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Nielsen weekly sports ranking
Published July 17, 2006
FOR THE WEEK OF 6/26/06 - 7/2/06
DOUBLE COVERAGE: Univision’s coverage of the FIFA World Cup earned it four of network TV’s 10 most-watched sports programs between June 26 and July 2, but ABC drew the largest soccer audience of the week. Coverage of England-Portugal on July 1 simultaneously drew 3.6 million households on ABC and 1.8 million households on Univision. Fox’s Saturday night coverage of NASCAR’s Pepsi 400 ranked No. 1 for the week.
| Top 10 Network Sports Telecasts | ||||||
| Rank | Net. | Program | Date | Rating |
Share |
Households Watching (000s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FOX | NASCAR: NEXTEL CUP SERIES PEPSI 400 | 7/1 | 5.1 |
11 |
5,569 |
| 2 | ABC | WORLD CUP: ENGLAND-PORTUGAL | 7/1 | 3.3 |
10 |
3,627 |
| 3 | NBC | GOLF: U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN (SUNDAY COVERAGE) | 7/2 | 3.1 |
8 |
3,364 |
| 4 | FOX | MLB: FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL (REGIONAL COVERAGE) | 7/1 | 2.6 |
7 |
2,824 |
| 5 | UNI | WORLD CUP: BRAZIL-FRANCE | 7/1 | 2.3 |
6 |
2,559 |
| 6 | UNI | WORLD CUP: ARGENTINA-GERMANY | 6/30 | 1.6 |
5 |
1,786 |
| 7 | UNI | WORLD CUP: ENGLAND-PORTUGAL | 7/1 | 1.6 |
5 |
1,764 |
| 8 | NBC | GOLF: U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN (SATURDAY COVERAGE) | 7/1 | 1.6 |
4 |
1,725 |
| 9 | UNI | WORLD CUP: BRAZIL-GHANA | 6/27 | 1.4 |
5 |
1,530 |
| 10 | NBC | TENNIS: WIMBLEDON (EARLY ROUND PLAY) | 7/1 | 1.3 |
4 |
1,480 |
TRIFECTA: ESPN posted nine of the week’s 10 most-watched sporting events on cable. The net’s Wednesday night NBA draft coverage averaged 2.2 million households. Its Saturday afternoon World Cup coverage of Brazil vs. France attracted 2.6 million households, the network’s biggest audience for a non-U.S. team game. The final game of the College World Series drew just under 2 million households on a Monday night.
| Top 10 Cable Sports Telecasts | |||||||
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(RATING) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank |
Net |
Program | Date | National | Cov. Area | Share |
Households Watching (000s) |
| 1 | ESPN | WORLD CUP: BRAZIL-FRANCE | 7/1 | 2.4 |
2.9 |
7 |
2,598 |
| 2 | ESPN | NBA DRAFT | 6/28 | 2.0 |
2.4 |
4 |
2,201 |
| 3 | ESPN | MLB: SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL: N.Y. METS-N.Y. YANKEES | 7/2 | 1.9 |
2.3 |
5 |
2,118 |
| 4 | ESPN | COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: UNC-OREGON ST. (CHAMP. GAME) | 6/26 | 1.8 |
2.2 |
4 |
1,968 |
| 5 | ESPN | WORLD CUP: ARGENTINA-GERMANY | 6/30 | 1.6 |
2.0 |
6 |
1,807 |
| 6 | ESPN | WORLD CUP: BRAZIL-GHANA | 6/27 | 1.6 |
1.9 |
6 |
1,722 |
| 7 | ESPN | WORLD CUP: SWITZERLAND-UKRAINE | 6/26 | 1.5 |
1.9 |
5 |
1,705 |
| 8 | ESPN | WORLD CUP: FRANCE-SPAIN | 6/27 | 1.4 |
1.7 |
5 |
1,589 |
| 9 | FX | NASCAR: BUSCH SERIES WINN-DIXIE 250 | 6/30 | 1.4 |
1.7 |
3 |
1,522 |
| 10 | ESPN | WORLD CUP: AUSTRALIA-ITALY | 6/26 | 1.3 |
1.6 |
5 |
1,455 |
Rating — Estimated percent of all TV households of persons tuned to a specific
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 specific program source.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
