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. |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Budweiser Shootout |
2/12 |
Fox |
8:29-10:06pm |
4.5 |
| NBA: Lakers-Magic |
2/13 |
ABC |
3:30-6:00pm |
3.5 |
| NBA: Heat-Celtics |
2/13 |
ABC |
1:00-3:42pm |
3.4 |
PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach Nat'l Pro-Am:
Final Round |
2/13 |
CBS |
3:00-6:00pm |
2.3 |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Daytona 500 qualifying |
2/13 |
Fox |
1:00-4:00pm |
2.0 |
PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach Nat'l Pro-Am:
Third Round |
2/12 |
CBS |
3:00-6:00pm |
1.6 |
| NCAA Basketball: Kentucky-Vanderbilt |
2/12 |
CBS |
1:00-3:00pm |
1.0 |
| "NBA Countdown" |
2/13 |
ABC |
12:30-1:00pm |
1.0 |
| Skiing: FIS Alpine World Championship (taped) |
2/13 |
NBC |
12:00-12:30pm |
0.8 |
| NHL: Bruins-Red Wings |
2/13 |
NBC |
12:30-3:00pm |
0.8 |
| Monster Energy AMA Supercross (taped) |
2/13 |
CBS |
12:00-1:00pm |
0.7 |
| NCAA Basketball: Purdue-Illinois |
2/13 |
CBS |
1:00-3:00pm |
0.7 |
| Rugby: USA Sevens World Series |
2/13 |
NBC |
4:30-6:00pm |
0.7 |
| Rugby: USA Sevens World Series |
2/12 |
NBC |
3:30-6:00pm |
0.6 |
| Winter Dew Tour: Toyota Championship |
2/13 |
NBC |
3:00-4:30pm |
0.6 |
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
2/12 |
ABC |
4:00-6:00pm |
0.5 |
| Skiing: FIS Alpine World Championship (taped) |
2/12 |
NBC |
1:00-2:00pm |
0.5 |
| Winter Dew Tour: Toyota Championship |
2/12 |
NBC |
2:00-3:30pm |
0.5 |
| "College Basketball Today" |
2/12 |
CBS |
12:30-1:00pm |
0.4 |
| TELECAST |
DATE |
NET |
TIME (ET) |
RAT. |
VIEWERS (000) |
| NBA: Lakers-Celtics |
2/10 |
TNT |
8:16-10:51pm |
2.9 |
4,714 |
NCAA Basketball:
Ohio State-Wisconsin |
2/12 |
ESPN |
2:07-4:08pm |
2.0 |
2,966 |
NCAA Basketball:
North Carolina-Duke |
2/9 |
ESPN |
9:03-11:15pm |
1.5 |
2,367 |
| NBA: Lakers-Knicks |
2/11 |
ESPN |
8:06-10:37pm |
1.5 |
2,298 |
| NBA: Mavericks-Nuggets |
2/10 |
TNT |
10:51pm-1:23am |
1.3 |
2,042 |
NCAA Basketball:
Missouri-Kansas |
2/7 |
ESPN |
9:09-11:14pm |
1.2 |
1,996 |
NCAA Basketball:
Tennessee-Kentucky |
2/8 |
ESPN |
9:03-11:07pm |
1.2 |
1,959 |
NCAA Basketball:
Syracuse-Louisville |
2/12 |
ESPN |
12:00-2:07pm |
1.1 |
1,629 |
NCAA Basketball:
Tennessee-Florida |
2/12 |
ESPN |
6:15-8:07pm |
1.1 |
1,609 |
| NBA: Suns-Jazz |
2/11 |
ESPN |
10:37pm-12:58am |
1.1 |
1,579 |
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SUCCESSFUL FIRST HALF: Comcast SportsNet Chicago is averaging a 4.1 local rating in Chicago for its Bulls telecasts going into the All-Star break, up 64% from a 2.5 rating during the same period last year and marking the net's best Bulls average at the break. The top 10 highest-rated Bulls regular-season telecasts in the net's history all have occurred this season (CSN Chicago)....CSN New England is averaging a 4.7 local rating through 46 Celtics game telecasts this season, up 42% from a 3.3 rating at the same point last season. The net is on pace to break its Celtics ratings record (3.5 local rating) set during the '08-09 season (CSN New England)....FS Indiana averaged a 2.2 local rating for its Pacers telecasts through 53 games, up 24% from the same number of games last year. The net averaged a 4.0 local rating in Indianapolis for Tuesday's Heat-Pacers game, marking the highest-rated Pacers telecast since January '07 (FS Indiana)....FS Oklahoma earned a 5.8 local rating in Oklahoma City for its telecast of the Feb. 8 Grizzlies-Thunder game, marking the net's highest-rated Thunder regular-season game ever (DAILY OKLAHOMAN, 2/16).
RECORD SEASON AMONG HISPANIC VIEWERS: Nielsen Media Research indicates that 26.7 million Hispanic Americans watched NFL regular-season games in '10, and an average of 1.3 million Hispanic viewers made it the most watched NFL season ever in the demo. Fox' telecast of the Thanksgiving Saints-Cowboys game drew 2.8 million Hispanic viewers, making it the most-watched regular-season game ever among Hispanic viewers. The playoffs averaged 2.7 million Hispanic viewers, marking the most watched NFL postseason ever in the demo. CBS' telecast of the Steelers-Jets AFC Championship Game averaged 4.2 million Hispanic viewers and ranks as the most-watched conference championship game ever in the demo. Fox' telecast of Packers-Steelers Super Bowl XLV averaged 10.0 million Hispanic viewers, marking the most-watched show in U.S. television history in the demo, besting 8.95 million for the Spain-Netherlands FIFA World Cup Final last June (NFL).
FLYING HIGH: CSN Philadelphia averaged a 3.7 local rating for its telecast of Tuesday's Flyers-Lightning game, marking the highest-rated regular-season Flyers game on the net since an October '02 game against the Sabres (CSN).
