The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).
| BROADCAST TV |
DATE |
NET |
TIME (ET) |
RAT. |
VIEWERS (000) |
NCAA Basketball: Third Round:
Duke-Michigan |
3/20 |
CBS |
2:41-5:04pm |
6.3 |
9,666 |
NCAA Basketball: Third Round:
Ohio State-George Mason |
3/20 |
CBS |
5:04-7:19pm |
5.6 |
8,816 |
NCAA Basketball: Third Round:
Florida-UCLA |
3/19 |
CBS |
2:54-5:19pm |
4.9 |
7,427 |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Byrd 500 |
3/20 |
Fox |
1:30-4:18pm |
4.3 |
7,240 |
NCAA Basketball: Third Round:
North Carolina-Washington |
3/20 |
CBS |
12:00-2:21pm |
4.2 |
6,357 |
NCAA Basketball: Third Round:
Richmond-Morehead State |
3/19 |
CBS |
5:19-7:36pm |
3.9 |
6,016 |
NCAA Basketball: Third Round:
Kentucky-West Virginia |
3/19 |
CBS |
12:00-2:38pm |
3.9 |
5,858 |
NCAA Basketball: Third Round:
BYU-Gonzaga |
3/19 |
CBS |
7:48-10:02pm |
3.0 |
4,771 |
NCAA Basketball: Second Round:
BYU-Wofford |
3/17 |
CBS |
7:00-9:29pm |
3.0 |
4,670 |
NCAA Basketball: Second Round:
Washington-Georgia |
3/18 |
CBS |
9:59pm-12:18am |
2.8 |
4,451 |
NCAA Basketball: Second Round:
North Carolina-Long Island |
3/18 |
CBS |
7:00-9:48pm |
2.7 |
4,054 |
NCAA Basketball: Second Round:
Gonzaga-St. John's |
3/17 |
CBS |
9:48pm-12:07am |
2.6 |
4,046 |
NCAA Basketball: Second Round:
Kentucky-Princeton |
3/17 |
CBS |
3:01-5:16pm |
2.3 |
3,304 |
NCAA Basketball: Second Round:
Arizona-Memphis |
3/18 |
CBS |
2:49-5:30pm |
2.0 |
2,794 |
NCAA Basketball: Second Round:
West Virginia-Clemson |
3/17 |
CBS |
12:00-2:39pm |
2.1 |
2,792 |
NCAA Basketball: Second Round:
Texas-Oakland |
3/18 |
CBS |
12:00-2:38pm |
1.7 |
2,284 |
PGA Tour: Transitions Championship:
Final Round |
3/20 |
NBC |
3:00-6:00pm |
1.4 |
1,945 |
PGA Tour: Transitions Championship:
Third Round |
3/19 |
NBC |
3:00-6:00pm |
1.0 |
1,374 |
Tennis: BNP Paribas Open:
Men's, Women's Finals |
3/20 |
ABC |
2:00-6:00pm |
0.8 |
1,156 |
| NHL: Rangers-Penguins |
3/20 |
NBC |
12:30-3:00pm |
0.6 |
876 |
Tennis: BNP Paribas Open:
Men's Semifinals |
3/19 |
ABC |
2:00-6:00pm |
0.5 |
708 |
| CABLE TV |
DATE |
NET |
TIME (ET) |
RAT. |
VIEWERS (000) |
NCAA Tournament: Third Round:
Arizona-Texas |
3/20 |
TNT |
6:00-8:33pm |
2.6 |
4,408 |
NCAA Tournament: Third Round:
Kansas-Illinois |
3/20 |
TNT |
8:52-11:05pm |
2.6 |
4,408 |
NCAA Tournament: Third Round:
Butler-Pittsburgh |
3/19 |
TBS |
7:00-9:29pm |
2.2 |
3,555 |
NCAA Tournament: Third Round:
UConn-Cincinnati |
3/19 |
TBS |
9:41pm-12:09am |
2.2 |
3,458 |
NCAA Tournament: Third Round:
Wisconsin-Kansas State |
3/19 |
TNT |
8:54-11:24pm |
2.0 |
3,428 |
NCAA Tournament: Third Round:
Florida State-Notre Dame |
3/20 |
TBS |
9:40-11:59pm |
2.1 |
3,408 |
NCAA Tournament: Third Round:
San Diego State-Temple |
3/19 |
TNT |
6:00-8:36pm |
1.9 |
3,055 |
| NBA: Thunder-Heat |
3/16 |
ESPN |
8:06-10:49pm |
1.9 |
2,892 |
| NBA: Magic-Lakers |
3/14 |
ESPN |
10:33pm-1:04am |
1.9 |
2,788 |
| NBA: Spurs-Heat |
3/14 |
ESPN |
8:00-10:33pm |
1.8 |
2,722 |
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NOTES: NESN drew a 6.6 local overnight rating for Thursday night's Canadiens-Bruins game, the net's highest regular-season ratings ever for a Bruins game. The previous high was a 6.2 for Penguins-Bruins in March '10 (
NESN)....TSN drew 286,000 viewers for the Whitecaps' inaugural MLS game last Saturday, the "second largest Major League Soccer TV audience ever in Canada." The viewership for the game, which the Whitecaps won 4-2 over Toronto FC, was up 53% from Toronto FC's season debut last year on the CBC (
GLOBESPORTS.com, 3/23)....Rogers Sportsnet Pacific drew 622,000 viewers for last Friday's Coyotes-Canucks game, the network's highest Canucks audience of the season (
Rogers).
