, ad revenue for the net has increased 40% from Q4 last year (BOSTON HERALD, 11/20).
SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT : Versus earned a 1.0 cable rating and 1.032 million viewers for last Saturday's USC-Stanford college football game, marking the net's most-viewed college football game ever. The net drew a 3.0 HH rating in the S.F.-Oakland-San Jose market, making Versus the top-rated net in the market for the 7:00-10:30pm ET time period. Versus also earned a 2.8 HH rating in L.A., making the net the top-rated cable net and the fourth-highest rated network overall in the market for the time period (Versus)....ESPN earned a 1.8/6 cable rating in the 18-49 demo and 4.96 million viewers for last Saturday's Mississippi State-Alabama game (DAILY VARIETY, 11/19).
CHEESE DISH: WITI-Fox in Milwaukee earned a 36.5/65 HH rating for last Sunday's Bears-Packers game, marking the third-highest rating for a Packers game this season (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 11/19)
