CBS earned a 4.8 overnight rating for its Texas A&M-LSU college football game Saturday night, leading the way among college football telecasts. ABC’s primetime coverage of Baylor-Oklahoma State drew a 4.0 overnight. The net’s regional coverage in the 3:30pm ET window garnered a 2.9 overnight. Fox’ Arizona State-UCLA contest Saturday night earned a 1.9 overnight and NBC’s Notre Dame-BYU game drew a 1.7 overnight. The top college game on cable TV belonged to ESPN, which saw Michigan State-Northwestern earn a 1.8 overnight. FS1’s top offering was Oklahoma-Kansas State, which earned a 0.8 overnight.
ALL THAT HOOPLA: The men’s college basketball HOF Championship between North Carolina and Louisville drew a 0.7 on ESPN on Sunday, while the Indiana-UConn matchup in the finals of the 2K Sports Classic on Friday night drew an identical overnight on ESPN2.
GETTING THEIR KICKS: NBC’s EPL Chelsea-West Ham match earned the net a 0.5 overnight. Meanwhile, ESPN’s MLS Timbers-Real Salt Lake playoff contest drew a 0.2 overnight Sunday evening.
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "College Football Countdown" |
11/23
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
1.4
|
| College Football: (regional) |
11/23
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.9
|
| College Football: Baylor-Oklahoma State |
11/23
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
4.0
|
| "College Football Today" |
11/23
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
1.1
|
| College Football: Texas A&M-LSU |
11/23
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
4.8
|
| College Football: Arizona State-UCLA |
11/23
|
Fox
|
7:00-10:45pm
|
1.9
|
| EPL: West Ham-Chelsea |
11/23
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
| Red Bull Signature Series: Hare Scramble |
11/23
|
NBC
|
2:30-3:30pm
|
0.5
|
| College Football: BYU-Notre Dame |
11/23
|
NBC
|
3:30-7:15pm
|
1.7
|
| "The NFL Today" |
11/24
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.8
|
| "NFL on CBS": (single) |
11/24
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
11.5
|
| "2014 Monster Jam Preview Show" |
11/24
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
11/24
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.5
|
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) |
11/24
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:25pm
|
9.8
|
| "NFL on Fox": Cowboys-Giants (96%) |
11/24
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
18.9
|
| F1: Grand Prix of Brazil |
11/24
|
NBC
|
11:00am-2:00pm
|
0.9
|
| ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Russia |
11/24
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.7
|
| Figure Skating: Family Skating Tribute |
11/24
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
1.0
|
| "Football Night in America" |
11/24
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
N/A
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Broncos-Patriots |
11/24
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:45pm
|
17.0
|
