Week One for the NFL led all sports telecasts this past weekend, highlighted by big numbers for Fox’ national window and NBC’s “SNF.” ESPN led all college football telecasts with a 4.8 overnight for Notre Dame-Michigan on Saturday night. That figure is up 7% from a 4.5 for the same matchup on NBC last year. ABC earned a 3.9 overnight for Alabama-Penn State in the 3:30pm window Saturday. The net aired regional coverage in the same window in ’10. The net also aired the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Wonderful Pistachios 400 from Richmond Int’l Raceway on Saturday night, earning a 3.5 overnight, up 25% from a 2.8 last year.
Listed below are overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| "College Football Countdown" | 9/10 | ABC | 3:00-3:30pm | 0.8 |
| NCAA Football: Alabama-Penn State | 9/10 | ABC | 3:30-7:00pm | 3.9 |
| "NASCAR Countdown" | 9/10 | ABC | 7:00-7:30pm | 2.1 |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Wonderful Pistachios 400 | 9/10 | ABC | 7:30-11:15pm | 3.5 |
| U.S. Open: Men's Semifinal: Djokovic d. Federer | 9/10 | CBS | 12:00-5:30pm | 1.9 |
| U.S. Open: Men's Semifinal: Nadal d. Murray | 9/10 | CBS | 5:30-9:16pm | 1.8 |
| U.S. Open: Women's Semifinal: S. Williams d. Wozniacki | 9/10 | CBS | 9:51-11:44pm | 2.3 |
| MLB: (regional) | 9/10 | Fox | 4:08-7:08pm | 1.2 |
| World of Adventure Sports (taped) | 9/10 | NBC | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.4 |
| Diamond League Track & Field (taped) | 9/10 | NBC | 3:00-4:00pm | 0.8 |
| "Dew Tour Countdown" | 9/10 | NBC | 4:00-4:30pm | 0.5 |
| Dew Tour: Toyota Challenge | 9/10 | NBC | 4:30-6:00pm | 0.5 |
| NFL Kickoff 2011: Back to Football (taped) | 9/10 | NBC | 8:00-9:00pm | 1.3 |
| "The NFL Today" | 9/11 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.8 |
| "NFL on CBS": (singleheader) | 9/11 | CBS | 1:00-4:00pm | 10.6 |
| U.S. Open: Women's Final: Stosur d. S. Williams | 9/11 | CBS | 4:30-6:30pm | 4.2 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 9/11 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 3.5 |
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) | 9/11 | Fox | 1:00-4:15pm | 8.9 |
| "NFL on Fox": Giants-Redskins (63%) | 9/11 | Fox | 4:15-7:30pm | 17.1 |
| Rugby World Cup: U.S.-Ireland (taped) | 9/11 | NBC | 1:00-4:00pm | 0.7 |
| "Dew Tour Countdown" | 9/11 | NBC | 4:00-4:30pm | 0.3 |
| Dew Tour: Toyota Challenge | 9/11 | NBC | 4:30-6:00pm | 0.5 |
| "Football Night in America" | 9/11 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 6.8 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Cowboys-Jets | 9/11 | NBC | 8:30-11:45pm | 16.9 |
