A pair of college football games including two top-five ranked teams from the state of Mississippi helped ESPN and CBS lead the weekend in overnight ratings (outside of NFL and MLB coverage). ESPN earned a 3.3 overnight Saturday evening for LSU's upset win over No. 3-ranked Ole Miss, while CBS garnered the same number for top-ranked Mississippi State's win over Kentucky from 3:30-7:00pm ET. Both overnights mark an 18% increase for ESPN and CBS over comparable Week 9 game windows last year. Meanwhile, ABC earned a 2.5 overnight for Michigan State's blowout win over Michigan from 3:30-7:00, up 25% from the net's comparable regional game in '13. Finally, ABC garnered a 3.1 overnight for Ohio State-Penn State in primetime, up 19% from the same matchup last year.
The charts below list overnight ratings from weekend telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| NFL: Colts-Steelers (89%) |
10/26
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
13.0
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
10/26
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
12.3
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Packers-Saints |
10/26
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:40pm
|
11.4
|
| NFL: (regional) |
10/26
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
10.6
|
| World Series; Royals-Giants: Game 5 |
10/26
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:15pm
|
8.2
|
| World Series: Royals-Giants: Game 3 |
10/24
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
8.1
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/26
|
Fox
|
12:45-1:00pm
|
7.6
|
| World Series: Royals-Giants: Game 4 |
10/25
|
Fox
|
8:00pm-12:15am
|
7.1
|
| NFL: Lions-Falcons (from London) |
10/26
|
Fox
|
9:45am-12:45pm
|
6.6
|
| "Football Night in America" |
10/26
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
3.5
|
| College Football: Mississippi State-Kentucky |
10/25
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
3.3
|
| College Football: Ohio State-Penn State |
10/25
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:15pm
|
3.1
|
| College Football: Michigan-Michigan State |
10/25
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:15pm
|
2.5
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/26
|
Fox
|
9:00-9:45pm
|
2.4
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/26
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.3
|
| "College Football Countdown" |
10/25
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.9
|
| College Football: Texas Tech-TCU |
10/25
|
Fox
|
3:30-7:30pm
|
0.9
|
| "College Football Today" |
10/25
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.8
|
| EPL: Manchester United-Chelsea |
10/26
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.8
|
| ISU Grand Prix: Skate America |
10/26
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
| MLS: Sounders-Galaxy |
10/25
|
NBC
|
2:30-5:00pm
|
0.6
|
| "The Grantland Basketball Hour" |
10/25
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
| EPL: Swansea City-Leicester City |
10/25
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
| "World of X Games: Big Wave Hellmen" |
10/26
|
ABC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "Foul Play" |
10/25
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "World of Adventure Sports" |
10/25
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "EPL Goal Zone" |
10/26
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.2
|
| "Dew Tour: Best of City Championhips" |
10/26
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.2
|
