NBC earned a 4.6 overnight Nielsen rating for the race segment of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday from 6:15-7:00pm ET, which saw Palace Malice win the final race in the Triple Crown. The 4.6 rating is down from a 5.4 overnight for last year’s race, which saw Triple Crown contender I’ll Have Another scratched the day before the event. The 4.6 overnight is also down slightly from a 4.8 rating in ’11. The Belmont Stakes last saw a Triple Crown contender run in ’08, when Big Brown finished in last place after pulling up due to a cracked hoof. That ’08 race drew a 10.5 overnight on ABC. Despite the drop, the race was the most-watched sporting event of the day.
NOTES: NBC also had its second live F1 broadcast of the season, with the Canadian Grand Prix drawing a 0.9 overnight on Sunday afternoon. That figure is up from a 0.8 rating for the same race on Fox last season. CBS earned a 2.1 overnight for the final round of the PGA Tour FedEx St. Jude Classic yesterday, up slightly from a 2.0 for the final round last year.
The charts below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| WNBA: Mercury-Fever |
6/8
|
ABC
|
3:30-5:30pm
|
0.6
|
| IndyCar: Firestone 500 (Texas) |
6/8
|
ABC
|
8:30-11:00pm
|
1.1
|
| PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Classic: Third Round |
6/8
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.3
|
| MLB: (regional) |
6/8
|
Fox
|
7:00-10:30pm
|
3.2
|
| French Open: Women's Final: Serena Williams d. Maria Sharapova |
6/8
|
NBC
|
9:00am-1:00pm
|
1.8
|
| World of Adventure Sports |
6/8
|
NBC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
| Belmont Stakes |
6/8
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:15pm
|
2.5
|
| Belmont Stakes (race portion) |
6/8
|
NBC
|
6:15-7:00pm
|
4.6
|
| NHL Western Conference Finals: Kings-Blackhawks: Game 5 |
6/8
|
NBC
|
8:00pm-12:15am
|
2.9
|
| NBA Finals: Spurs-Heat: Game 2 |
6/9
|
ABC
|
8:00-10:30pm
|
10.2
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Series |
6/9
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
| PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Classic: Final Round |
6/9
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
2.1
|
| French Open: Men's Final: Rafael Nadal d. David Ferrer |
6/9
|
NBC
|
9:00am-2:00pm
|
1.7
|
| F1 Canadian Grand Prix |
6/9
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:30pm
|
0.9
|
| "F1 36" |
6/9
|
NBC
|
4:30-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "1971 U.S. Open: Lee Trevino: An American Champion" |
6/9
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
