NBC finished with a 2.4 rating for the final round of the Chevron World Challenge last Sunday, which saw Tiger Woods earn his first victory in two years with a one shot win over Zach Johnson. That rating is tied with Woods’ second-place finish last year as the highest-rated final round for the event in eight years. Golf Channel also averaged 1.2 million viewers for live and replay coverage of the second round on Friday, marking the best early round audience since the tournament began in ’99.
| CHEVRON WORLD CHALLENGE: FINAL ROUND ON NBC |
| YEAR | RATING | VIEWERS (000) | TIGER |
| '11 | 2.4 | 3,549 | 1 |
| '10 | 2.4 | 3,880 | 2 |
| 09 | 0.8 | 1,183 | DNP |
| '08 | 1.2 | 1,604 | DNP |
| '07 | 1.9 | n/a | 1 |
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LET'S GO BOWLING: ESPN earned a 1.8 U.S. rating and 2.984 million viewers for last Sunday’s “BCS Countdown” show, up 38% and 47%, respectively, from a 1.3 rating and 2.028 million viewers last year. Birmingham topped all markets with an 18.3 local rating, while Oklahoma City ranked second with a 10.5 rating.
The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings. Figures for select ABC telecasts unavailable at presstime.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| "NFL on Fox": Packers-Giants (77%) | 12/4 | Fox | 4:15-7:48pm | 17.6 |
| "NFL on CBS": (single) | 12/4 | CBS | 1:00-4:05pm | 11.5 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Lions-Saints | 12/4 | NBC | 8:31-11:17pm | 11.5 |
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) | 12/4 | Fox | 1:00-4:15pm | 8.8 |
| NCAA Football: SEC Championship: LSU-Georgia | 12/3 | CBS | 4:00-8:09pm | 7.3 |
NCAA Football: Big 10 Championship:
Wisconsin-Michigan State | 12/3 | Fox | 8:20-11:53pm | 4.6 |
| "Football Night in America" | 12/4 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 4.5 |
| NCAA Football: Oklahoma-Oklahoma State | 12/3 | ABC | 8:07-11:36pm | 3.6 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 12/4 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 3.0 |
| NCAA Football: Pac-12 Championship: Oregon-UCLA | 12/2 | Fox | 8:22-11:48pm | 2.9 |
| "The NFL Today" | 12/4 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.4 |
| Golf: Chevron World Challenge: Final Round | 12/4 | NBC | 3:00-6:15pm | 2.4 |
| NCAA Basketball: North Carolina-Kentucky | 12/3 | CBS | 12:00-2:06pm | 2.0 |
| "College Football Today" | 12/3 | CBS | 3:30-4:00pm | 1.9 |
| Golf: Chevron World Challenge: Third Round | 12/3 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.7 |
| Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest (taped) | 12/4 | CBS | 5:00-6:00pm | 1.2 |
| "CBS College Football 2011" | 12/3 | CBS | 3:00-3:30pm | 1.0 |
| "Prelude: The Making of a Game of Honor" | 12/3 | CBS | 2:30-3:00pm | 0.9 |
| ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (taped) | 12/3 | NBC | 1:00-3:00pm | 0.8 |
| Mexico soccer: Tigres UANL-Queretaro | 12/4 | Telem | 6:55-9:02pm | 0.8 |
| Skiing: Birds of Prey (taped) | 12/4 | NBC | 1:00-2:00pm | 0.4 |
Swimming: AT&T Winter
National Championships (taped) | 12/4 | NBC | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.4 |
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| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
| "Monday Night Football": Giants-Saints | 11/28 | ESPN | 8:30pm-12:00am | 9.3 | 14,423 |
"Thursday Night Football":
Eagles-Seahawks | 12/1 | NFLN | 8:29-11:18pm | 3.6 | 5,945 |
| "Monday Night Countdown" | 11/28 | ESPN | 7:00-8:30pm | 2.3 | 3,462 |
| NCAA Basketball: Duke-Ohio State | 11/29 | ESPN | 9:37-11:35pm | 2.3 | 3,422 |
| "Thursday Night Football Pre-Kick" | 12/1 | NFLN | 8:00-8:29pm | 2.0 | 3,220 |
| "BCS Countdown" | 12/4 | ESPN | 8:15-9:03pm | 1.8 | 2,984 |
NCAA Football: ACC Championship:
Clemson-Virginia Tech | 12/3 | ESPN | 8:00-11:31pm | 1.6 | 2,753 |
NCAA Basketball:
Wisconsin-North Carolina | 11/30 | ESPN | 9:39-11:33pm | 1.5 | 2,243 |
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" | 12/4 | ESPN | 10:00am-1:00pm | 1.6 | 2,186 |
NCAA Football:
West Virginia-South Florida | 12/1 | ESPN | 7:56-11:43pm | 1.4 | 2,132 |
