ESPN earned a 2.7 overnight rating for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finale from Homestead-Miami Speedway yesterday afternoon, which saw Jimmie Johnson capture his sixth title in eight years. That figure is flat compared to last year's finale, which saw Brad Keselowski win the championship, and down 27% from the '11 finale, when Tony Stewart won the race and the series title.
CAMPUS TOUR: ABC and CBS tied for the top college football game over the weekend. CBS drew a 3.5 overnight for Auburn's dramatic win over Georgia in the 3:30pm ET window. ABC drew the same rating for USC's upset win over Stanford in the primetime window. The top college game on cable TV on Saturday belonged to ESPN’s Alabama-Mississippi State in primetime, which earned a 2.5 overnight.
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "College Football Countdown" |
11/16
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
1.1
|
| College Football: (regional) |
11/16
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.4
|
| College Football: Stanford-USC |
11/16
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
3.5
|
| "College Football Today" |
11/16
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.7
|
| College Football: Georgia-Auburn |
11/16
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
3.5
|
| College Basketball: Ohio State-Marquette |
11/16
|
Fox
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
| College Football: Oklahoma State-Texas |
11/16
|
Fox
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.7
|
| College Football: Texas Tech-Baylor |
11/16
|
Fox
|
7:00-10:30pm
|
2.1
|
| Boxing: NBC Sports Fight Night |
11/16
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:30pm
|
0.7
|
| Ironman World Championships |
11/16
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
| "The NFL Today" |
11/17
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.7
|
| "NFL on CBS": (single) |
11/17
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
10.4
|
| Courage in Sports Awards |
11/17
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
11/17
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.5
|
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) |
11/17
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
10.5
|
| "NFL on Fox": 49ers-Saints (66%) |
11/17
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:35pm
|
16.7
|
| F1: U.S. Grand Prix |
11/17
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:30pm
|
1.0
|
| ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: France |
11/17
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
| "Football Night In America" |
11/17
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.7
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Chiefs-Broncos |
11/17
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
16.6
|
