Navy's 10th consecutive win over Army earned a 4.0 overnight on CBS on Saturday afternoon, marking the weekend's best non-NFL sports rating. That figure is up 14% from a 3.5 overnight last year. ESPN's coverage of the Heisman Trophy Presentation led all sports telecasts on cable with a 2.9 overnight, up 21% from last year. Following the ceremony, ESPN earned a 1.6 overnight for the premiere of "The Marinovich Project," which was down 11% from a 1.8 for the premiere of "Pony Excess" following last year's ceremony. Indiana's last-second win over No. 1-ranked Kentucky was the highest-rated college basketball game of the weekend. ESPN earned a 2.9 overnight for the game from 5:30-7:30pm ET on Saturday.
Listed below are overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
"ESPN All America Team Show" | 12/10 | ABC | 1:30-2:30pm | 0.6 |
"ESPN Sports Saturday" | 12/10 | ABC | 4:00-6:00pm | 0.8 |
NCAA Basketball: Duke-Washington | 12/10 | CBS | 12:00-2:00pm | 1.4 |
"College Football Today" | 12/10 | CBS | 2:00-2:30pm | 2.5 |
NCAA Football: Navy-Army | 12/10 | CBS | 2:30-6:00pm | 4.0 |
Golf: Shark Shootout: Second Round | 12/10 | NBC | 2:30-4:30pm | 0.7 |
Ironman World Championship (taped) | 12/10 | NBC | 4:30-6:00pm | 1.0 |
"The NFL Today" | 12/11 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.8 |
"NFL on CBS": (regional) | 12/11 | CBS | 1:00-4:15pm | 11.4 |
"NFL on CBS": Raiders-Packers (95%) | 12/11 | CBS | 4:15-7:30pm | 12.8 |
"Fox NFL Sunday" | 12/11 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 3.4 |
"NFL on Fox": (single) | 12/11 | Fox | 1:00-4:05pm | 14.3 |
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (taped) | 12/11 | NBC | 12:00-2:00pm | 0.9 |
World of Adventure Sports (taped) | 12/11 | NBC | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.5 |
Golf: Shark Shootout: Final Round | 12/11 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 0.8 |
"Football Night in America" | 12/11 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 6.5 |
"Sunday Night Football": Giants-Cowboys | 12/11 | NBC | 8:30-11:30pm | 16.1 |