Showtime averaged 310,000 viewers for this past Saturday’s Strikeforce event, “which officially signaled the end of the organization.” The telecast “drew one of the smallest audiences in Strikeforce-Showtime history” despite running a free-preview weekend on Showtime. The telecast “ranked 13th out of the 14 ‘Arena Series’ events that have aired since 2011” (MMAJUNKIE.com, 1/15).
NOTES: YES Network averaged 202,000 viewers for Raptors-Nets on Tuesday night, marking YES' second-best audience for a Nets game, behind only Nets-Heat on Dec. 1, 2012 (242,000 viewers) (YES)….Big Ten Network drew a 2.1 local rating across its eight metered markets for Indiana-Minnesota men's basketball game last Saturday, marking the net’s highest-rated regular-season basketball game ever (BTN).
The charts below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
AFC Divisional Playoff:
Patriots-Texans |
1/13
|
CBS
|
4:41-7:59pm
|
21.7
|
37,700
|
AFC Divisional Playoff:
Ravens-Broncos |
1/12
|
CBS
|
4:36-8:53pm
|
n/a
|
35,300
|
NFC Divisional Playoff:
Falcons-Seahawks |
1/13
|
Fox
|
1:06-4:30pm
|
19.3
|
32,100
|
NFC Divisional Playoff:
49ers-Packers |
1/12
|
Fox
|
8:30-11:36pm
|
16.9
|
30,886
|
| "The NFL Today" |
1/13
|
CBS
|
4:00-4:41pm
|
7.7
|
n/a
|
| "Fox NFL Special" |
1/13
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:06pm
|
4.9
|
n/a
|
| "The NFL Today" |
1/12
|
CBS
|
4:00-4:36pm
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
| "Fox NFL Special" |
1/12
|
Fox
|
7:30-8:25pm
|
1.9
|
n/a
|
NCAA Basketball:
Michigan-Ohio State |
1/13
|
CBS
|
1:30-4:00pm
|
1.2
|
n/a
|
| Incredible Dog Challenge |
1/12
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.0
|
1,320
|
| Liga MX: Tijuana-Leon |
1/12
|
Telef.
|
7:53-10:03pm
|
0.4
|
616
|
| Snowboarding: USSA Grand Prix |
1/13
|
NBC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
612
|
| Skiing: USSA Freeskiing Grand Prix |
1/12
|
NBC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
512
|
| "USSA special" |
1/13
|
NBC
|
3:30-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
455
|
"Ticket to the Tour:
PGA Tour Q School" |
1/12
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
402
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
1/12
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
n/a
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
BCS Championship:
Alabama-Notre Dame |
1/7
|
ESPN
|
8:25-11:32pm
|
15.1
|
26,380
|
| "College GameDay" |
1/7
|
ESPN
|
6:00-8:00pm
|
2.0
|
3,142
|
| NBA: Thunder-Lakers |
1/11
|
ESPN
|
10:42pm-1:04am
|
1.6
|
2,307
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
1/13
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
1.6
|
2,209
|
| NCAA Basketball: Duke-NC State |
1/12
|
ESPN
|
12:00-2:08pm
|
1.5
|
2,164
|
| NBA: Lakers-Spurs |
1/9
|
ESPN
|
8:06-10:31pm
|
1.4
|
2,009
|
| NBA: Bulls-Knicks |
1/11
|
ESPN
|
8:05-10:42pm
|
1.2
|
1,891
|
| NBA: Mavericks-Clippers |
1/9
|
ESPN
|
10:31pm-1:08am
|
1.2
|
1,760
|
NCAA Basketball:
North Carolina-Florida State |
1/12
|
ESPN
|
2:08-4:11pm
|
1.0
|
1,530
|
| NBA: Knicks-Pacers |
1/10
|
TNT
|
8:16-10:49pm
|
1.1
|
1,448
|
