The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. Figures for cable networks not listed as Nielsen continues to work through a coding issue for ESPN telecasts (THE DAILY).
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
| "NFL on Fox": Packers-Vikings (83%) | 10/23 | Fox | 4:15-7:30pm | 14.6 | 24,267 |
| "NFL on CBS": (single) | 10/23 | CBS | 1:00-4:05pm | 9.7 | 15,803 |
World Series: Cardinals-Rangers:
Game Four | 10/23 | Fox | 8:02-11:14pm | 9.2 | 15,156 |
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) | 10/23 | Fox | 1:00-4:15pm | 8.2 | 13,019 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Colts-Saints | 10/23 | NBC | 8:31-11:13pm | 7.6 | 12,465 |
World Series: Cardinals-Rangers:
Game Three | 10/22 | Fox | 8:01pm-12:10am | 6.6 | 11,247 |
| "Football Night in America" | 10/23 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 4.3 | 6,781 |
| College Football: Auburn-LSU | 10/22 | CBS | 3:30-6:52pm | 3.6 | 5,624 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 10/23 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 3.0 | n/a |
| College Football: (regional) | 10/22 | ABC | 3:30-6:56pm | 2.2 | 3,491 |
| College Football: (regional) | 10/22 | ABC | 8:07-11:44pm | 2.1 | 3,453 |
| College Football: USC-Notre Dame | 10/22 | NBC | 7:43-11:03pm | 2.1 | 3,225 |
| "The NFL Today" | 10/23 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.1 | n/a |
| "College Football Today" | 10/22 | CBS | 3:00-3:30pm | 1.0 | n/a |
Mexico Primera Division:
Club America-CD Guadalajara | 10/23 | Uni | 4:30-7:01pm | 0.9 | 1,939 |
| "Best of Golf 2011" | 10/23 | CBS | 5:00-6:00pm | 0.9 | 1,417 |
| Figure Skating: Skate America | 10/22 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 0.8 | 1,179 |
| "College Football Countdown" | 10/22 | ABC | 3:00-3:30pm | 0.6 | n/a |
Rugby World Cup Final:
New Zealand-France (taped) | 10/23 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 0.5 | 851 |
| College football special | 10/22 | CBS | 2:30-3:00pm | 0.5 | n/a |
