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SBJ/June 12 - 18, 2006/Media
Nielsen weekly sports ranking
Published June 12, 2006
FOR THE WEEK OF 5/22/06 - 5/28/06
NASCAR TOPS INDY: Fox’s coverage of NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 during Memorial Day
weekend averaged 5.61 million households, 15.8 percent fewer than last year’s record-setting
audience but still tops for the week among network sports programs. That includes surpassing
the 5.54 million households that tuned in earlier that Sunday for ABC’s Indianapolis
500 coverage. The audience for the IRL race was down 21.9 percent from last year.
| Top 10 Network Sports Telecasts | ||||||
| Rank | Net. | Program | Date | Rating | Share |
Households Watching (000s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FOX | NASCAR: NEXTEL CUP SERIES COCA-COLA 600 | 5/28 | 5.1 |
11 |
5,605 |
| 2 | ABC | IRL: INDIANAPOLIS 500 | 5/28 | 5.0 |
14 |
5,538 |
| 3 | FOX | NASCAR: COCA-COLA 600 PRERACE | 5/28 | 3.2 |
9 |
3,524 |
| 4 | ABC | IRL: INDIANAPOLIS 500 PRERACE | 5/28 | 2.7 |
9 |
2,995 |
| 5 | FOX | MLB: SATURDAY BASEBALL: REGIONAL COVERAGE | 5/27 | 2.2 |
7 |
2,392 |
| 6 | CBS | GOLF: PGA TOUR FEDEX ST. JUDE CLASSIC (THIRD ROUND) | 5/27 | 1.5 |
4 |
1,605 |
| 7 | CBS | GOLF: PGA TOUR FEDEX ST. JUDE CLASSIC (FINAL ROUND) | 5/28 | 1.4 |
4 |
1,517 |
| 8 | NBC | GOLF: SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP (THIRD ROUND) | 5/27 | 0.9 |
3 |
985 |
| 9 | NBC | GOLF: SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP (FINAL ROUND) | 5/28 | 0.9 |
3 |
962 |
| 10 | CBS | FORMULA 1: MONACO GRAND PRIX | 5/28 | 0.8 |
2 |
863 |
PLAYOFFS PULL IN CABLE CROWD: NBA playoff coverage scored nine of the 10 highest-rated
cable sports programs for the May 22-28 week and the eight largest audiences for the week on
cable overall. It wasn’t, however, the start of the conference finals that topped the week’s
ranking. Scoring ahead of TNT’s Phoenix-Dallas Western Conference Finals coverage and
ESPN’s Miami-Detroit Eastern Conference Finals coverage was TNT’s doubleheader of
Game 7s for two Western semis: Dallas-San Antonio and the L.A. Clippers-Phoenix.
| Top 10 Cable Sports Telecasts | |||||||
|
(RATING) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank |
Net |
Program | Date | National | Cov. Area | Share |
Households Watching (000s) |
| 1 | TNT | NBA PLAYOFFS: DALLAS-SAN ANTONIO, GAME 7 | 5/22 | 4.7 |
5.7 |
9 |
5,169 |
| 2 | TNT | NBA PLAYOFFS: L.A. CLIPPERS-PHOENIX, GAME 7 | 5/22 | 4.0 |
4.9 |
11 |
4,404 |
| 3 | ESPN | NBA PLAYOFFS: MIAMI-DETROIT, GAME 2 | 5/25 | 3.8 |
4.7 |
8 |
4,236 |
| 4 | ESPN | NBA PLAYOFFS: MIAMI-DETROIT, GAME 1 | 5/23 | 3.7 |
4.5 |
7 |
4,056 |
| 5 | TNT | NBA PLAYOFFS: PHOENIX-DALLAS, GAME 2 | 5/26 | 3.6 |
4.4 |
8 |
4,010 |
| 6 | TNT | NBA PLAYOFFS: PHOENIX-DALLAS, GAME 1 | 5/24 | 3.5 |
4.2 |
7 |
3,804 |
| 7 | ESPN | NBA PLAYOFFS: DETROIT-MIAMI, GAME 3 | 5/27 | 3.4 |
4.1 |
8 |
3,701 |
| 8 | TNT | NBA PLAYOFFS: DALLAS-PHOENIX, GAME 3 | 5/28 | 3.3 |
4.0 |
7 |
3,642 |
| 9 | TNT | INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS | 5/26 | 1.9 |
2.3 |
5 |
2,075 |
| 10 | ESPN | SPORTSCENTER LATE (11 P.M. ET) | 5/23 | 1.8 |
2.2 |
4 |
1,978 |
Rating — Estimated percent of all TV households of persons tuned to a specific
program source. One ratings point equals 1,096,000 homes.
Share — Estimated percent of all households using television at that time which
are tuned to a specific program source.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
