The National University Holiday Bowl led all bowl games in overnight ratings over the weekend, drawing a 3.9 on ESPN for the USC-Nebraska matchup from 8:30pm-12:00am ET on Saturday. That figure is up from a 2.5 overnight for the same bowl in ’13, which featured Texas Tech-Arizona State on a Monday night. The Kansas State-Michigan Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl had the same late Saturday ESPN time slot last year, drawing a 2.9. ESPN also drew a 2.7 for Penn State’s OT win over Boston College in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday, down from a 3.3 overnight for Notre Dame-Rutgers last year.
The chart below lists overnight ratings for sports telecasts on broadcast TV over the weekend, as well as for NBA Christmas Day games on ABC.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| NBA: Thunder-Spurs |
12/25
|
ABC
|
2:30-5:15pm
|
4.0
|
| NBA: Cavaliers-Heat |
12/25
|
ABC
|
5:15-7:45pm
|
5.5
|
| "World of X Games: Video Premiere Show" |
12/27
|
ABC
|
2:30-3:30pm
|
0.5
|
| Duck Commander Independence Bowl: South Carolina-Miami |
12/27
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.5
|
| Hyundai Sun Bowl: Arizona State-Duke |
12/27
|
CBS
|
2:00-6:00pm
|
2.6
|
| "World Series of Fighting Highlights" |
12/27
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "Red Bull Signature Series: Rampage" |
12/27
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
| "WWE Tribute to the Troops" |
12/27
|
NBC
|
8:00-9:00pm
|
1.5
|
| "The NFL Today" |
12/28
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.9
|
| NFL: Chargers-Chiefs (65%) |
12/28
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:25pm
|
10.8
|
| NFL: (regional) |
12/28
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
6.7
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
12/28
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.9
|
| NFL: (regional) |
12/28
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:25pm
|
10.5
|
| NFL: Lions-Packers (87%) |
12/28
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
16.9
|
| "EPL Goal Zone" |
12/28
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:00pm
|
0.3
|
| "World of Adventure Sports" |
12/28
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.2
|
| "Dew Tour: Best of Breckenridge" |
12/28
|
NBC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.3
|
| Equestrian: Grand Slam of Show Jumping |
12/28
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "Football Night in America" |
12/28
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.3
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Bengals-Steelers |
12/28
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
12.7
|
