NFL preseason games were in full swing over the weekend. NBC led the way with a 7.5 overnight Nielsen rating for last night's Panthers-Jets game, marking the second-best overnight for any preseason NFL game since '04 (tied with Bengals-Cowboys HOF Game in '10). The 7.5 is also up 15% from the net's comparable Saints-Raiders telecast last season. Meanwhile, Fox earned a 5.4 overnight for 49ers-Broncos yesterday afternoon and CBS earned a 4.9 overnight for Bears-Giants on Friday night. ABC aired its first NASCAR Sprint Cup telecast of the season on Saturday night, with the Irwin Tools Night Race from Bristol Motor Speedway earning a 3.7 overnight. That figure is up 19% from a 3.1 rating for the same race last year. ABC also earned a 2.2 rating for the Little League World Series World Championship yesterday, down 19% from last year's title game.

The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.