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) | RATING |
| NCAA College Basketball Spring Highlight Show: Part ll | 6/23 | CBS | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.3 |
| PGA Tour: Travelers Championship: Third Round | 6/23 | CBS | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.1 |
| MLB: (regional) | 6/23 | FOX | 7:00-10:00pm | 2.6 |
| U.S. Olympic Trials: Diving | 6/23 | NBC | 4:00-6:00pm | 1.3 |
| U.S. Olympic Trials: Track & Field | 6/23 | NBC | 8:00-9:00pm | 2.5 |
| Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model - Show Me 100 | 6/24 | CBS | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.5 |
| PGA Tour: Travelers Championship: Final Round | 6/24 | CBS | 3:00-6:04pm | 1.6 |
| F1: European Grand Prix | 6/24 | FOX | 12:00-2:00pm | 0.8 |
| U.S. Olympic Trials: Diving | 6/24 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.6 |
| U.S. Olympic Trials: Track & Field | 6/24 | NBC | 7:00-8:00pm | 2.9 |
NOTES: The '12 NBA Finals earned a 10.1 rating on ABC over the five-game Heat-Thunder series, down 1% compared to last year’s 10.2 rating over the six-game Mavericks-Heat series. ABC averaged 16.855 million viewers for this year’s Finals series, down around 3% from last year’s 17.339 million average for Mavericks-Heat (
John Lombardo, SportsBusiness Journal)....Three live UFC Fight Nights and two live motocross races in June delivered Fuel TV its most-watched month ever, surpassing February '12. Fuel TV recorded its second and third most-watched weeks in network history in June. The month was up 50% in total viewers and 67% in the men 18-49 demographic compared to the same period last year (
Fox)....ESPN's MLS Sounders-Timbers broadcast on June 24 "drew the third-highest number of viewers ever for a MLS regular season game." The game drew 888,000 viewers, the "largest audience for a MLS regular season game" since '98 (
OREGONLIVE.com, 6/27).
