Weekend sports telecasts were led by the NFL Conference Championships, which earned big numbers once again. Outside of football, the weekend was led by a 1.7 overnight earned by both ESPN's T'Wolves-Clippers on Friday night and the net's Syracuse-Notre Dame men's basketball game on Saturday night, which marked the Orange's first loss of the season. ESPN also earned a 1.6 overnight for Florida State's win on Saturday afternoon, which marked Duke's first loss at Cameron Indoor Stadium in 45 games. On Sunday, Fox' first live EPL match on Sunday earned a 0.9 overnight, while NBC earned a 1.1 rating for Capitals-Penguins. ESPN2"s top Australian Open window over the weekend was a 0.5 overnight on Saturday from 9:15pm-3:30am ET for Round of 16 action.
Listed below are overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| "The Big Time: Episode 1" | 1/21 | ABC | 3:00-4:00pm | 0.4 |
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" | 1/21 | ABC | 4:00-6:00pm | 1.0 |
| NCAA Basketball: Alabama-Kentucky | 1/21 | CBS | 12:00-2:15pm | 1.5 |
| NCAA Basketball: Michigan-Arkansas | 1/21 | CBS | 2:15-4:00pm | 1.4 |
| NCAA Basketball: (regional) | 1/21 | CBS | 4:00-6:15pm | 1.5 |
| Red Bull Signature Series: Crashed Ice (taped) | 1/21 | NBC | 2:00-4:00pm | 0.7 |
| Winter Dew Tour: Countdown to Pantech Invitational | 1/21 | NBC | 4:00-4:30pm | 0.5 |
| Winter Dew Tour: Pantech Invitational | 1/21 | NBC | 4:30-6:00pm | 0.7 |
| Monster Energy AMA Supercross | 1/22 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 1.1 |
| "NFL Championship Chase" | 1/22 | CBS | 1:00-2:00pm | 3.0 |
| "The NFL Today" | 1/22 | CBS | 2:00-3:00pm | 7.9 |
| AFC Championship: Patriots-Ravens | 1/22 | CBS | 3:00-6:15pm | 29.1 |
| EPL: Manchester United-Arsenal | 1/22 | Fox | 11:00m-1:00pm | 0.9 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 1/22 | Fox | 6:00-6:45pm | 13.2 |
| NFC Championship: Giants-49ers | 1/22 | Fox | 6:45-10:45pm | 33.4 |
| NHL: Capitals-Penguins | 1/22 | NBC | 12:30-3:15pm | 1.1 |
| Winter Dew Tour: Countdown to Pantech Invitational | 1/22 | NBC | 3:15-3:30pm | 0.3 |
| Winter Dew Tour: Pantech Invitational | 1/22 | NBC | 3:30-5:00pm | 0.4 |
| Int'l Auto Show (taped) | 1/22 | NBC | 5:00-6:00pm | 0.7 |
