ESPN2 yesterday from 4:30-7:15pm ET drew a 0.4 overnight for the MLS debut of Orlando City SC and NYC FC, which ended in a 1-1 draw. There was no corresponding Sunday window last season. Timbers-Red Bulls in ’13 in a primetime window drew a 0.2 overnight....CBS drew a 1.8 overnight for Florida-Kentucky on Saturday afternoon, which saw the UK men’s team finish the season undefeated. The figure was below the 2.6 overnight earned by ESPN for Duke-North Carolina on Saturday night....Fox drew a 4.3 overnight for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway yesterday from 3:45-6:45pm, up from a 4.1 overnight for the same race last season. Both races were the third race of the Sprint Cup season....NBC drew a 2.6 overnight for the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship yesterday, which saw Dustin Johnson win the event at Doral. Last year’s final round drew a 3.4 overnight, which saw Patrick Reed win the event by one stroke over Bubba Watson and Jamie Donaldson.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| College basketball: Syracuse-N.C. State |
3/7
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.9
|
| College basketball: Florida-Kentucky |
3/7
|
CBS
|
2:00-4:15pm
|
1.8
|
| College basketball: Stanford-Arizona |
3/7
|
CBS
|
4:15-6:30pm
|
1.0
|
| "College Hoops Tip-Off" |
3/7
|
Fox
|
11:30am-12:00pm
|
0.4
|
| College basketball: Seton Hall-Georgetown |
3/7
|
Fox
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
0.4
|
| College basketball: St. John's-Villanova |
3/7
|
Fox
|
2:15-4:15pm
|
0.4
|
| Gymnastics: AT&T American Cup |
3/7
|
NBC
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
| WGC: Cadillac Championships: Third Round |
3/7
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.7
|
| Premier Boxing Champions |
3/7
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:00pm
|
2.5
|
| NBA: Bulls-Spurs |
3/8
|
ABC
|
12:56-3:30pm
|
1.9
|
| NBA: Clippers-Warriors |
3/8
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
2.3
|
| College basketball: Memphis-Cincinnati |
3/8
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
0.8
|
| College basketball: MVC Championship: Northern Iowa-Illinois State |
3/8
|
CBS
|
2:15-4:30pm
|
0.8
|
| College basketball: Wisconsin-Ohio State |
3/8
|
CBS
|
4:30-6:30pm
|
1.4
|
| "NASCAR Pre-Race" |
3/8
|
Fox
|
3:00-3:45pm
|
2.6
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Kobalt 500 (Las Vegas) |
3/8
|
Fox
|
3:45-6:45pm
|
4.3
|
| "NHL Pre-Game" |
3/8
|
NBC
|
12:00-12:30pm
|
0.8
|
| NHL: Red Wings-Bruins |
3/8
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:00pm
|
1.0
|
| WGC: Cadillac Championships: Final Round |
3/8
|
NBC
|
3:00-7:00pm
|
2.6
|
