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Weekly Nielsen Ratings
Published October 24, 2005
NOT READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?: Ratings for ABC’s “Monday Night Football” continue to fall compared to previous years — 11.4 million households watched the Oct. 3 Packers- Panthers matchup, a drop of 7.3 percent. In the same week last year, MNF ranked No. 8 among all prime-time programs. This year, MNF had fallen to No. 11.
Top 10 Network Sports Telecasts |
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| Rank | net | program | date |
rating |
share |
watching households (000s) |
| 1 | FOX | NFL: REGIONAL COVERAGE (LATE GAMES) | 10/9 |
10.8 |
21 |
11931 |
| 2 | ABC | NFL: MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (GREEN BAY-CAR.) | 10/3 |
10.3 |
17 |
11399 |
| 3 | FOX | NFL: POSTGAME | 10/9 |
9.3 |
16 |
10244 |
| 4 | CBS | NFL: REGIONAL COVERAGE (EARLY GAMES) | 10/9 |
8.3 |
19 |
9141 |
| 5 | FOX | MLB: DIV. SERIES (L.A. ANGELS-YANKEES) | 10/9 |
8.1 |
13 |
8911 |
| 6 | ABC | NFL: MONDAY NIGHT PREGAME | 10/3 |
7.9 |
12 |
8750 |
| 7 | FOX | NFL: POSTGAME (THE OT) | 10/9 |
7.1 |
12 |
7808 |
| 8 | FOX | NFL: REGIONAL COVERAGE (EARLY GAMES) | 10/9 |
6.8 |
15 |
7473 |
| 9 | FOX | MLB: DIV. SERIES (ANGELS-YANKEES) | 10/4 |
6.0 |
10 |
6654 |
| 10 | ABC | NFL: MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL POSTGAME | 10/3 |
5.6 |
14 |
6202 |
ESPN SEES BEST WEEK EVER: Ten of cable’s 14 most-watched shows were on ESPN, for an average of 4.58 million viewers per show, a network record. A total of 4.44 million households watched the Ohio State-Penn State game on ESPN, making it the net’s second-most-viewed, regular-season college football game ever.
Top 10 Cable Sports Telecasts |
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rating |
watching |
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| Rank | net | program | date |
national |
cov. area |
share |
households (000s) |
| 1 | ESPN | NFL: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (CINN.-JACK.) | 10/9 |
5.5 |
6.7 |
10 |
6024 |
| 2 | ESPN | MLB: DIV. SERIES (ANGELS-YANKEES) | 10/7 |
4.9 |
6.0 |
10 |
5419 |
| 3 | ESPN | MLB: DIV. SERIES (RED SOX-WHITE SOX) | 10/5 |
4.4 |
5.4 |
9 |
4886 |
| 4 | ESPN | COLLEGE FOOTBALL (OHIO STATE-PENN STATE) | 10/8 |
4.0 |
4.9 |
9 |
4435 |
| 5 | ESPN | MLB: DIV. SERIES (YANKEES-ANGELS) | 10/5 |
3.8 |
4.7 |
9 |
4207 |
| 6 | ESPN | MLB: POSTGAME | 10/5 |
3.8 |
4.6 |
7 |
4138 |
| 7 | ESPN | NFL: PRIME TIME | 10/9 |
3.4 |
4.1 |
7 |
3731 |
| 8 | ESPN2 | MLB: DIV. SERIES (WHITE SOX-RED SOX) | 10/7 |
3.3 |
4.1 |
9 |
3633 |
| 9 | ESPN | MLB: DIV. SERIES (BRAVES-ASTROS) | 10/9 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
8 |
3529 |
| 10 | ESPN | SPORTSCENTER (EARLY) | 10/9 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
6 |
3266 |
Rating — Estimated percent of all TV households of persons tuned to a specifi c program source. One ratings point equals 1,102,000 homes.
Share — Estimated percent of all households using television at that time which are tuned to a specifi c program source.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
