Ratings Notes
CBS' late-window NFL game November 30, which featured a split feed of Steelers-Patriots and Broncos-Jets, drew 25.5 million viewers, becoming the most-watched program on the '08-09 TV season. NFL games occupy eight of the top-10 spots among the most-viewed programs so far this season (NFL).
| SHOW |
DATE |
NET |
TIME |
U.S. AREA |
COV. AREA |
VIEWERS (000) |
| "Monday Night Countdown" |
11/24 |
ESPN |
7:00-8:30pm |
1.8 |
2.2 |
2,643 |
| "Monday Night Football": Packers-Saints |
11/24 |
ESPN |
8:30-11:51pm |
7.4 |
8.6 |
11,380 |
| NCAA Basketball: Notre Dame-North Carolina |
11/26 |
ESPN |
10:10pm-12:02am |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1,903 |
| NCAA Football: Texas A&M-Texas |
11/27 |
ESPN |
8:00-11:21pm |
3.0 |
3.5 |
5,568 |
| "Thursday Night Football": Cardinals-Eagles |
11/27 |
NFLN |
8:17-11:27pm |
1.9 |
5.3 |
3,777 |
| NBA: Mavericks-Lakers |
11/28 |
ESPN |
10:32pm-12:58am |
1.4 |
1.6 |
2,141 |
| NCAA Football: Virginia-Virginia Tech |
11/29 |
ESPN |
12:01-3:09pm |
1.4 |
1.7 |
2,019 |
| NCAA Football: Notre Dame-USC |
11/29 |
ESPN |
7:54-11:05pm |
2.1 |
2.4 |
3,216 |
| NCAA Footballl: Kentucky-Tennessee |
11/29 |
ESPN2 |
7:07-9:39pm |
1.2 |
1.4 |
2,087 |
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
11/30 |
ESPN |
11:00am-1:00pm |
1.7 |
2.0 |
2,352 |
WHAT'S SO CIVIL ABOUT WAR ANYWAY? Versus earned a 1.2 cable rating for its broadcast of the Oregon-Oregon State football game on November 29, making it the most-watched college football game in network history in terms of households (894,674), average total viewers (1,574,069) and men 18-49 and men 25-54. For the 23 games it broadcast this season, Versus saw cable ratings increase 33% and total viewership jump 40% from the '07 season (Versus).
TEAM OF RIVALS: KOCO-ABC in Oklahoma City earned a 43.5 rating for the November 29 broadcast of the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State football game, a 74% increase in the market over a 25.0 for the '07 game, which aired on FSN Southwest. The rating is the best the game has earned in the market since '04 (DAILY OKLAHOMAN, 12/3)....The Kansas-Missouri football game November 29 earned a 14.0 household rating in the K.C. market, making it the highest-rated event ever in the market on FSN K.C. (FSN).
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