ABC earned a 3.8 overnight Nielsen rating for its coverage of Thunder-Lakers yesterday from 3:30-6:45pm ET, topping all weekend sports telecasts. The game earned a 13.6 local rating Oklahoma City, marking ABC's best regular-season NBA game ever in the market. Compared the net's final NBA regular-season telecast last season (Celtics-Heat), Thunder-Lakers is up 19%. Fox earned a 3.7 overnight for coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup STP 400 yesterday. Last year the race aired in early June, earning a 3.8 overnight. CBS earned a 1.6 overnight for the final round of the PGA Tour Valero Texas Open yesterday, which saw Ben Curtis win his first event since ’06 with a two-stroke win. That figure is up from a 1.3 overnight for the tournament’s final round last year.
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" | 4/21 | ABC | 4:00-6:00pm | 0.5 |
Champions Tour: Liberty Mutual Insurance
Legends of Golf: Third Round | 4/21 | CBS | 1:00-3:00pm | 0.6 |
| PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open: Third Round | 4/21 | CBS | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.1 |
| MLB: (regional) | 4/21 | Fox | 4:00-8:00pm | 2.7 |
| Red Bull Signature Series: Crashed Ice (taped) | 4/21 | NBC | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.4 |
NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinal:
Capitals-Bruins: Game Five | 4/21 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.5 |
| NBA: Thunder-Lakers | 4/22 | ABC | 3:30-6:00pm | 3.8 |
Champions Tour: Liberty Mutual Insurance
Legends of Golf: Final Round | 4/22 | CBS | 1:00-3:00pm | 0.7 |
| PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open: Final Round | 4/22 | CBS | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.6 |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: STP 400 (Kansas) | 4/22 | Fox | 1:00-4:00pm | 3.7 |
NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinal:
Flyers-Penguins: Game Six | 4/22 | NBC | 12:00-3:00pm | 2.4 |
NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinal:
Bruins-Capitals: Game Seven | 4/22 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 2.5 |
