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Overnight Ratings: Alamo Bowl Leads Weekend Bowls; UK-Louisville Basketball Down
Published December 31, 2012
ESPN’s overnight rating for Texas’ comeback victory over Oregon State topped all college bowl games over the weekend. The Valero Alamo Bowl from 6:45-10:15pm on Saturday earned a 4.3 overnight, down 4% from the Baylor-Washington matchup last year, which aired on a Thursday night. ESPN also earned a 3.4 overnight for the Syracuse-West Virginia New Era Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday afternoon, up 62% from the Rutgers-Iowa State matchup last year, which aired on a Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, CBS earned a 1.6 overnight for the Kentucky-Louisville men’s basketball game from 4:00-6:15pm on Saturday, down 16% from last year.
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
12/29
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
| "75 Years of March Madness: Behind the Mic" |
12/29
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "75 Years of March Madness: A Coach's Perspective" |
12/29
|
CBS
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.5
|
| NCAA Basketball: Kentucky-Louisville |
12/29
|
CBS
|
4:00-6:15pm
|
1.6
|
| Red Bull Signature Series |
12/29
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Tyco Golf Skills Challenge |
12/29
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
| "The NFL Today" |
12/30
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.8
|
| "NFL on CBS": Texans-Colts (64%) |
12/30
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
11.1
|
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) |
12/30
|
CBS
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
8.1
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
12/30
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.8
|
| "NFL on Fox" (regional) |
12/30
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
10.8
|
| "NFL on Fox" Packers-Vikings (82%) |
12/30
|
Fox
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
16.4
|
| PGA Tour Year-in-Review |
12/30
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.2
|
| Tyco Golf Skills Challenge |
12/30
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "Football Night in America" |
12/30
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.5
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Cowboys-Redskins |
12/30
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
18.3
|
