Menu
Research and Ratings

Overnight Ratings: NASCAR Sprint Cup's Last Race Before The Chase Down From '13

This past weekend saw a heavy slate of sports programming, led by the opening Sunday of the NFL regular season, Week 2 of the college football season and the U.S. Open women’s final. NASCAR also concluded its “regular season” on Saturday night, as next Sunday starts the Chase for the Sprint Cup. ABC drew a 2.7 overnight rating for the Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts from Richmond, down from a 2.9 rating for the same race on the same weekend in both '13 and '12.

LONG DRIVE COMPETITION: NBC drew a 1.5 overnight for the final round of the PGA Tour BMW Championship yesterday, which saw Billy Horschel win the third event in FedExCup Playoffs by two strokes over Bubba Watson. Last year’s BMW Championship aired up against Week 2 of the NFL and had weather delays. Final round coverage in ’13 drew a 0.9 overnight on NBC, but the weather delays forced the event to finish on Golf Channel the following day. The final round in ’12 drew a 2.6 overnight against Week 1 of the NFL, but that Sunday telecast saw Rory McIlroy hold off Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson by two strokes, with Tiger Woods three strokes back in fourth place.

The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RAT.
U.S. Open: Women's Semifinals
9/5
CBS
1:45-6:00pm
1.4
College Football: (regional)
9/6
ABC
12:00-3:00pm
2.1
College Football: USC-Stanford
9/6
ABC
3:00-6:00pm
4.6
"NASCAR Countdown"
9/6
ABC
7:00-7:30pm
2.3
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond)
9/6
ABC
7:30-11:00pm
2.7
U.S. Open: Men's Semifinals
9/6
CBS
12:00-6:00pm
1.9
MLB: (regional)
9/6
Fox
1:00-4:15pm
1.1
College Football: Oregon-Michigan State
9/6
Fox
6:30-10:00pm
4.0
"Notre Dame Reborn"
9/6
NBC
1:30-2:30pm
0.4
"Legacy of Payne"
9/6
NBC
2:30-3:00pm
0.3
PGA Tour: BMW Championship: Third Round
9/6
NBC
3:00-6:00pm
1.4
College Football: Michigan-Notre Dame
9/6
NBC
7:30-11:00pm
3.0
"World of X Games: ASP Surfing"
9/7
ABC
2:30-3:30pm
2.4
WNBA Finals: Sky-Mercury: Game 1
9/7
ABC
3:30-6:00pm
0.4
"The NFL Today"
9/7
CBS
12:00-1:00pm
3.0
NFL: (singleheader)
9/7
CBS
1:00-4:05pm
11.2
U.S. Open: Women's Final:
Serena Williams d. Carolina Wozniacki
9/7
CBS
4:30-6:45pm
4.0
"Fox NFL Sunday"
9/7
Fox
12:00-1:00pm
3.6
NFL: (regional)
9/7
Fox
1:00-4:15pm
9.4
NFL: 49ers-Cowboys (89%)
9/7
Fox
4:15-7:30pm
17.4
"The OT"
9/7
Fox
7:30-8:00pm
8.9
"Road to the Ryder Cup"
9/7
NBC
1:30-2:00pm
0.3
PGA Tour: BMW Championship: Final Round
9/7
NBC
2:00-6:15pm
1.5
"Football Night in America"
9/7
NBC
7:30-8:15pm
6.2
"Sunday Night Football": Colts-Broncos
9/7
NBC
8:30-11:15pm
15.1

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 18, 2024

Sports Business Awards nominees unveiled; NWSL's historic opening weekend and takeaways from CFP deal

ESPN’s Jay Bilas, BTN’s Meghan McKeown, and a deep dive into AppleTV+’s The Dynasty

On this week’s Sports Media Podcast from the New York Post and Sports Business Journal, ESPN’s Jay Bilas talks all things NCAA. Big Ten Network’s Meghan McKeown shares her insight into the Caitlin Clark craze. The Boston Globe’s Chad Finn chats all things Bean Town. And SBJ’s Xavier Hunter drops in to share his findings on how the NWSL is making a social media push.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2014/09/08/Research-and-Ratings/Overnights.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2014/09/08/Research-and-Ratings/Overnights.aspx

CLOSE