NBC’s Game 5 of the Bruins-Blackhawks NHL Stanley Cup Final on Saturday topped all overnight ratings from the weekend. TNT aired the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 yesterday from Sonoma Raceway, earning a 3.0 overnight. That figure is flat compared to last year. CBS got a playoff for the final round of the PGA Tour Travelers Championship yesterday. The final round earned a 2.0 overnight for Ken Duke’s first-ever Tour victory, as he hold off Chris Stroud. That overnight is up from a 1.8 for the final round last year. Fox earned a 2.2 for its MLB regional coverage on Saturday night, which featured Rangers-Cardinals in 44% of markets.
Listed below are overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
6/22
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing |
6/22
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
n/a
|
| PGA Tour: Travelers Championship: Third Round |
6/22
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
| MLB: (regional) |
6/22
|
Fox
|
7:00-10:00pm
|
2.2
|
| AMA Motocross |
6/22
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
| Dew Tour: Ocean City Beach Championships |
6/22
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
| NHL Stanley Cup Final: Bruins-Blackhawks: Game 5 |
6/22
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:00pm
|
4.0
|
| IndyCar: Iowa Corn Indy 250 |
6/23
|
ABC
|
2:30-5:00pm
|
0.7
|
| PGA Tour: Travelers Championship: Final Round |
6/23
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:30pm
|
2.0
|
| Stadium Super Truck Series |
6/23
|
NBC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.4
|
| Dew Tour: Ocean City Beach Championships |
6/23
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
| U.S. Track & Field Championships |
6/23
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
1.0
|
