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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RATING
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"NFL on Fox": Redskins-Giants (85%)
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9/13
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Fox
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4:36-7:37pm
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14.8
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"Sunday Night Football": Bears-Packers
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9/13
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NBC
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8:32-11:48pm
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12.6
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NFL Kickoff: Titans-Steelers
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9/10
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NBC
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8:41-11:50pm
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12.8
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"NFL on Fox": (regional)
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9/13
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Fox
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1:03-4:36pm
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8.6
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| NFL on CBS: (regional) |
9/13
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CBS
|
1:03-4:28pm
|
7.1
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| "The OT" |
9/13
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Fox
|
7:30-8:00pm
|
6.8
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| NCAA Football: Notre Dame-Michigan |
9/12
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ABC
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3:30-7:23pm
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5.2
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| "Football Night In America" |
9/13
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NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.1
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| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Chevy Rock & Roll 400 |
9/12
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ABC
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7:47-11:30pm
|
3.5
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| "Fox NFL Sunday " |
9/13
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Fox
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
3.5
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| "The NFL Today" |
9/13
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CBS
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12:00-1:03pm
|
2.6
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| U.S. Open: Men's Semifinals: Federer-Djokovic |
9/13
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CBS
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4:28-7:25pm
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2.6
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| PGA Tour: BMW Championship: Final Round |
9/13
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NBC
|
2:00-6:02pm
|
2.3
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| U.S. Open: Women's Semifinals: Clijsters-S. Williams |
9/12
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CBS
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9:18-11:12pm
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2.1
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| PGA Tour: BMW Championship: Third Round |
9/12
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NBC
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3:00-6:02pm
|
2.1
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| MLB: (regional) |
9/12
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Fox
|
4:07-7:30pm
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1.2
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| U.S. Open: Men's Quarterfinals, Rainout coverage |
9/12
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CBS
|
12:00-6:00pm
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0.9
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TELECAST
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DATE
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NET
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TIME
|
U.S.
|
CABLE
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VIEWERS (000)
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NCAA Football:
USC-Ohio State
|
9/12
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ESPN
|
7:50-11:36pm
|
6.3
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7.3
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10,586
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NCAA Football:
Miami-Florida State
|
9/7
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ESPN
|
8:00-11:56pm
|
5.1
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5.9
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8,406
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NCAA Football:
UCLA-Tennessee
|
9/12
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ESPN
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4:00-7:23pm
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1.9
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2.2
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2,985
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| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
9/13
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ESPN
|
11:00am-1:00pm
|
2.1
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2.4
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2,945
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NCAA Football:
South Carolina-Georgia |
9/12
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ESPN2
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7:00-11:25pm
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1.6
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1.8
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2,729
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NCAA Football:
Clemson-Georgia Tech |
9/10
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ESPN
|
7:30-11:11pm
|
1.7
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2.0
|
2,643
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NCAA Football:
Fresno State-Wisconsin |
9/12
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ESPN
|
12:01-3:33pm
|
1.7
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2.0
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2,456
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U.S. Open: Men's,
Women's Quarterfinals |
9/9
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ESPN2
|
7:00-12:17pm
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1.5
|
1.8
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2,324
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NCAA Football:
Cincinnati-Rutgers |
9/7
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ESPN
|
4:00-7:19pm
|
1.5
|
1.7
|
2,248
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U.S. Open: Men's Fourth
Round, Women's Quarterfinals |
9/8
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ESPN2
|
7:00pm-12:05am
|
1.5
|
1.7
|
2,128
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READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL: Fox' Week One national game featuring Redskins-Giants was up 13.8% in ratings and 20.1% in viewership from a 13.0 and 20.9 million viewers for the comparable national window featuring Cowboys-Browns last year. The telecast also posted increases over last year across all key adult and male demos, and marked the highest-rated opening Sunday game since '87 and the most-viewed opening Sunday game since tracking began in '81. Fox' early window, featuring either Cowboys-Buccaneers or Vikings-Browns in most markets, was up 68.6% over a 5.1 in Week One last year, and marks the highest-rated Week One early window game since an 8.7 in '01. Meanwhile, "Fox NFL Sunday" was up 13% in ratings over last year while ratings for "The OT" were up 17.2% (Fox)....The Chargers-Raiders "MNF" telecasts in the San Diego market, which was carried on ESPN and the local CBS affiliate, marked the fourth-highest rated regular-season Chargers telecast in the market in the past decade (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 9/18)....KHOU-CBS earned a 14.3 local rating in Houston for Jets-Texans, the "lowest home audience" in the NFL for opening week (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 9/18).
GONE BUT NOT FAVRE-GOTTEN: WITI-Fox earned a 19.5 local rating in the Milwaukee market for the Vikings-Browns game, marking the highest-rated regular-season non-Packers game on the network since a 27.5 for Cowboys-Redskins in December '07. Meanwhile, WTMJ-NBC drew a 41.5 local rating in Milwaukee for Bears-Packers "Sunday Night Football," higher than any Packers game last season except for a 45.5 for the Vikings-Packers season opener in September '08 (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 9/16).
YES WE CAN: YES Network is averaging a 4.74 local rating for Yankees telecasts this season through Wednesday night, up 10% over the same period last year. The Yankees pregame show is up 29% over last year, the postgame show is up 7% and "Yankees Batting Practice Today" is up 33%. YesNetwork.com page views also have increased 270% over the same period last year. Meanwhile, from May 27-September 11, primetime Yankees telecasts on YES ranked No. 1 in key demos in the N.Y. DMA 42 of 45 nights (YES).
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