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Overnight Ratings: Las Vegas Bowl Leads Early Games; "UFC On Fox 17" Flat

Bowl season began over the weekend, with Utah-BYU drawing the best overnight rating in the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl. ABC's telecast on Saturday from 3:45-7:30pm ET drew a 2.5 overnight, up from a 1.7 for Colorado State-BYU last year and up from a 2.3 for USC-Fresno State in '13. ABC also drew a 1.9 overnight for the inaugural Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl on Saturday afternoon. The 12:00-3:45pm telecast featured North Carolina A&T-Alcorn State. Meanwhile, two of ESPN's Saturday bowl games drew a 1.4 overnight. Arizona's win over New Mexico in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl aired from 2:30-5:45pm, while Appalachian State's win over Ohio Univ. aired from 5:45-9:15pm. Louisiana Tech's win over Arkansas State in the R+L Carrier New Orleans Bowl on Saturday from 9:15pm-1:00am drew a 1.0 overnight. 

FIGHT CLUB: Fox drew a 1.8 overnight for its 17th UFC fight telecast on Saturday from 8:00-10:15pm, which aired against the New Mexico Bowl and NFL Network's Jets-Cowboys. The telecast was headlined by Rafael dos Anjos-Donald Cerrone. The 1.8 overnight is flat compared to UFC on Fox 13 last December, which featured Junior Dos Santos' win over Stipe Miocic.

The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RATING
Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl: N.C. A&T-Alcorn State
12/19
ABC
12:00-3:45pm
1.9
Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl: Utah-BYU
12/19
ABC
3:45-7:30pm
2.5
College basketball: UCLA-North Carolina
12/19
CBS
1:00-3:15pm
1.0
College basketball: Ohio State-Kentucky
12/19
CBS
3:30-5:45pm
1.7
"Fox College Hoops Tipoff"
12/19
Fox
11:30am-12:00pm
0.5
College basketball: Wichita State-Seton Hall
12/19
Fox
12:00-2:30pm
0.4
UFC on Fox 17
12/19
Fox
8:00-10:00pm
1.8
EPL: Aston Villa-Newcastle
12/19
NBC
12:30-2:30pm
0.7
"EPL Goal Zone"
12/19
NBC
2:30-3:00pm
0.5
"Red Bull Signature Series"
12/19
NBC
3:00-4:00pm
0.4
Swimming: Duel in the Pool
12/19
NBC
4:00-6:00pm
0.7
"The NFL Today"
12/20
CBS
12:00-1:00pm
2.6
NFL: (regional)
12/20
CBS
1:00-4:15pm
7.9
NFL: Steelers-Broncos (86%)
12/20
CBS
4:25-7:30pm
15.9
"Fox NFL Kickoff"
12/20
Fox
11:00am-12:00pm
1.2
"Fox NFL Sunday"
12/20
Fox
12:00-1:00pm
3.8
NFL: (singleheader)
12/20
Fox
1:00-4:15pm
15.3
"Herd For The Holidays"
12/20
Fox
5:00-6:00pm
2.1
"World of Adventure Sports"
12/20
NBC
1:30-2:30pm
0.3
Dew Tour (replay)
12/20
NBC
2:30-4:00pm
0.3
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
12/20
NBC
4:00-6:00pm
0.8
"Football Night in America"
12/20
NBC
7:30-8:15pm
3.3
"Sunday Night Football": Cardinals-Eagles
12/20
NBC
8:30-11:15pm
11.7

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