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Thanksgiving Overnight Ratings: Rangers-Bruins Tied For NBC's Best Black Friday Game

Thanksgiving weekend was heavy on NFL and college football action, but several other sports telecasts aired. The NHL had its annual Black Friday telecast on NBC, with Rangers-Bruins drawing a 1.1 overnight rating. That figure is tied for the best overnight since the game began a few years ago and up slightly from a 1.0 for Rangers-Flyers last year. NBC had ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating once again on Sunday afternoon. This year's 0.9 overnight is up slightly from a 0.8 last year. NBC also aired skiing's USSA Nature Valley Aspen Winternational again on Sunday afternoon. Both this year and last year drew a 0.4.

The chart below lists overnight ratings from sports telecasts during Thanksgiving weekend.

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RATING
"Fox NFL Kickoff"
11/26
Fox
10:30-11:30am
n/a
"Fox NFL Special"
11/26
Fox
11:30am-12:30pm
4.2
NFL: Eagles-Lions
11/26
Fox
12:30-3:45pm
13.8
"2015 U.S. Open: Spieth's Northwest Conquest"
11/26
Fox
4:00-5:00pm
3.3
"The NFL Today"
11/26
CBS
4:00-4:30pm
7.8
NFL: Panthers-Cowboys
11/26
CBS
4:30-7:45pm
15.3
National Dog Show
11/26
NBC
12:00-2:00pm
n/a
"Football Night in America"
11/26
NBC
8:00-8:30pm
7.3
NFL: Bears-Packers
11/26
NBC
8:30-11:45pm
14.6
College football: Navy-Houston
11/27
ABC
12:00-3:15pm
2.2
College football: Iowa-Nebraska
11/27
ABC
3:30-7:00pm
3.5
"Best of College Football"
11/27
CBS
1:30-2:30pm
0.9
College football: Missouri-Arkansas
11/27
CBS
2:30-6:00pm
1.3
College football: Washington-Washington State
11/27
Fox
3:30-7:00pm
1.2
NHL: Rangers-Bruins
11/27
NBC
1:00-4:00pm
1.1
College football: Ohio State-Michigan
11/28
ABC
12:00-3:30pm
6.8
College football: (regional)
11/28
ABC
3:30-7:00pm
3.2
College football: Oklahoma-Oklahoma State
11/28
ABC
8:00pm-12:00am
n/a
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing
11/28
CBS
1:30-2:30pm
0.4
"Inside NCAA Football"
11/28
CBS
2:30-3:00pm
0.5
"College Football Today"
11/28
CBS
3:00-3:30pm
1.1
College football: Alabama-Auburn
11/28
CBS
3:30-7:15pm
5.3
"Fox College Pregame"
11/28
Fox
3:00-3:30pm
n/a
College football: Notre Dame-Stanford
11/28
Fox
7:30-11:00pm
4.8
EPL: Leicester City-Manchester United
11/28
NBC
12:30-2:30pm
0.8
"EPL Goal Zone"
11/28
NBC
2:30-3:00pm
n/a
Premier Boxing Champions (Charlo-Campfort)
11/28
NBC
3:00-6:00pm
0.8
"World of X Games: Peace Park 4"
11/29
ABC
2:00-2:30pm
0.4
"World of X Games: In Motion"
11/29
ABC
2:30-3:00pm
0.4
"The NFL Today"
11/29
CBS
12:00-1:00pm
2.5
NFL: (regional)
11/29
CBS
1:00-4:25pm
7.8
NFL: Steelers-Seahawks (98%)
11/29
CBS
4:25-7:30pm
16.7
"Fox NFL Kickoff"
11/29
Fox
11:00am-12:00pm
n/a
"Fox NFL Sunday"
11/29
Fox
12:00-1:00pm
4.0
NFL: (singleheader)
11/29
Fox
1:00-4:05pm
13.3
"College Football Playoff Preview"
11/29
Fox
5:00-6:00pm
n/a
"World of Adventure Sports"
11/29
NBC
12:00-1:00pm
0.5
"Red Bull Series: Straight Rhythm"
11/29
NBC
1:00-3:00pm
0.4
Skiing: USSA Nature Valley Aspen Winternational
11/29
NBC
3:00-4:00pm
0.4
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
11/29
NBC
4:00-6:00pm
0.9
"Football Night in America"
11/29
NBC
7:30-8:15pm
4.1
"Sunday Night Football": Patriots-Broncos
11/29
NBC
8:30pm-12:00am
16.2

 

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