CBS on Saturday afternoon drew a 5.4 overnight rating for Alabama's come-from-behind win over Ole Miss, topping all CFB games over the weekend and up 100% from a 2.7 rating for the comparable Week 2 matchup last year (Auburn-LSU) in the same 3:30-7:00pm ET window. Saturday's game peaked at a 6.7 rating between 6:30-7:00pm. Meanwhile, Louisville's 63-20 rout of Florida State drew a 4.5 overnight for ABC in the noon window, the best rating for an ESPN network in that window in 11 years. The game drew a 28.6 local rating in Louisville, the highest ever for that market for a game on an ESPN network. Fox on Saturday night drew a 3.8 overnight for Ohio State's blowout win over Oklahoma, which was delayed by more than an hour due to inclement weather. Fox' all-time best college football regular-season rating was a 4.8 for last season's Notre Dame-Stanford matchup, which ended on a last-season field goal on Thanksgiving weekend. NBC on Saturday night drew a 3.2 overnight for Michigan State-Notre Dame.
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY: Fox yesterday drew a 0.8 rating for the first-ever MLS regionalized coverage on broadcast TV, which featured Sporting KC-Galaxy (2:00pm ET start) and Toronto FC-Red Bulls (5:00pm) airing around the net's NFL singleheader coverage. The rating is expected to mark MLS' best regular-season audience to date.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| College football: Florida State-Louisville |
9/17
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:45pm
|
4.5
|
| College football: Oregon-Nebraska |
9/17
|
ABC
|
3:45-7:30pm
|
2.6
|
| College football: USC-Stanford |
9/17
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
2.1
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (taped) |
9/17
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "College Football Today" |
9/17
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.9
|
| College football: Alabama-Ole Miss |
9/17
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
5.4
|
| MLB: (regional) |
9/17
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
1.3
|
| "Fox College Saturday" |
9/17
|
Fox
|
8:30-9:00pm
|
1.9
|
| College football: Ohio State-Oklahoma |
9/17
|
Fox
|
9:00pm-12:45am
|
3.8
|
| EPL: Everton-Middlesbrough |
9/17
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
NASCAR Xfinity Series:
Drive for Safety 300 (Chicagoland) |
9/17
|
NBC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
1.1
|
| College football: Michigan State-Notre Dame |
9/17
|
NBC
|
7:30-11:15pm
|
3.2
|
| "The NFL Today" |
9/18
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.7
|
| NFL: (regional) |
9/18
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
10.9
|
| NFL: Colts-Broncos (74%) |
9/18
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
13.6
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
9/18
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.1
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
9/18
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.6
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
9/18
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
12.3
|
| MLS: (regional) |
9/18
|
Fox
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
| LPGA: Evian Championship: Final Round |
9/18
|
NBC
|
12:00-1:30pm
|
0.6
|
| Red Bull Global Rallycross (taped) |
9/18
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:00pm
|
0.3
|
| Rio Paralympics (taped) |
9/18
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "Football Night in America" |
9/18
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
6.0
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Packers-Vikings |
9/18
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:45pm
|
13.6
|
