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Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Telecasts
Published March 30, 2012
The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Final: Kansas-North Carolina |
3/25
|
CBS
|
5:00-7:12pm
|
7.1
|
11,683
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Final: Ohio State-Syracuse |
3/24
|
CBS
|
6:55-9:28pm
|
6.7
|
10,949
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Semi: Kentucky-Indiana |
3/23
|
CBS
|
9:59pm-12:27am
|
5.2
|
8,702
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Final: Kentucky-Baylor |
3/25
|
CBS
|
2:10-4:50pm
|
5.0
|
8,238
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Semi: Wisconsin-Syracuse |
3/22
|
CBS
|
7:00-9:21pm
|
4.4
|
6,814
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Final: Louisville-Florida |
3/24
|
CBS
|
4:20-6:38pm
|
4.3
|
6,682
|
| PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer Invitational: Final Round |
3/25
|
NBC
|
2:30-6:35pm
|
4.3
|
6,530
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Semi: Ohio State-Cincinnati |
3/22
|
CBS
|
9:39-11:56pm
|
4.2
|
6,288
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Auto Club 500* |
3/25
|
Fox
|
3:13-4:58pm
|
3.8
|
6,153
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Semi: Baylor-Xavier |
3/23
|
CBS
|
7:00-9:36pm
|
3.2
|
4,972
|
| PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer Invitational: Third Round |
3/24
|
NBC
|
2:30-6:04pm
|
2.7
|
4,049
|
| "Road to the Final Four" |
3/24
|
CBS
|
3:14-4:15pm
|
1.4
|
n/a
|
| "Best of College Basketball 2012" (taped) |
3/25
|
CBS
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
1.1
|
n/a
|
| Izod IndyCar Series: Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg |
3/25
|
ABC
|
12:30-3:20pm
|
0.9
|
1,279
|
| "Golf Central Live" |
3/24
|
NBC
|
2:00-2:30pm
|
0.9
|
n/a
|
| "Golf Central Live" |
3/25
|
NBC
|
2:00-2:30pm
|
0.9
|
n/a
|
| NCAA D-II Basketball Championship: Western Washington-Montevallo |
3/24
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:14pm
|
0.8
|
1,033
|
| Mexico Primera Division: Chivas de Guadalajara-Toluca |
3/24
|
Telem.
|
8:55-11:04pm
|
0.4
|
851
|
| Red Bull Signature Series: Cold Rush (taped) |
3/24
|
NBC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
753
|
| "Golf Digest Equipment Special" (taped) |
3/25
|
NBC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.4
|
571
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
3/24
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
n/a
|
NOTE: * = Race shortened by rain. Rain coverage from 4:58-5:30pm got a 3.3 rating.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Semi: North Carolina-Ohio |
3/23
|
TBS
|
7:30-10:10pm
|
2.9
|
4,599
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Semi: Louisville-Michigan State |
3/22
|
TBS
|
7:30-9:53pm
|
2.4
|
3,768
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Semi: Kansas-N.C. State |
3/23
|
TBS
|
10:28pm-12:48am
|
2.2
|
3,566
|
| NBA: Heat-Thunder |
3/25
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:36pm
|
2.2
|
3,517
|
| NCAA Basketball Tournament: Regional Semi: Florida-Marquette |
3/22
|
TBS
|
10:14pm-12:36am
|
2.0
|
3,080
|
| NBA: Grizzlies-Lakers |
3/25
|
ESPN
|
10:36pm-1:03am
|
1.8
|
2,637
|
| NBA: Lakers-Mavericks |
3/21
|
ESPN
|
9:43pm-12:05am
|
1.7
|
2,520
|
| NASCAR Nationwide Series: Royal Purple 300 |
3/24
|
ESPN
|
5:30-8:07pm
|
1.5
|
2,278
|
| NBA: Knicks-76ers |
3/21
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:43pm
|
1.4
|
1,921
|
| NBA: Bulls-Magic |
3/19
|
TNT
|
8:16-10:48pm
|
1.2
|
1,748
|
