The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
| "NFL on Fox": Cowboys-Colts (76%) | 12/5 | Fox | 4:15-7:43pm | 16.3 | 27,248 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Steelers-Ravens | 12/5 | NBC | 8:31-11:37pm | 13.4 | 22,509 |
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) | 12/5 | Fox | 1:00-4:15pm | 9.8 | 15,768 |
| "The OT" | 12/5 | Fox | 7:43-8:00pm | 8.6 | 14,260 |
| "NFL on CBS": (single) | 12/5 | CBS | 1:00-4:05pm | 8.6 | 14,162 |
| NCAA Football: SEC Championship: Auburn-South Carolina | 12/4 | CBS | 4:00-7:51pm | 6.0 | 10,093 |
| NCAA Football: Big 12 Championship: Oklahoma-Nebraska | 12/4 | ABC | 8:07-11:54pm | 5.3 | 8,981 |
| "Football Night in America" | 12/5 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 4.8 | 7,948 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 12/5 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 4.6 | n/a |
| NCAA Football: Oregon-Oregon State | 12/4 | ABC | 3:30-7:00pm | 4.2 | 6,615 |
| Golf: Chevron World Challenge:
Final Round | 12/5 | NBC | 3:00-6:32pm | 2.4 | 3,880 |
| "College Football Today" | 12/4 | CBS | 3:30-4:00pm | 2.4 | n/a |
| "The NFL Today" | 12/5 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.1 | n/a |
| College Football 2010 Special | 12/4 | CBS | 3:00-3:30pm | 2.0 | n/a |
| NCAA Basketball:
Kentucky-North Carolina | 12/4 | CBS | 12:30-3:00pm | 1.7 | 2,730 |
| NCAA Football:
Rutgers-West Virginia | 12/4 | ABC | 12:00-3:13pm | 1.8 | 2,515 |
| Golf: Chevron World Challenge:
Third Round | 12/4 | NBC | 3:00-6:03pm | 1.6 | 2,389 |
| Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest (taped) | 12/5 | CBS | 5:00-6:00pm | 0.9 | 1,412 |
| Skiing: Audi Birds of Prey (taped) | 12/5 | NBC | 2:00-3:00pm | 0.3 | 432 |
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
"Monday Night Football":
49ers-Cardinals | 11/29 | ESPN | 8:30-11:47pm | 7.0 | 11,202 |
| NBA: Heat-Cavaliers | 12/2 | TNT | 8:11-10:59pm | 4.2 | 7,096 |
"Thursday Night Football":
Texans-Eagles | 12/2 | NFLN | 8:30-11:35pm | 3.3 | 5,406 |
| "Monday Night Countdown" | 11/29 | ESPN | 7:00-8:30pm | 2.0 | 3,113 |
| NCAA Football: ACC Championship: Virginia Tech-FSU | 12/4 | ESPN | 7:45-11:17pm | 1.8 | 3,047 |
| NCAA Basketball: Michigan State-Duke | 12/1 | ESPN | 9:53-11:42pm | 2.0 | 3,002 |
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" | 12/5 | ESPN | 11:00am-1:00pm | 1.8 | 2,607 |
| "Thursday Night Football Pre-Kick" | 12/2 | NFLN | 8:00-8:30pm | 1.6 | 2,540 |
| NBA: Bulls-Celtics | 12/3 | ESPN | 8:06-10:41pm | 1.6 | 2,389 |
| NCAA Football: Pittsburgh-Cincinnati | 12/4 | ESPN | 12:01-3:04pm | 1.7 | 2,336 |
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ARCH SUPPORT: Blues telecasts are averaging a 3.5 local rating in St. Louis this season, up 54% from a 2.3 rating at the same point last season. The Blues rank fourth in local ratings among U.S. teams (Blues). In St. Louis, Dan Caesar notes the gains follow the Cardinals "pulling their best rating ever" on FS Midwest this season and the Rams "currently generating their best local TV figures in seven years" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 12/10).
ANTICIPATED REMATCH: Sun Sports averaged a 7.5 local rating in Miami for Wednesday's Heat-Jazz game, marking the net's highest-rated Heat regular-season game ever. The previous record of 7.2 was set by the Nov. 9 Jazz-Heat game. Heat-Jazz also marked the net's highest-rated Heat game since the '97 playoffs. Heat ratings are up 95% on Sun Sports this season (Sun Sports).
