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Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Telecasts
Published February 4, 2011
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TELECAST
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DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
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NFL Pro Bowl
|
1/30
|
Fox
|
7:24-10:37pm
|
7.7
|
13,406
|
|
NBA: Celtics-Lakers
|
1/30
|
ABC
|
3:44-6:13pm
|
4.3
|
7,003
|
|
PGA Tour: Farmers Insurance Open:
Final Round |
1/30
|
CBS
|
3:29-6:33pm
|
3.5
|
5,307
|
|
U.S. Figure Skating Championships
|
1/29
|
NBC
|
9:00-11:00pm
|
2.5
|
3,918
|
| NBA: Heat-Thunder |
1/30
|
ABC
|
12:53-3:44pm
|
2.5
|
3,788
|
| PGA Tour: Farmers Insurance Open: Third Round |
1/29
|
CBS
|
3:17-6:00pm
|
2.0
|
3,037
|
| U.S. Figure Skating Championships |
1/30
|
NBC
|
4:01-6:03pm
|
1.9
|
2,787
|
| U.S. Figure Skating Championships |
1/29
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.4
|
2,126
|
| NCAA Basketball: Duke-St. John's |
1/30
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:29pm
|
1.3
|
1,861
|
| PBR: Jack Daniel's Invitational (taped) |
1/30
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:01pm
|
0.9
|
1,449
|
| NCAA Basketball: (regional) |
1/29
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:17pm
|
0.9
|
1,298
|
| International Auto Show (taped) |
1/30
|
NBC
|
12:30-1:30pm
|
0.8
|
1,275
|
| Monster Energy AMA Supercross (taped) |
1/30
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,101
|
| Skiing/Snowboarding: Denver Big Air (taped) |
1/30
|
NBC
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.7
|
1,067
|
| Skiing: Nature Valley Freestyle Cup (taped) |
1/29
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
623
|
|
TELECAST
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| NBA: Heat-Knicks |
1/27
|
TNT
|
8:00-10:43pm
|
1.9
|
2,784
|
| NBA: Celtics-Suns |
1/28
|
ESPN
|
10:32pm-1:15am
|
1.2
|
1,999
|
| NBA: Celtics-Trail Blazers |
1/27
|
TNT
|
10:43pm-1:16am
|
1.2
|
1,878
|
| NCAA Basketball: N.C. State-North Carolina |
1/29
|
ESPN
|
2:17-4:14pm
|
1.0
|
1,735
|
| NCAA Basketball: Purdue-Ohio State |
1/25
|
ESPN
|
9:36-11:07pm
|
1.1
|
1,681
|
| Winter X Games |
1/30
|
ESPN
|
7:00-10:03pm
|
0.9
|
1,619
|
| NCAA Basketball: Florida-Georgia |
1/25
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:36pm
|
1.0
|
1,473
|
| NCAA Basketball: Georgia-Kentucky |
1/29
|
ESPN
|
4:14-6:09pm
|
0.9
|
1,435
|
| NCAA Basketball: Georgetown-Villanova |
1/29
|
ESPN
|
12:00-2:17pm
|
0.9
|
1,359
|
| Winter X Games |
1/30
|
ESPN
|
12:30-6:01pm
|
0.8
|
1,298
|
POST-BREAK BOUNCE: Rogers Sportsnet drew 1.35 million viewers Tuesday for four NHL telecasts across its RSNs, marking the largest audience across all Canadian NHL broadcasts for the night. Sportsnet Ontario earned 633,000 viewers for Panthers-Maple Leafs, while Sportsnet Pacific earned 410,000 viewers for Canucks-Stars. Sportsnet West earned 177,000 viewers for Flames-Predators, and Sportsnet East earned 132,000 viewers for Senators-Devils (Rogers).




