Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Events
The following lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports events (THE DAILY).
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SHOW
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DATE
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NET
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TIME
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RAT/SHR
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NFL Kickoff: Redskins-Giants
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9/4
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NBC
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7:08-10:01pm
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8.6/15
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"NFL Opening Kickoff Show"
|
9/5
|
NBC
|
9:00-10:00pm
|
1.4/2
|
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"College Football Countdown"
|
9/6
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:32pm
|
1.2/3
|
| NCAA Football: (regional) |
9/6
|
ABC
|
3:32-7:00pm
|
2.9/6
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| "College Footbal Postgame" |
9/6
|
ABC
|
7:10-8:00pm
|
1.6/3
|
Tennis: U.S. Open: Men's Semifinal:
Federer-Djokovic |
9/6
|
CBS
|
11:00am-2:00pm
|
1.7/4
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Tennis: U.S. Open: Men's Semifinal:
Murray-Nadal* |
9/6
|
CBS
|
2:00-4:45pm
|
1.8/4
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| MLB: (regional) |
9/6
|
Fox
|
3:51-7:08pm
|
1.2/3
|
PGA Tour: FedEx Cup Playoffs:
BMW Championship: Third Round |
9/6
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
0.8/2
|
| NCAA Football: San Diego State-Notre Dame |
9/6
|
NBC
|
3:43-7:23pm
|
2.3/5
|
| WNBA: Silver Stars-Sun |
9/6
|
ABC
|
1:00-3:30pm
|
0.5/1
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| IndyCar Series: Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 |
9/6
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
0.8/2
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| "The NFL Today" |
9/7
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.1/8
|
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) |
9/7
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:05pm
|
9.4/21
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Tennis: U.S. Open: Men's Semifinal:
Murray-Nadal* |
9/7
|
CBS
|
4:30-6:15pm
|
3.0/6
|
Tennis: U.S. Open: Women's Final:
S. Williams-Jankovic* |
9/7
|
CBS
|
9:00-11:54pm
|
3.3/6
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| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
9/7
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.0/6
|
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) |
9/7
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:02pm
|
5.1/11
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| "NFL on Fox": Cowboys-Browns (85%) |
9/7
|
Fox
|
4:19-7:13pm
|
13.0/25
|
| "The OT" |
9/7
|
Fox
|
7:22-8:00pm
|
5.8/10
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PGA Tour: FedEx Cup Playoffs:
BMW Championship: Final Round |
9/7
|
NBC
|
2:00-6:00pm
|
1.2/3
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| "Football Night in America" |
9/7
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.3/-
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| "Sunday Night Football": Bears-Colts |
9/7
|
NBC
|
8:24-11:17pm
|
11.2/18
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Tennis: U.S. Open: Men's Final:
Federer-Murray* |
9/8
|
CBS
|
5:00-7:09pm
|
1.7/4
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* = Saturday men's semifinal halted due to rain and finished on Sunday afternoon. The Women's final was moved to Sunday in primetime, and the men's final was played on Monday evening.
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SHOW
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DATE
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NET
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TIME
|
U.S. AREA
|
COV. AREA
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VIEWERS (000)
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NCAA Football: Tennessee-UCLA
|
9/1
|
ESPN
|
8:08-11:59pm
|
4.1
|
4.8
|
6,240
|
|
NCAA Football:
Fresno State-Rutgers
|
9/1
|
ESPN
|
3:57-7:30pm
|
1.6
|
1.8
|
2,376
|
NCAA Football:
South Carolina-Vanderbilt |
9/4
|
ESPN
|
8:30-11:47pm
|
1.6
|
1.8
|
2,358
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| NCAA Football: Miami-Florida |
9/6
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:09pm
|
4.3
|
5.0
|
6,954
|
| NCAA Football: Ohio-Ohio State |
9/6
|
ESPN
|
12:01-3:05pm
|
2.6
|
3.0
|
3,905
|
NCAA Football:
West Virginia-ECU |
9/6
|
ESPN
|
4:26-7:26pm
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
2,760
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| "College GameDay" |
9/6
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-12:01pm
|
1.3
|
1.5
|
1,736
|
| NCAA Football: Texas-UTEP |
9/6
|
ESPN2
|
10:46pm-1:52am
|
1.0
|
1.2
|
1,555
|
NASCAR Sprint Cup:
Chevy Rock & Roll 400** |
9/7
|
ESPN
|
1:00-4:23pm
|
2.5
|
3.0
|
3,974
|
| MLB: Phillies-Mets |
9/7
|
ESPN
|
8:09-11:01pm
|
1.3
|
1.5
|
1,827
|
** = Race was scheduled for Saturday night on ABC, but Hurricane Hanna forced NASCAR to move the race to Sunday, and it was telecast on ESPN.
NFL NOTES: In Green Bay, Warren Gerds writes signs point to the Jets earning "higher ratings in the Green Bay market" than in N.Y. for last Sunday's season opener against the Dolphins on CBS. The game earned a 12.6/30 in N.Y., and while Milwaukee, the closest metered market to Green Bay, drew a 20.9/43 (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 9/12)....Last Sunday's Panthers-Chargers game on Fox posted a 23.1/46 in the San Diego market and a 24.6/41 in the Charlotte market (NORTH COUNTY TIMES, 9/12)....ESPN's season opener of "Sunday NFL Countdown" earned a 2.4 cable rating and 2,331,000 HHs, up 9% and 8%, respectively, over Week One in '07 (ESPN).
GATOR BAIT: ESPN's primetime coverage of last Saturday's Miami-Florida college football game was the net's third-most viewed college football telecast ever, averaging a 5.0 cable rating and 4,886,000 HHs. Meanwhile, the net's coverage of Ohio-Ohio State game Saturday was the net's second-most viewed regular-season telecast in the 12:00pm ET window, earning a 3.0 cable rating and an average of 2,956,000 HHs (ESPN).
FLYING HIGH: TSN Tuesday night earned its largest Blue Jays audience since '00, drawing 650,000 viewers for the second game of the Blue Jays-White Sox doubleheader. Also, Rays-Blue Jays last Sunday drew 458,000 viewers on the CBC, up 22% from the net's season average of 354,000. The CBC for last Saturday's Rays-Blue Jays game drew 394,000 viewers (GLOBE & MAIL, 9/11).
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