Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Telecasts

The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).

SUCCESSFUL FIRST HALF: Comcast SportsNet Chicago is averaging a 4.1 local rating in Chicago for its Bulls telecasts going into the All-Star break, up 64% from a 2.5 rating during the same period last year and marking the net's best Bulls average at the break. The top 10 highest-rated Bulls regular-season telecasts in the net's history all have occurred this season (CSN Chicago)....CSN New England is averaging a 4.7 local rating through 46 Celtics game telecasts this season, up 42% from a 3.3 rating at the same point last season. The net is on pace to break its Celtics ratings record (3.5 local rating) set during the '08-09 season (CSN New England)....FS Indiana averaged a 2.2 local rating for its Pacers telecasts through 53 games, up 24% from the same number of games last year. The net averaged a 4.0 local rating in Indianapolis for Tuesday's Heat-Pacers game, marking the highest-rated Pacers telecast since January '07 (FS Indiana)....FS Oklahoma earned a 5.8 local rating in Oklahoma City for its telecast of the Feb. 8 Grizzlies-Thunder game, marking the net's highest-rated Thunder regular-season game ever (DAILY OKLAHOMAN, 2/16).

RECORD SEASON AMONG HISPANIC VIEWERS: Nielsen Media Research indicates that 26.7 million Hispanic Americans watched NFL regular-season games in '10, and an average of 1.3 million Hispanic viewers made it the most watched NFL season ever in the demo. Fox' telecast of the Thanksgiving Saints-Cowboys game drew 2.8 million Hispanic viewers, making it the most-watched regular-season game ever among Hispanic viewers. The playoffs averaged 2.7 million Hispanic viewers, marking the most watched NFL postseason ever in the demo. CBS' telecast of the Steelers-Jets AFC Championship Game averaged 4.2 million Hispanic viewers and ranks as the most-watched conference championship game ever in the demo. Fox' telecast of Packers-Steelers Super Bowl XLV averaged 10.0 million Hispanic viewers, marking the most-watched show in U.S. television history in the demo, besting 8.95 million for the Spain-Netherlands FIFA World Cup Final last June (NFL).

FLYING HIGH: CSN Philadelphia averaged a 3.7 local rating for its telecast of Tuesday's Flyers-Lightning game, marking the highest-rated regular-season Flyers game on the net since an October '02 game against the Sabres (CSN).