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Final Ratings: UFC Prelims Set Record On FX; Nets See New High On YES
Published February 8, 2013
FX averaged a 1.0 U.S. rating and 1.9 million viewers for the UFC 156 prelims on Saturday night from 8:00-10:00pm ET, figures that “set several ratings marks on the network.” FX Exec VP Chuck Saftler said that the viewership is the “largest for a preliminary show the UFC has ever done, including when it was on Spike.” Saftler: “Probably most importantly, it took about a year for people to understand that UFC had moved from Spike to Fox and specifically for prelims, FX. That was not easy messaging because for a year, Spike was still putting on repeats of UFC product. I think that was confusing people” (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 2/5).
NOTES: YES Network averaged a 3.1 local rating in N.Y. for the Lakers-Nets game on Tuesday night, marking the channel’s most-watched Nets game ever (YES)….January marked the Big Ten Network’s best monthly primetime ratings average ever among the net’s eight metered markets (BTN)….FS Arizona drew a 1.5 local rating in Phoenix for the Wild-Coyotes game on Monday night, marking the Coyotes’ highest-rated regular-season game since ’04 (FS Arizona).
The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| "Super Bowl Greatest Commercials" |
1/30
|
CBS
|
8:00-9:00pm
|
6.0
|
9,652
|
| Soccer friendly: Mexico-Denmark |
1/30
|
UniMas
|
9:49pm-12:17am
|
1.1
|
2,094
|
| "NFL Honors" |
2/2
|
CBS
|
9:00-11:00pm
|
2.6
|
3,995
|
| U.S. Figure Skating Championships |
2/2
|
NBC
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,200
|
| PGA Tour: Waste Management Phoenix Open: Third Round |
2/2
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.9
|
2,700
|
| Liga MX: Leon-Cruz Azul |
2/2
|
Telem.
|
9:00-11:08pm
|
0.4
|
763
|
| Liga MX: Tigres UANL-Tijuana |
2/2
|
UniMas
|
7:53-10:00pm
|
0.5
|
821
|
| Liga MX: Club America-Queretaro |
2/2
|
Univ.
|
6:00-8:00pm
|
0.6
|
922
|
| Super Bowl XLVII: Ravens-49ers* |
2/3
|
CBS
|
6:32-10:47pm
|
46.4
|
108,693
|
| Super Bowl postgame |
2/3
|
CBS
|
10:51-11:11pm
|
28.7
|
63,260
|
| NHL: Penguins-Capitals |
2/3
|
NBC
|
12:30-3:15pm
|
0.9
|
1,500
|
| PGA Tour: Waste Management Phoenix Open: Final Round |
2/3
|
NBC
|
3:15-5:45pm
|
2.8
|
4,300
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| NCAA Basketball: Michigan-Indiana |
2/2
|
ESPN
|
8:55-11:09pm
|
2.5
|
4,035
|
| NBA: Lakers-Suns |
1/30
|
ESPN
|
10:33pm-1:04am
|
1.6
|
2,431
|
| NBA: Lakers-T'Wolves |
2/1
|
ESPN
|
9:38-11:56pm
|
1.4
|
2,032
|
| NBA: Heat-Nets |
1/30
|
ESPN
|
8:05-10:33pm
|
1.3
|
2,003
|
| UFC 156 Prelims |
2/2
|
FX
|
8:00-10:01pm
|
1.0
|
1,897
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
2/3
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-2:01pm
|
1.2
|
1,756
|
| NCAA Basketball: Kentucky-Texas A&M |
2/2
|
ESPN
|
6:06-10:39pm
|
1.1
|
1,735
|
| NCAA Basketball: Kentucky-Ole Miss |
1/29
|
ESPN
|
9:02-11:13pm
|
1.1
|
1,714
|
| NBA: Heat-Pacers |
2/1
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:38pm
|
1.1
|
1,639
|
| NBA: Grizzlies-Thunder |
1/31
|
TNT
|
8:17-10:43pm
|
1.1
|
1,612
|
