College bowl season got underway on Saturday, with ABC drawing a 2.4 overnight rating for Boise State's win over Oregon in the Las Vegas Bowl from 3:30-7:15pm ET. That number is down from a 2.6 last year for Houston-San Diego State. Earlier on Saturday, ABC drew a 1.7 overnight for North Carolina A&T's win over Grambling State in the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl, down from a 2.0 for the same matchup last year.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl:
Grambling-N.C. A&T |
12/16
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
1.7
|
| Las Vegas Bowl: Boise State-Oregon |
12/16
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.4
|
| College basketball: Syracuse-Georgetown |
12/16
|
CBS
|
12:30-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
| College basketball: Cincinnati-UCLA |
12/16
|
CBS
|
3:30-5:30pm
|
0.7
|
| College basketball: Purdue-Butler |
12/16
|
Fox
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
0.6
|
| College basketball: Notre Dame-Indiana |
12/16
|
Fox
|
2:30-5:15pm
|
0.7
|
| UFC on Fox 26: Rafael Dos Santos d. Robbie Lawler |
12/16
|
Fox
|
8:00-10:30pm
|
1.4
|
| EPL: Manchester City-Tottenham Hotspur |
12/16
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.9
|
| U.S. Olympic trials: Short Track Speed Skating |
12/16
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
0.9
|
| Golf: PNC Father/Son Challenge (taped) |
12/16
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
| "World of X Games: Real Snow" |
12/17
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "The NFL Today" |
12/17
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
2.2
|
| NFL: (regional) |
12/17
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:25pm
|
6.7
|
| NFL national window: Patriots-Steelers (91%) |
12/17
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:40pm
|
17.0
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
12/17
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.5
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
12/17
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
3.5
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
12/17
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:25pm
|
11.6
|
| "Herd for the Holidays" |
12/17
|
Fox
|
4:30-5:30pm
|
3.4
|
| U.S. Olympic trials: Short Track Speed Skating |
12/17
|
NBC
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.7
|
| Golf: PNC Father/Son Challenge (taped) |
12/17
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
| "Football Night in America" |
12/17
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.2
|
| "SNF": Cowboys-Raiders |
12/17
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
12.3
|
