Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Telecasts
The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts (THE DAILY).
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TELECAST
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DATE
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NET
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TIME
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RAT.
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French Open: Men's Semifinals (taped)
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6/5
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NBC
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10:00am-1:00pm
|
0.8/3
|
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WNBA: Shock-Sparks
|
6/6
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ABC
|
2:30-5:00pm
|
0.6/2
|
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Horse Racing: Belmont Stakes: Pre-Race
|
6/6
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ABC
|
5:00-5:25pm
|
2.1/-
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Horse Racing: Belmont Stakes: Race Segment
|
6/6
|
ABC
|
5:25-7:02pm
|
4.4/11
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Horse Racing: Belmont Stakes: Total Coverage
|
6/6
|
ABC
|
5:00-7:02pm
|
3.9/-
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| PGA Tour: The Memorial: Third Round |
6/7
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CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.5/4
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| MLB: (regional) |
6/6
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Fox
|
4:07-7:50pm
|
1.5/4
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| French Open: Women's Finals: Kuznetsova d. Safina |
6/6
|
NBC
|
9:00am-12:00pm
|
1.3/4
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| LPGA Tour: State Farm Classic: Third Round |
6/6
|
NBC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
0.4/1
|
| Jeep World of Adventure (taped) |
6/6
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.4/1
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NHL Playoffs: Stanley Cup Finals:
Penguins-Red Wings: Game Five |
6/6
|
NBC
|
8:21-10:45pm
|
2.4/5
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| Off Road Racing: Traxxas Torc Truck Series (taped) |
6/7
|
ABC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.6/1
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| "NBA Countdown" |
6/7
|
ABC
|
7:30-8:00pm
|
2.1/-
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| NBA Finals: Magic-Lakers: Game Two |
6/7
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:12pm
|
8.2/14
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| "The PGA Tour: Playing With A Purpose" |
6/7
|
CBS
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.6/2
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| PGA Tour: The Memorial: Final Round |
6/7
|
CBS
|
2:30-6:07pm
|
3.2/8
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| F1: ING Turkish Grand Prix (taped) |
6/7
|
Fox
|
3:00-4:46pm
|
0.6/2
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| French Open: Men's Finals: Federer d. Soderling |
6/7
|
NBC
|
9:00am-2:00pm
|
1.5/5
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| Track & Field: Prefontaine Classic |
6/7
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
1.0/3
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| LPGA Tour: State Farm Classic: Final Round |
6/7
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5/1
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TELECAST
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
U.S.
|
CABLE
|
VIEWERS (000)
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MLB: Yankees-Indians
|
6/1
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ESPN
|
7:00-10:00pm
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
1,613
|
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College Softball World Series Championship: Washington-Florida: Game One
|
6/1
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ESPN2
|
8:00-10:46pm
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
1,412
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| College Softball World Series Championship: Washington-Florida: Game Two |
6/2
|
ESPN2
|
8:00-10:51pm
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
1,788
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| NHL Playoffs: Stanley Cup Finals: Red Wings-Penguins: Game Three |
6/2
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VS
|
8:00-10:39pm
|
1.7
|
2.6
|
2,955
|
| MLB: Red Sox-Tigers |
6/3
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ESPN
|
7:00-10:18pm
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
1,357
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| NHL Playoffs: Stanley Cup Finals: Red Wings-Penguins: Game Four |
6/4
|
VS
|
8:00-10:52pm
|
1.8
|
2.8
|
3,448
|
| FIFA World Cup Qualifying: Honduras-U.S. |
6/6
|
ESPN
|
8:09-10:33pm
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
1,033
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| NASCAR Nationwide Series: Federated Auto Parts 300 |
6/6
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ESPN2
|
7:31-10:30pm
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
1,747
|
| MLB: Phillies-Dodgers |
6/7
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ESPN
|
8:00-11:23pm
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
1,602
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| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Pocono 500 |
6/7
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TNT
|
1:59-6:02pm
|
3.4
|
4.0
|
5,480
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LEADERS OF THE PACK: In Boston, Chad Finn writes after a "slow start this season," NESN's ratings for Red Sox telecasts are "again approaching their usual unmatched heights" in MLB. NESN averaged a 9.2 local rating for five Red Sox game telecasts from June 4-9, including a 14.8 local rating for Tuesday's Yankees-Red Sox game. While NESN's local ratings through May 21 were down about 14% from the year-ago period, the Red Sox still were "drawing the highest local ratings among all major league teams." Meanwhile, the average rating for all 30 MLB teams through May 24 was a 3.2, flat with last year (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/12).
NOTES: FS Wisconsin earned a 9.1 local rating for last Saturday's Brewers-Braves game, as well as a 9.2 rating for Sunday's game. Meanwhile, WISN-ABC earned an 8.5 local rating for Sunday's Magic-Lakers NBA Finals Game Two, down about 7% from last year's Lakers-Celtics Game Two (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 6/9)....In Houston, David Barron reports the NBA Finals are performing "better than average in Houston," as KTRK-ABC was averaging a 10.7 rating through Game Three, ranking 11th among the 56 major markets (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 6/12)....Compared to race segment coverage of the Belmont Stakes from '07 and '06, when no Triple Crown was on the line, the '09 race was up 41.9% and 25.7%, respectively. However, compared to '05, which was the last year NBC carried the race, ABC was down 12.0% from a 5.0 rating (BLOODHORSE.com, 6/11)....ESPN2 averaged a 1.0 cable rating for its telecasts of the College Softball World Series, up 11% over last year. ESPN averaged a 0.8 rating for the tournament, flat with last year. ESPN2 averaged a 1.2 cable rating for the two-game championship, up 20% (DAILY OKLAHOMAN, 6/12)....Versus' telecast Sunday of the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) Featherweight Championship, a rematch between Mike Brown and Urijah Faber, earned a 1.1 cable rating and 1.248 million viewers from 9:00-11:33pm ET, up 120% and 145%, respectively, from a 0.5 cable rating and 509,000 viewers for the pair's first fight last November 5, which aired from 8:00-10:06pm on a Wednesday night. The WEC fight also made Versus the top-rated cable net in key male demos for the night (THE DAILY).
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