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
|
NET
|
TIME
|
RATING
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"NFL on Fox": Falcons-Cowboys (56%)
|
10/25
|
Fox
|
4:17-7:27pm
|
16.8
|
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"NFL on Fox": (regional)
|
10/25
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:11pm
|
11.4
|
|
ALCS: Yankees-Angels: Game Six
|
10/24
|
Fox
|
8:17pm-12:03am
|
9.3
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Cardinals-Giants |
10/25
|
NBC
|
8:31-11:42pm
|
9.1
|
| "NFL on CBS": (single) |
10/25
|
CBS
|
1:06-4:08pm
|
6.4
|
| NCAA Football: (regional) |
10/24
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:01pm
|
4.5
|
| NCAA Football: Tennessee-Alabama |
10/24
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:01pm
|
3.6
|
| NCAA Football: (regional) |
10/24
|
ABC
|
8:06-11:26pm
|
3.4
|
| "Football Night In America" |
10/25
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
3.5
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/25
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.3
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tums Fast Relief 500 |
10/25
|
ABC
|
1:30-5:32pm
|
2.9
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/25
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.2
|
| NCAA Football: Boston College-Notre Dame |
10/24
|
NBC
|
3:43-7:15pm
|
2.2
|
| Figure Skating: Halloween On Ice (taped) |
10/25
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
| World Gymnastics Championships (taped) |
10/25
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
1.1
|
| World Gymnastics Championships (taped) |
10/24
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:30pm
|
1.0
|
| ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (taped) |
10/25
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.8
|
| "College Football Today" |
10/24
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.8
|
| PBR Built Ford Tough Race to Vegas (taped) |
10/25
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
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TELECAST
|
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME
|
U.S.
|
CABLE
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|
"Monday Night Football":
Broncos-Chargers
|
10/19
|
ESPN
|
8:30-11:46pm
|
8.3
|
9.6
|
13,471
|
|
NLCS: Phillies-Dodgers:
Game Five
|
10/21
|
TBS
|
8:00-11:57pm
|
5.0
|
5.7
|
7,978
|
|
NCAA Football:
Florida-Mississippi State
|
10/24
|
ESPN
|
7:27-10:47pm
|
3.4
|
4.0
|
5,668
|
NLCS: Phillies-Dodgers:
Game Four |
10/19
|
TBS
|
8:00pm-12:00am
|
3.4
|
3.9
|
5,644
|
NCAA Football:
Minnesota-Ohio State |
10/24
|
ESPN
|
12:01-3:12pm
|
2.4
|
2.7
|
3,478
|
NCAA Football:
Florida State-North Carolina |
10/22
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:42pm
|
2.0
|
2.3
|
2,973
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
10/25
|
ESPN
|
11:00am-1:00pm
|
1.7
|
2.0
|
2,321
|
| "Monday Night Countdown" |
10/19
|
ESPN
|
7:00-8:30pm
|
1.4
|
1.7
|
2,078
|
| NCAA Football: Auburn-LSU |
10/24
|
ESPN2
|
7:30-10:56pm
|
1.2
|
1.4
|
1,938
|
| "College GameDay" |
10/24
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-12:01pm
|
1.3
|
1.5
|
1,813
|
OCTOBERFEST: ESPN and ESPN2 both posted their most-watched Octobers in history on a 24-hour basis. ESPN averaged 1.294 million viewers for the month, up 14.8% over 1.127 million viewers from the same period in '08, beating the record set in '06. ESPN2 averaged 336,000 viewers for the month, up 5.3% over 319,000 viewers for October '08, beating the record set in '07 (THE DAILY).
GRIDIRON WATCH: KDFW-Fox earned a 33.8 local rating and 858,520 HHs in Dallas-Ft. Worth for last Sunday's Falcons-Cowboys game, equaling the combined local rating the team drew for the September 28 Panthers-Cowboys "MNF" game, which aired in Dallas on ESPN and KTXA-Ind (DALLASNEWS.com, 10/26)....WVUE-Fox earned a 49.3 local rating in New Orleans for last Sunday's Saints-Dolphins game, topping a 45.7 local rating and 47.2 rating in the market for Super Bowl XLIII and XLII, respectively (NOLA.com, 10/26)....WXIX-Fox earned a 39.0 local rating and 358,254 HHs in Cincinnati for last Sunday's Bears-Bengals game, marking the highest-rated Bengals game since a 45.2 local rating for Colts-Bengals in November '05 (CINCINNATI.com, 10/26). Meanwhile, WFLD-Fox drew a 25.9 local rating in Chicago for Bears-Bengals, marking the "lowest-rated game of the year" (CHICAGOBUSINESS.com, 10/27).
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