Fox on Saturday night drew a 1.0 overnight rating for the MLS Cup finale, which saw the Sounders defeat Toronto FC in penalty kicks. This year’s game, which returned to broadcast TV for the first time since ’08, is tied with ’07, ’05 and ’02 (all on ABC) as the best MLS Cup finale overnight since ’01. The 1.0 rating is up from a 0.4 overnight for Timbers-Crew last year, which aired on a Sunday afternoon on ESPN opposite NFL action. Seattle-Tacoma led all markets on Saturday night with a 9.9 local rating, followed by Portland and Baltimore with a 1.5. Toronto is not a Nielsen-rated market.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "World of X Games: Real Snow Backcountry" |
12/10
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "Championship Drive: CFP Playoff Preview" |
12/10
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "College Football's Glory Road" |
12/10
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.6
|
| College basketball: Notre Dame-Villanova |
12/10
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
1.2
|
| "College Football Today" |
12/10
|
CBS
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
1.8
|
| College football: Army-Navy |
12/10
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:30pm
|
5.6
|
| "UFC's Road to the Octagon" |
12/10
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Golf: Franklin Templeton Shootout: Final Round |
12/10
|
Fox
|
1:00-5:00pm
|
0.7
|
| College basketball: Utah-Xavier |
12/10
|
Fox
|
5:30-7:30pm
|
0.4
|
| MLS Cup: Sounders FC-Toronto FC |
12/10
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:15pm
|
1.0
|
| EPL: Leicester City-Manchester City |
12/10
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.9
|
| Ironman World Championships (taped) |
12/10
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
0.6
|
| Golf: PNC Father/Son Challenge |
12/10
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
| "The NFL Today" |
12/11
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.7
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
12/11
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
11.3
|
| Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest (taped) |
12/11
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.4
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
12/11
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.5
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
12/11
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.6
|
| NFL: (regional) |
12/11
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
9.4
|
| NFL nat'l window: Seahawks-Packers (67%) |
12/11
|
Fox
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
15.7
|
| Golf: PNC Father/Son Challenge |
12/11
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
| "Football Night in America" |
12/11
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:20pm
|
5.7
|
| "SNF": Cowboys-Giants |
12/11
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
16.5
|
