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SBD/Issue 218/Sports Media
Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Telecasts
Published July 31, 2009
The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts (THE DAILY).
|
TELECAST
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
RAT.
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Golf: Senior British Open: Third Round
|
7/25
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:30pm
|
0.6/2
|
|
WNBA All-Star Game
|
7/25
|
ABC
|
3:30-5:35pm
|
0.4/1
|
|
PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open: Third Round*
|
7/25
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.6/2
|
| MLB: (regional) |
7/25
|
Fox
|
4:08-7:42pm
|
1.9/5
|
| Ironman World Championships (repeat) |
7/25
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
0.5/1
|
| Dew Tour Skate Open |
7/25
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5/1
|
| Golf: Senior British Open: Final Round |
7/26
|
ABC
|
1:00-3:19pm
|
1.0/3
|
| Tour de France Highlights (taped) |
7/26
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5/1
|
| PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open: Final Round* |
7/26
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.7/2
|
| F1: ING Hungarian Grand Prix (taped) |
7/26
|
Fox
|
3:00-4:48pm
|
0.5/1
|
| FINA Swimming World Championships |
7/26
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.8/2
|
| Dew Tour Skate Open |
7/26
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5/1
|
|
TELECAST
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
U.S.
|
CABLE
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
MLB: Cubs-Phillies
|
7/20
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:48pm
|
0.8
|
1.0
|
1,192
|
|
KFC World Cup of Softball
Championship: U.S.-Australia |
7/20
|
ESPN2
|
9:00-11:09pm
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
797
|
| MLB: Red Sox-Rangers |
7/22
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:13pm
|
0.8
|
1.0
|
1,235
|
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: AAA Insurance 200 |
7/24
|
Speed
|
8:00-10:30pm
|
0.5
|
0.8
|
870
|
| NASCAR Nationwide Series: Kroger 200 |
7/25
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:02pm
|
1.3
|
1.5
|
1,903
|
| NASCAR Nationwide Series: Kroger 200 Practice* |
7/25
|
ESPN2
|
1:10-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
763
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Qualifying |
7/25
|
ESPN2
|
2:00-4:25pm
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
1,081
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard |
7/26
|
ESPN
|
2:15-5:16pm
|
4.1
|
4.8
|
6,487
|
| Tour de France: Stage 20 |
7/25
|
VS
|
8:30-11:00am
|
0.5
|
0.8
|
792
|
| MLB: White Sox-Tigers |
7/26
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:44pm
|
1.5
|
1.8
|
2,321
|
CHART NOTES: * = rain moved the end of the final round to Monday on Golf Channel. ** = Rain halted practice for the Nationwide Series, so coverage switched to Allstate 400 qualifying. Nationwide practice coverage resumed at 4:25pm until 4:57pm ET.
PITCH: Fox Soccer Channel (FSC) earned a 0.8 cable rating and 383,000 viewers for last Sunday's Mexico-USA Gold Cup final, marking the net's highest-rated and most-viewed telecast since becoming a Nielsen-rated network last October. Meanwhile, Univision drew 5.384 million viewers for the match, making it the most-viewed sports telecast on broadcast TV for the weekend, as well as the net's largest audience ever for a Gold Cup match (THE DAILY)….The World Football Challenge (WFC) averaged 152,000 Hispanic HHs on ESPN Deportes for six matches. The Club America-AC Milan match on July 22 was the most-viewed Spanish-language program on cable for the month of July with 282,000 Hispanic HHs (ESPN).
….AND CATCH: Tuesday night's Pirates-Giants game on CSN Bay Area delivered 141,150 HHs in the S.F./Oakland/San Jose market, marking the most-watched Giants game on the network this season (CSN Bay Area)….On Wednesday, FS Midwest earned a 13.4 local rating for the 15-inning Cardinals win over the Dodgers, marking the net's highest-rated Cardinals game since September '07 (FS Midwest)....The Rays-Yankees three-game series this past week on Sun Sports (one game) and FS Florida (two games) averaged a 5.5 local rating in the Tampa-St. Petersburg market, marking the highest Rays three-game series average this season on the networks (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, 7/31).
