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Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Telecasts
Published September 21, 2012
The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).
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| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
(ET) |
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Mexico-Costa Rica |
9/11
|
Univ.
|
8:30-11:02pm
|
1.8
|
3,669
|
| Liga MX: Leon-Chivas de Guadalajara |
9/14
|
Telem.
|
10:30pm-12:34am
|
0.5
|
979
|
| NCAA Football: Notre Dame-Michigan State |
9/15
|
ABC
|
8:06-11:42pm
|
3.2
|
4,977
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Pro2 (taped) |
9/15
|
CBS
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.3
|
n/a
|
| "CBS College Football Special" |
9/15
|
CBS
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
n/a
|
| "College Football Today" |
9/15
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.7
|
n/a
|
| NCAA Football: Alabama-Arkansas |
9/15
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
3.2
|
n/a
|
| MLB: (regional) |
9/15
|
Fox
|
4:00-7:15pm
|
1.6
|
n/a
|
| NCAA Football: USC-Stanford |
9/15
|
Fox
|
7:51-11:25pm
|
2.5
|
3,856
|
| "Road to the Ryder Cup" |
9/15
|
NBC
|
1:00-1:30pm
|
0.3
|
n/a
|
| Red Bull Signature Series: U.S. Open of Surfing (taped) |
9/15
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:30pm
|
0.4
|
n/a
|
| MLS: Sounders FC-Timbers |
9/15
|
NBC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
576
|
| "The NFL Today" |
9/16
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.3
|
n/a
|
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) |
9/16
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
8.6
|
13,400
|
| "NFL on CBS": Jets-Steelers (82%) |
9/16
|
CBS
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
12.2
|
19,900
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
9/16
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.9
|
n/a
|
| "NFL on Fox": (single) |
9/16
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
12.0
|
n/a
|
| "Being: Liverpool" |
9/16
|
Fox
|
4:30-5:30pm
|
1.1
|
n/a
|
| Track & Field: Diamond League (taped) |
9/16
|
NBC
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
0.7
|
n/a
|
| Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana (taped) |
9/16
|
NBC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
n/a
|
| London Paralympics (taped) |
9/16
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:30pm
|
0.5
|
n/a
|
| Women's soccer friendly: U.S.-Australia |
9/16
|
NBC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
667
|
| "Football Night in America" |
9/16
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.9
|
9,406
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Lions-49ers |
9/16
|
NBC
|
8:31-11:15pm
|
12.9
|
21,334
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
(ET) |
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| "Monday Night Football": Bengals-Ravens |
9/10
|
ESPN
|
6:55-10:20pm
|
7.0
|
10,904
|
| "Monday Night Football": Chargers-Raiders |
9/10
|
ESPN
|
10:20pm-1:31am
|
6.8
|
10,450
|
| "Thursday Night Football": Bears-Packers |
9/13
|
NFLN
|
8:30-11:41pm
|
5.3
|
8,559
|
| NCAA Football: Florida-Tennessee |
9/15
|
ESPN
|
6:06-9:42pm
|
3.1
|
5,076
|
| "Thursday Night Pregame" |
9/13
|
NFLN
|
8:00-8:30pm
|
3.2
|
4,824
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Geico 400 (Chicagoland) |
9/16
|
ESPN
|
2:00-5:10pm
|
2.6
|
3,949
|
| "Thursday Night Postgame" |
9/13
|
NFLN
|
11:44pm-12:28am
|
1.7
|
2,457
|
| NCAA Football: Texas-Ole Miss |
9/15
|
ESPN
|
9:42pm-12:52am
|
1.5
|
2,412
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
9/16
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
1.6
|
2,172
|
| "College GameDay" |
9/15
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-12:00pm
|
1.5
|
1,964
|
