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Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Telecasts
Published January 20, 2012
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| NFC Divisional Playoffs: Giants-Packers |
1/15
|
Fox
|
4:30-8:00pm
|
25.3
|
| NFC Divisional Playoffs: Saints-49ers |
1/14
|
Fox
|
4:30-8:00pm
|
20.5
|
| AFC Divisional Playoffs: Texans-Ravens |
1/15
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:30pm
|
19.3
|
| AFC Divisional Playoffs: Patriots-Broncos |
1/14
|
CBS
|
8:17-11:26pm
|
18.5
|
| NCAA Basketball: Indiana-Ohio State |
1/15
|
CBS
|
4:35-6:34pm
|
1.9
|
| NHL: Blackhawks-Red Wings |
1/14
|
NBC
|
12:30-3:09pm
|
0.9
|
| Purina Incredible Dog Challenge (taped) |
1/14
|
NBC
|
5:06-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
| U.S. Olympic Trials: Marathon (taped) |
1/14
|
NBC
|
3:09-5:06pm
|
0.8
|
| Figure Skating: "Improv Ice Starring Styx" (taped) |
1/15
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
| Mexico soccer: Club America-Toluca |
1/15
|
Univ.
|
4:55-7:00pm
|
0.6
|
| NCAA Basketball: Oregon-Arizona |
1/14
|
CBS
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Mexico soccer: UNAM-Monarcas |
1/15
|
Univ.
|
12:55-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| BCS Nat'l Championship: Alabama-LSU |
1/9
|
ESPN
|
8:30-11:24pm
|
14.0
|
24,214
|
| NBA: Heat-Clippers |
1/11
|
ESPN
|
10:43pm-1:48am
|
2.4
|
3,469
|
| NBA: Heat-Nuggets |
1/13
|
ESPN
|
10:38pm-1:13am
|
1.7
|
2,748
|
| NBA: Bulls-Celtics |
1/13
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:38pm
|
1.7
|
2,461
|
| NBA: Mavericks-Celtics |
1/11
|
ESPN
|
8:06-10:43pm
|
1.7
|
2,450
|
| NCAA Basketball: Kentucky-Tennessee |
1/14
|
ESPN
|
12:00-2:12pm
|
1.7
|
2,345
|
| "College GameDay" |
1/9
|
ESPN
|
6:00-7:50pm
|
1.6
|
2,326
|
| "NFL Countdown" |
1/15
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
1.7
|
2,308
|
| NCAA Basketball: North Carolina-Florida State |
1/14
|
ESPN
|
2:12-4:16pm
|
1.5
|
2,068
|
| "NFL Countdown" |
1/14
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-12:00pm
|
1.3
|
1,805
|
NOTES: NBA TV averaged 756,000 viewers for the Lakers-Clippers game Jan. 14, marking the net’s most-viewed regular-season telecast ever. The previous record was 722,000 viewers set on Dec. 30 this season for a Bulls-Clippers matchup. Through Jan. 17, the net is averaging 383,000 viewers for its game telecasts, up 68% compared to the same period at the start of last season (THE DAILY)….The Patriots-Broncos AFC Divisional game last Saturday night earned a 44.4 local rating on WBZ-CBS in Boston, marking the third-best local rating for a Patriots Divisional Playoff game. The top rating remains the last year's Jets-Patriots matchup, which earned a 47.9 rating (Patriots)….NBC Sports Network averaged a 4.6 local rating in St. Louis for Monday’s Stars-Blues matchup. That figure is “an increase of 73 percent from what the Blues generated last season, on average, on Versus” (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 1/20).
