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SBD/Issue 156/Sports Media
Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Telecasts
Published May 1, 2009
The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts (THE DAILY).
|
TELECAST
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
RAT.
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
"NASCAR Countdown"
|
4/25
|
ABC
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.5/1
|
|
NASCAR Nationwide Series: Aaron's 312
|
4/25
|
ABC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.8/5
|
| Champions Tour: Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf: Third Round |
4/25
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.5/2
|
| PGA Tour: Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Third Round |
4/25
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.9/2
|
| MLB: (regional) |
4/25
|
Fox
|
4:07-8:12pm
|
2.7/6
|
| NHL Playoffs: Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: Penguins-Flyers: Game Six |
4/25
|
NBC
|
3:00-5:45pm
|
1.0/3
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
4/26
|
ABC
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.6/1
|
| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference First Round: Celtics-Bulls: Game Four |
4/26
|
ABC
|
12:56-4:37pm
|
3.3/8
|
| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference First Round: Cavaliers-Pistons: Game Four |
4/26
|
ABC
|
4:37-6:06pm
|
3.5/8
|
| Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series: Salt Lake City (taped) |
4/26
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
0.7/2
|
| Champions Tour: Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf: Final Round |
4/26
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:42pm
|
0.8/2
|
| PGA Tour: Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Final Round |
4/26
|
CBS
|
3:42-6:05pm
|
1.5/3
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Aaron's 499 |
4/26
|
Fox
|
2:22-5:57pm
|
5.0/12
|
| National Heads-Up Poker Championship (taped) |
4/26
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.7/2
|
| NHL Playoffs: Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: Capitals-Rangers: Game Six |
4/26
|
NBC
|
2:00-5:00pm
|
0.7/2
|
| Jeep World of Adventure (taped) |
4/26
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.6/1
|
|
TELECAST
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
U.S.
|
CABLE
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Quaterfinals: Bulls-Celtics: Game Two
|
4/20
|
TNT
|
7:07-9:53pm
|
2.6
|
3.0
|
3,760
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Quarterfinals: Mavericks-Spurs: Game Two |
4/20
|
TNT
|
9:53pm-12:27am
|
2.1
|
2.4
|
2,983
|
| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Quaterfinals: Pistons-Cavaliers: Game Two |
4/21
|
TNT
|
8:07-10:42pm
|
2.4
|
2.8
|
3,699
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Quarterfinals: Jazz-Lakers: Game Two |
4/21
|
TNT
|
10:42pm-1:28am
|
2.4
|
2.8
|
3,607
|
| NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Quaterfinals: Celtics-Bulls: Game Three |
4/23
|
TNT
|
8:07-10:42pm
|
2.2
|
2.6
|
3,389
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Quarterfinals: Lakers-Jazz: Game Three |
4/23
|
TNT
|
10:42pm-1:29am
|
2.6
|
3.0
|
3,824
|
| NFL Draft: Day One |
4/25
|
ESPN
|
4:00-9:00pm
|
3.4
|
4.0
|
5,058
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Quarterfinals: Lakers-Jazz: Game Four |
4/25
|
ESPN
|
9:00-11:41pm
|
2.2
|
2.6
|
3,299
|
| MLB: Yankees-Red Sox |
4/26
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:22pm
|
3.0
|
3.4
|
4,598
|
| NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Quarterfinals: Trail Blazers-Rockets: Game Four |
4/26
|
TNT
|
9:17-11:56pm
|
2.1
|
2.4
|
3,062
|
POSTSEASON POWER: CSN Philadelphia earned a 2.6 local rating for Tuesday's Game Five of the 76ers-Magic NBA Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The net averaged a 2.9 local rating through the first five games of the series, up 107% over a 1.4 regular-season average for 76ers telecasts on the net (CSN)....Mavericks-Spurs Game Five on Tuesday earned a 10.2 local rating on KTXA-Ind and a 4.8 local rating on TNT in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market, marking the "best Maverick post-season rating" since the Warriors-Mavericks first-round series in '07 (DALLASNEWS.com, 4/29).
NOTES: CSN Bay Area earned a 5.1 local rating for Tuesday's Dodgers-Giants game, marking the highest-rated Giants game on the RSN since a 7.8 for the August '07 game in which Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th home run (CSN)....ESPN Deportes on April 26 completed a full year of Nielsen measurement, averaging a 0.5 Hispanic rating for the year, which makes it the highest-rated and most-watched Spanish-language cable sports net in the U.S. (ESPN)....Versus earned a 0.15 cable rating for last Sunday's Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway, down from a 0.5 rating for the April 19 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 5/1).
