Overnight Nielsen Ratings From Weekend Sports Events

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NBC's coverage of the Wimbledon gentlemen's final earned it's best rating in eight years, peaking at a 6.5/15 from 4:00-4:30pm ET, and marking the best overnight for a Wimbledon gentlemen's final involving two non-U.S. players since '91 (Becker-Stich, 5.0/17). On Fox, MLB regional coverage on Saturday jumped to a season-high 3.4/9 overnight Nielsen rating for Red Sox-Yankees (78%) and Cubs-Cardinals (21%). The 3.4/9 marks Fox' best overnight rating since June 2 of last year, which also featured the Yankees-Red Sox, and is also up 21% over a 2.8/7 on the same weekend last year. Saturday's 3.4/9 coupled with last week's 3.2/8 marks the first time since last April that Fox' MLB regional coverage has earned better than a 3.0 overnight in consecutive weeks. The following lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports events (THE DAILY).

SHOW

DATE

NET

TIME

RAT/SHR

Wimbledon: Gentlemen's Singles;
Doubles Semifinals (live & tape)

7/4

NBC

12:00-5:00pm

2.0/5

U.S. Olympic Trials: Swimming

7/4

NBC

8:00-9:00pm

2.6/6

LPGA Tour: P&G Beauty
NW Arkansas Championship: Third Round

7/5

CBS

1:30-3:00pm

0.7/2

PGA Tour: AT&T National: Third Round

7/5

CBS

3:00-6:00pm

1.3/3

MLB: (regional)

7/5

Fox

3:30-7:00pm

3.4/9

Wimbledon: Ladies' Finals:
S. Williams-V. Williams

7/5

NBC

9:00am-2:00pm

3.4/10

AVP Crocs Tour: Boulder Open: Men's Final

7/5

NBC

3:00-5:00pm

0.8/2

U.S. Olympic Trials: Track & Field

7/5

NBC

5:00-6:00pm

2.2/5

U.S. Olympic Trials: Swimming

7/5

NBC

8:00-9:00pm

3.0/6

WNBA: Silver Stars-Mystics

7/6

ABC

1:00-3:30pm

0.6/-

IRL IndyCar Series: Camping World
Grand Prix at The Glen

7/6

ABC

3:30-6:00pm

1.0/

LPGA Tour: P&G Beauty
NW Arkansas Championship: Final Round

7/6

CBS

1:30-3:00pm

0.6/2

PGA Tour: AT&T National: Final Round

7/6

CBS

3:00-6:00pm

1.5/3

Wimbledon: Gentlemen's Finals: Nadal-Federer

7/6

NBC

9:00am-4:45pm

4.6/12

AVP Crocs Tour: Boulder Open: Women's Final

7/6

NBC

4:30-6:00pm

1.9/4

U.S. Olympic Trials: Track & Field

7/6

NBC

7:00-8:00pm

4.3/8

U.S. Olympic Trials: Swimming

7/6

NBC

8:00-9:00pm

5.3/9

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