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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Breeders' Cup World Championship
|
10/25
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ABC
|
1:00-3:30pm
|
1.0/3
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NCAA Football: (regional)
|
10/25
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:55pm
|
5.1/12
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| NCAA Football: Penn State-Ohio State |
10/25
|
ABC
|
8:06-11:13pm
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6.4/12
|
| "The JB Awards" (taped) |
10/25
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4/1
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| "College Football Today" |
10/25
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
1.0/3
|
| NCAA Football: Georgia-LSU |
10/25
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:12pm
|
3.0/7
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| World Series: Rays-Phillies: Game Three |
10/25
|
Fox
|
9:57pm-1:47am
|
6.1/13
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| Ice Skating: "Skating for Life" (taped) |
10/25
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.9/2
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| "NASCAR Countdown" |
10/26
|
ABC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
1.6/-
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Pep Boys Auto 500 |
10/26
|
ABC
|
2:00-6:14pm
|
3.6/8
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/26
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.5/7
|
| "The NFL on CBS": (regional)* |
10/26
|
CBS
|
1:06-4:18pm
|
7.5/17
|
| "Arete Honors for Courage in Sports" (taped) |
10/26
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.0/2
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/26
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.8/10
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| "The NFL on Fox": (regional) |
10/26
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:11pm
|
8.8/20
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| "The NFL on Fox": Giants-Steelers (89%) |
10/26
|
Fox
|
4:22-7:35pm
|
13.8/27
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| "The OT" |
10/26
|
Fox
|
7:35-8:00pm
|
8.2/14
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| World Series: Rays-Phillies: Game Four |
10/26
|
Fox
|
8:27-11:30pm
|
9.3/15
|
Championship Off Road Racing:
Season highlight show (taped) |
10/26
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
0.4/1
|
| Ice Skating: Skate America |
10/26
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
1.1/2
|
| "Football Night in America" |
10/26
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:00pm
|
1.7/3
|
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SHOW
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
U.S. AREA
|
COV. AREA
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
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"Monday Night Countdown"
|
10/20
|
ESPN
|
7:00-8:30pm
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
2,590
|
"Monday Night Football":
Broncos-Patriots |
10/20
|
ESPN
|
8:30-11:41pm
|
7.0
|
8.2
|
10,822
|
NCAA Football:
Auburn-West Virginia |
10/23
|
ESPN
|
7:30-10:41pm
|
1.9
|
2.3
|
3,673
|
NCAA Football:
Boise State-San Jose State |
10/24
|
ESPN2
|
9:00pm-12:43am
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
1,626
|
| "College GameDay" |
10/25
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-12:01pm
|
1.4
|
1.6
|
1,842
|
NCAA Football:
Texas Tech-Kansas |
10/25
|
ESPN
|
12:01-3:20pm
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
2,412
|
NCAA Football:
Alabama-Tennessee |
10/25
|
ESPN
|
7:41-10:58pm
|
2.4
|
2.8
|
3,939
|
NCAA Football:
Illinois-Wisconsin |
10/25
|
ESPN2
|
12:00-3:12pm
|
1.3
|
1.5
|
1,945
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| NCAA Football: (regional)** |
10/25
|
ESPN2
|
3:30-6:58pm
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
1,580
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
10/26
|
ESPN
|
11:00am-1:00pm
|
1.7
|
2.0
|
2,275
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NOTES: * = Includes Chargers-Saints game from London. ** = Reverse mirror of regional action on ABC, which included Michigan State-Michigan and Virginia Tech-Florida State.
COURT TV: WGN-TV averaged a 6.9/10.8 rating for Tuesday's season-opening Bucks-Bulls game, the "highest Nielsen numbers for a Bulls game aired on the station since January 2005." Viewership for the game peaked at a 9.1/15. The telecast ranked No. 1 in primetime in the Chicago market for all male demos, as well as adults 18-34 and 18-49 (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 10/31)....MSG earned a 1.45 HH rating from 7:30-10:15pm ET for Wednesday's season-opening Heat-Knicks game, marking a 101.4% increase over a 0.72 for last year's T'Wolves-Knicks home opener (MSG).
FILLY FANATICS: Last Saturday's broadcast of the early Breeders' Cup races on ABC, marking the first time the net has aired coverage of the event, averaged 1.6 million viewers from 1:00-3:30pm ET. The broadcast moved over to ESPN from 3:30-7:15pm ET for the final races, and the net averaged 1.2 million viewers. For the Breeders' Cup classic from 6:15-7:15pm ET, ESPN averaged a 1.0 cable rating, flat with the rating for last year's race, which aired on the net from 5:13-6:08pm ET. On Friday afternoon, ESPN2 averaged 356,000 viewers for its Breeders' Cup coverage from 3:30-6:30pm (THE DAILY).
WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE? KDFW-Fox earned a 28.5 rating in Dallas-Ft. Worth for last Sunday's Buccaneers-Cowboys game, marking the "second lowest-rated game of the season" for the Cowboys, behind a 25.1 for the October 19 Cowboys-Rams game (DALLASNEWS.com, 10/28).
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