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Overnight Nielsen Ratings From Weekend Sports Events

The following lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports events (THE DAILY).

SHOW
DATE
NET
TIME
RAT/SHR
PGA Tour: Cialis Western Open-Third Rd.
7/2
ABC
3:00-6:00pm
2.0/5
LPGA: HSBC Women's World Match Play Champ.-Third Rd.
7/2
CBS
3:00-5:00pm
0.8/2
"NCAA Spring Highlights Show"
7/2
CBS
5:00-6:00pm
0.6/1
MLB: (regional)
7/2
Fox
1:00-4:00pm
2.5/7
Tennis: Wimbledon- Women's Final
7/2
NBC
9:00am-2:00pm
4.0/12
NASCAR Preview Show
7/2
NBC
2:00-3:00pm
1.5/4
AVP: Cincinnati Open
7/2
NBC
4:30-6:00pm
1.1/3
NASCAR: Nextel Cup Pepsi 400 Pre-race
7/2
NBC
7:00-7:45pm
2.9/7
NASCAR: Nextel Cup Pepsi 400 (Rain Delay)
7/2
NBC
7:45-10:00pm
3.1/7
NASCAR: Nextel Cup Daytona Pepsi 400
7/2
NBC
10:00pm-2:00am
4.8/11
PGA Tour "Countdown To Air"
7/3
ABC
2:00-3:00pm
0.9/3
PGA Tour: Cialis Western Open-Final Rd.
7/3
ABC
3:00-6:00pm
3.3/9
LPGA: HSBC Women's World Match Play Champ.-Final Rd.
7/3
CBS
2:00-4:00pm
0.9/3
Tennis: Wimbledon- Men's Final
7/3
NBC
9:00am-3:00pm
2.5/8
AVP: Cincinnati Open
7/3
NBC
4:30-6:00pm
0.7/2

NOTES: The overnight Nielsen rating for NBC’s coverage Sunday of Roger Federer’s victory over Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon Men’s Final was down 30.6% from a 3.6/10 for the identical match-up and outcome in ’04. NBC’s rating for Saturday’s Women’s Final, featuring Venus Williams defeating Lindsay Davenport, was up 2.6% from a 3.9/11 in ’04 when Maria Sharapova defeated Serena Williams....ABC’s final-round coverage of the PGA Tour Cialis Western Open, in which Tiger Woods placed second behind Jim Furyk, was up 22.2% from a 2.7/7 in ’04 when Stephen Ames took the title (THE DAILY).


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