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
|
TIME
|
RAT/SHR
|
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"College Football Countdown"
|
9/13
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.7/2
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| NCAA Football: (regional) |
9/13
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:13pm
|
2.4/5
|
| NCAA Football: Ohio State-USC |
9/13
|
ABC
|
8:08-11:21pm
|
7.0/13
|
| "Chick-Fil-A College Football 2008" |
9/13
|
CBS
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.7/2
|
| "College Football Today" |
9/13
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
1.0/2
|
| NCAA Football: Georgia-South Carolina |
9/13
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:09pm
|
2.9/7
|
| MLB: (regional) |
9/13
|
Fox
|
3:51-7:04pm
|
1.3/3
|
| AST Dew Tour: Toyota Challenge |
9/13
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:32pm
|
0.8/2
|
| NCAA Football: Michigan-Notre Dame |
9/13
|
NBC
|
3:44-6:46pm
|
3.5/8
|
| "NASCAR Countdown" |
9/14
|
ABC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
1.6/4
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Sylvania 300 |
9/14
|
ABC
|
2:00-5:41pm
|
3.8/8
|
| "The NFL Today" |
9/14
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.8/7
|
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) |
9/14
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
8.0/17
|
| "NFL on CBS": Patriots-Jets (72%) |
9/14
|
CBS
|
4:15-7:00pm
|
15.3/29
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
9/14
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.1/8
|
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) |
9/14
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
9.5/21
|
| PBR: Built Ford Tough Series |
9/14
|
Fox
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
1.1/2
|
Championship Off Road Racing:
Pomona (taped) |
9/14
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:00pm
|
0.5/1
|
| MotoGP: Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix |
9/14
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.5/1
|
| AST Dew Tour: Toyota Challenge |
9/14
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6/1
|
| "Football Night in America" |
9/14
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.5/-
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Steelers-Browns |
9/14
|
NBC
|
8:23-11:16pm
|
10.8/18
|
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SHOW
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
U.S. AREA
|
COV. AREA
|
VIEWERS (000)
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"Monday Night Football":
Vikings-Packers |
9/8
|
ESPN
|
7:00-10:20pm
|
7.9
|
9.3
|
12,501
|
"Monday Night Football":
Broncos-Raiders |
9/8
|
ESPN
|
10:20pm-1:21am
|
6.2
|
7.3
|
9,665
|
| MLB: Rays-Red Sox |
9/10
|
ESPN
|
7:00pm-12:11am
|
1.2
|
1.4
|
1,691
|
NCAA Football:
North Carolina-Rutgers |
9/11
|
ESPN
|
7:30-11:08pm
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
2,640
|
NCAA Football:
Kansas-South Florida |
9/12
|
ESPN2
|
8:00-11:38pm
|
1.7
|
2.0
|
2,455
|
| "College GameDay" |
9/13
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-12:01pm
|
1.3
|
1.5
|
1,755
|
NCAA Football:
California-Maryland |
9/13
|
ESPN
|
12:01-3:30pm
|
1.7
|
2.0
|
2,407
|
NCAA Football:
Oklahoma-Washington |
9/13
|
ESPN
|
7:41-11:04pm
|
1.2
|
1.4
|
1,679
|
NCAA Football:
Wisconsin-Fresno State |
9/13
|
ESPN2
|
10:30pm-1:42am
|
1.2
|
1.4
|
1,894
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
9/14
|
ESPN
|
11:00am-1:00pm
|
1.7
|
2.0
|
2,504
|
DOG DAY AFTERNOONS: Atlanta's WGCL-CBS earned a 16.0 rating for last Saturday's Georgia-South Carolina college football game, outdrawing the 15.7 rating Sunday's Falcons-Buccaneers game on WAGA-Fox earned. WSB-ABC's coverage of Georgia Tech-Virginia Tech, which aired Saturday at the same time as Georgia-South Carolina, earned a 4.4 rating (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 9/19).
NFL NOTES: KPHO-CBS for Sunday's Dolphins-Cardinals drew a 17.5/34 HH rating, marking the most-watched TV program in the Phoenix market for the week ending September 14 (Cardinals)....KCTV-CBS for Sunday's Raiders-Chiefs game drew a 30.2 rating, the highest this season, including the pre-season. Meanwhile, ESPN2 earned a 7.6 in the K.C. market for last Friday night's Kansas-South Florida college football game, and FSN K.C. drew a 4.2 HH rating for Saturday's coverage of Nevada-Missouri (K.C. STAR, 9/17).
MLB NOTES: Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia for its coverage Tuesday of Phillies-Braves, which saw the Phillies take first place in the NL East, earned a 9.4 HH rating. The game marks the highest-rated Phillies game of the season on the net. CSN Philadelphia was the most-watched net in the Philadelphia market from 7:00-11:00pm ET Tuesday, drawing a 5.3 rating among adults 25-54 for the game (CSN)....WGN-CW earned a 8.5/12.8 HH rating for Sunday's Cubs-Astros game, in which Cubs P Carlos Zambrano threw a no-hitter. WGN this season is averaging a 7.5 for Cubs broadcasts, up 17% over last year (Illinois DAILY HERALD, 9/19).
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