CBS finished with a 2.4 rating for Andy Murray’s five-set win over Novak Djokovic in the men’s final of the U.S. Open on Monday. That figure is up from a 2.3 rating for Djokovic’s win over Rafael Nadal last year, which also aired on a Monday. The 2.4 also ties the Juan Martin del Potro-Roger Federer match in '09 for the best men’s final over the past five years, which have all ended on a Monday. The last men’s final to air on its normally-scheduled Sunday was Federer-Djokovic in ’07, which earned a 3.7 rating.
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FIVE-YEAR TREND FOR U.S. OPEN MEN'S FINAL ON CBS
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YEAR
|
MATCHUP |
RATING
|
|
'12
|
Andy Murray-Novak Djokovic |
2.4
|
|
'11
|
Novak Djokovic-Rafael Nadal |
2.3
|
|
'10
|
Rafael Nadal-Novak Djokovic |
1.8
|
|
'09
|
Juan Martin del Potro-Roger Federer |
2.4
|
|
'08
|
Roger Federer-Andy Murray |
1.7
|
| |
|
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NOTES: Univision averaged 3.9 million viewers for the second leg of the Mexico-Costa Rica ’14 FIFA World Cup qualifier on Tuesday night, marking the second-best soccer audience on U.S. television this year to date. The high for the year was the net’s Mexico-Colombia friendly on Feb. 29, which averaged 4.3 million viewers. The first leg on Sept. 7 averaged 2.6 million viewers on Telemundo….Comcast SportsNet Chicago earned a 4.44 local rating on Tuesday night for Tigers-White Sox, the second game in a key AL Central series. The figure marks the RSN’s best White Sox telecast in three years, dating back to a 4.52 rating for a game against the Royals on Aug. 18, 2009.
The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
"Sunday Night Football":
Steelers-Broncos |
9/9
|
NBC
|
8:31-11:30pm
|
16.5
|
27,567
|
| "NFL on Fox": 49ers-Packers (87%) |
9/9
|
Fox
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
15.4
|
n/a
|
| "NFL on CBS": (single) |
9/9
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
9.0
|
n/a
|
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) |
9/9
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
8.0
|
n/a
|
| "Football Night in America" |
9/9
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.8
|
7,892
|
U.S. Open: Women's final:
Serena
Williams d. Victoria Azarenka** |
9/9
|
CBS
|
4:00-7:00pm
|
3.4
|
n/a
|
| NCAA Football: (regional) |
9/8
|
ABC
|
3:30-8:00pm
|
3.3
|
4,709
|
NASCAR Sprint Cup: Federated
Auto Parts 400 (Richmond)* |
9/8
|
ABC
|
9:26pm-12:44am
|
3.3
|
5,079
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
9/9
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.3
|
n/a
|
| NCAA Football: Nebraska-UCLA |
9/8
|
Fox
|
7:51-11:31pm
|
2.8
|
4,300
|
| "NASCAR Countdown" |
9/8
|
ABC
|
8:07-8:38pm
|
2.5
|
3,758
|
| "The NFL Today" |
9/9
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.5
|
n/a
|
PGA Tour: FedExCup Playoffs:
BMW Championship: Final Round |
9/9
|
NBC
|
2:00-6:00pm
|
2.5
|
3,600
|
U.S. Open: Men's final:
Andy Murray-Novak Djokovic** |
9/10
|
CBS
|
4:00-9:17pm
|
2.4
|
n/a
|
NCAA Football:
Penn State-Virginia |
9/8
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
2.0
|
2,817
|
NCAA Football:
Purdue-Notre Dame |
9/8
|
NBC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.9
|
2,800
|
PGA Tour: FedExCup Playoffs:
BMW Championship: Third Round |
9/8
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
1.6
|
n/a
|
| U.S. Open: Women's semifinals |
9/7
|
CBS
|
2:33-7:00pm
|
1.3
|
n/a
|
'14 FIFA World Cup qualifier:
Mexico-Costa Rica |
9/7
|
Telem.
|
9:45pm-12:07am
|
1.3
|
2,575
|
| U.S. Open: Men's semifinals** |
9/8
|
CBS
|
12:00-5:13pm
|
1.1
|
n/a
|
| MLB: (regional) |
9/8
|
Fox
|
4:00-7:00pm
|
1.1
|
n/a
|
| "Golf Central Live" |
9/9
|
NBC
|
1:30-2:00pm
|
0.4
|
n/a
|
| "Road to the Ryder Cup" |
9/9
|
NBC
|
1:00-1:30pm
|
0.3
|
n/a
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
NCAA Football:
Florida-Texas A&M |
9/8
|
ESPN
|
3:30-6:53pm
|
2.9
|
4,531
|
NCAA Football:
Georgia Tech-Virginia Tech |
9/3
|
ESPN
|
7:55-11:27pm
|
2.8
|
4,306
|
| NCAA Football: Georgia-Missouri |
9/8
|
ESPN2
|
7:45-11:37pm
|
2.4
|
4,119
|
| NCAA Football: Washington-LSU |
9/8
|
ESPN
|
7:00-10:28pm
|
1.8
|
2,883
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
9/9
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
1.8
|
2,499
|
NCAA Football:
Auburn-Mississippi State |
9/8
|
ESPN
|
12:01-3:15pm
|
1.7
|
2,450
|
| NCAA Football: Pitt-Cincinnati |
9/6
|
ESPN
|
7:56-11:18pm
|
1.6
|
2,239
|
| NCAA Football: UCF-Ohio State |
9/8
|
ESPN2
|
12:00-3:15pm
|
1.4
|
2,215
|
| "College GameDay" |
9/8
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-12:00pm
|
1.5
|
2,076
|
PGA Tour: FedExCup Playoffs:
BMW Championship: Third Round |
9/8
|
Golf
|
3:32-7:11pm
|
1.3
|
1,890
|
