ESPN drew a 2.3 overnight rating for Notre Dame’s first-ever ACC men’s hoops title on Saturday night, with the win over North Carolina up slightly from a 2.2 overnight for Virginia-Duke on a Sunday afternoon last year. This year was the first time the ACC title game aired on a Saturday night since the early ‘80s. Meanwhile, CBS drew a 2.6 overnight for Wisconsin’s OT win over Michigan State in the Big Ten title game yesterday afternoon, up from a 2.4 for Michigan-Michigan State last year. ESPN yesterday drew a 2.0 overnight for the SEC Championship, which saw Kentucky remain undefeated. That figure is down from a 2.1 last year for Kentucky-Florida. Last night, ESPN drew a 1.6 overnight for its traditionally college hoops-themed “30 for 30” documentary following the “Bracketology” show. “I Hate Christian Laettner” was up from a 1.1 overnight for “Requiem For The Big East” in the same 9:00pm ET time slot last year.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "World of X Games: Good Company with Tom Wallisch" |
3/14
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.5
|
| "World of X Games: Winter Stories with James Woods andKaitlyn Farrington" |
3/14
|
ABC
|
3:30-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
3/14
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
| College basketball: Big Ten Semifinals: Wisconsin-Purdue |
3/14
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:30pm
|
1.6
|
| College basketball: Big Ten Semifinals: Michigan State-Maryland |
3/14
|
CBS
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
2.5
|
| College basketball: MWC Championship: San Diego State-Wyoming |
3/14
|
CBS
|
6:00-8:15pm
|
1.2
|
| NASCAR Xfinity Series: Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 (Phoenix) |
3/14
|
Fox
|
4:15-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
| Red Bull Series: "Double Pipe" |
3/14
|
NBC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.4
|
| U.S. Skiing specials |
3/14
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| PGA Tour: Valspar Championships: Third Round |
3/14
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
| NBA: Bulls-Thunder |
3/15
|
ABC
|
1:00-3:30pm
|
1.9
|
| NBA: Rockets-Clippers |
3/15
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:30pm
|
2.2
|
| "Road to the Final Four" |
3/15
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
1.0
|
| College basketball: A-10 Championship: VCU-Dayton |
3/15
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:30pm
|
1.2
|
| College basketball: Big Ten Championship: Wisconsin-Michigan State |
3/15
|
CBS
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
2.6
|
| "NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show" |
3/15
|
CBS
|
6:00-7:00pm
|
3.9
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: CampingWorld.com 500 (Phoenix) |
3/15
|
Fox
|
3:45-6:45pm
|
3.8
|
| NHL: Red Wings-Penguins |
3/15
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:15pm
|
0.8
|
| PGA Tour: Valspar Championships: Final Round |
3/15
|
NBC
|
3:15-7:00pm
|
2.4
|
