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Final Ratings For Weekend Sports Events

The following lists final Nielsen ratings for weekend sports events (THE DAILY).

SHOW
DATE
NET
TIME
RAT/SHR
NCAA Football: (regional)
11/4
ABC
12:00-3:15pm
3.1/-
Golf: PGA Tour: The Tour Championship: Third Round
11/4
ABC
3:30-7:00pm
1.4/-
NCAA Football: (regional)
11/4
ABC
8:00-11:15pm
3.8/-
Ultimate Blackjack Tour
11/4
CBS
2:00-3:00pm
0.6/1
NCAA Football: LSU-Tennessee
11/4
CBS
3:30-7:00pm
3.9/9
NCAA Football: UNC-Notre Dame
11/4
NBC
2:30-6:00pm
2.5/6
Golf: PGA Tour: The Tour Championship: Final Round
11/5
ABC
1:00-5:00pm
0.9/-
SmartOnes Skate America
11/5
ABC
5:00-6:00pm
2.0/-
"The NFL Today"
11/5
CBS
12:00-1:00pm
3.2/8
"NFL on CBS": (regional)
11/5
CBS
1:00-4:15pm
7.9/18
"NFL on CBS": Broncos-Steelers (84%)
11/5
CBS
4:15-7:30pm
13.1/24
"Fox NFL Sunday"
11/5
Fox
12:00-1:00pm
2.9/8
NFL on Fox: (regional)
11/5
Fox
1:00-4:15pm
9.8/22
ING New York City Marathon
11/5
NBC
1:30-2:30pm
1.0/2
NASCAR Nextel Cup: Bank of America Countdown to Green Pre-Race Show
11/5
NBC
2:30-3:00pm
2.2/5
NASCAR Nextel Cup: Dickies 500
11/5
NBC
3:00-7:00pm
4.3/8
"Sunday Night Football": Colts-Patriots
11/5
NBC
8:15-11:30pm
14.0/22


SHOW
DATE
NET
U.S. AREA
COV. AREA
000s
"Monday Night Football": Giants-Cowboys
10/23
ESPN
10.5
12.7
11726
"Monday Night Countdown"
10/23
ESPN
2.5
3.1
2821
"NFL PrimeTime"
10/23
ESPN
1.5
1.8
1666
NCAA Football: Clemson-Virginia Tech
10/26
ESPN
1.7
2.1
1948
NCAA Football: Tennessee-South Carolina
10/28
ESPN
2.6
3.1
2859
NCAA Football: Northwestern-Michigan
10/28
ESPN
1.4
1.7
1612
"College GameDay"
10/28
ESPN
1.4
1.7
1550
"College GameDay Scoreboard"
10/28
ESPN
1.2
1.5
1360
NCAA Football: Texas-Texas Tech
10/28
TBS
1.6
2.0
1808
"NFL Countdown"
10/29
ESPN
2.1
2.5
2352

PBR World Finals Ratings On
Versus Up 33% From Last Year

LIVE FROM BEIJING: USA TODAY’s Michael Hiestand reports NBC “expects a 20% ratings jump on the eight nights of the [’08 Beijing] Games where it can carry live action from events, such as swimming and gymnastics, moved partly to accommodate U.S. TV” (USA TODAY, 11/10).

NOTES: ESPN earned a 1.5/ (1,381,000 HHs) for four “Game Time” telecasts during the opening week of the NBA season, up 15% and 14%, respectively. for the equivalent telecasts last season....The PBR World Finals on Versus last week earned a 0.4/ (287,527 HHs) cable rating, up 33% from last year. The seven-day event drew 465,481 viewers, up 52% from 306,658 in ’05. Viewers in the men 18-34 demo increased 67%, while men 18-49 and 25-54 were up 33% and 21%, respectively....The 3.9/9 for LSU-Tennessee last Saturday marks the highest-rated college football broadcast on CBS this season. Through 11 college football telecasts, CBS is averaging a 3.0/7 this season, up 11% from a 2.7/6 for ten games at the same point in the ’05 season. The season-to-date average is the highest for CBS’ college football coverage since a 3.1/8 in ’03 (CBS).


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