MLB Network last week averaged 286,000 viewers in primetime, marking the net's most-viewed week ever. The time period also delivered the net its 32nd straight week of viewership growth since pitchers and catchers reported this season (THE DAILY).
LUCK OF THE IRISH: Golf Channel’s 11-plus hours of live coverage from Sunday’s Solheim Cup in Ireland earned the net a 35% viewership increase over the '07 matches, the last time the biennial competition was played in Europe. Ratings peaked in the final hour (12:15-1:15pm ET) at 684,000 viewers opposite NFL pregame shows and kickoffs on other nets (Golf Channel).
The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
| "NFL on Fox": Packers-Bears (81%) | 9/25 | Fox | 4:15-7:34pm | 14.1 | 23,995 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Steelers-Colts | 9/25 | NBC | 8:31-11:35pm | 12.2 | 20,357 |
| "NFL on CBS": (single) | 9/25 | CBS | 1:00-4:05pm | 11.5 | 18,898 |
| "NFL on Fox": (regional) | 9/25 | Fox | 1:00-4:15pm | 8.4 | 13,293 |
| "The OT" | 9/25 | Fox | 7:34-8:00pm | 7.1 | 12,223 |
| "Football Night in America" | 9/25 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 5.1 | 8,654 |
| NCAA Football: LSU-West Virginia | 9/24 | ABC | 8:07pm-12:00am | 4.1 | 6,503 |
| NCAA Football: (regional) | 9/24 | ABC | 3:35-7:20pm | 3.4 | 5,301 |
| NCAA Football: Arkansas-Alabama | 9/24 | CBS | 3:30-6:48pm | 2.9 | 4,726 |
NCAA Football:
Notre Dame-Pittsburgh | 9/24 | ABC | 12:00-3:35pm | 3.1 | 4,322 |
| MLB: (regional) | 9/24 | Fox | 4:00-7:00pm | 1.5 | 2,174 |
PGA Tour: Tour Championship:
Final Round | 9/25 | NBC | 1:30-6:43pm | 1.4 | 1,967 |
PBR: Dewalt Guaranteed
Tough Invitational | 9/25 | CBS | 5:00-6:00pm | 1.3 | 1,939 |
PGA Tour: Tour Championship:
Third Round | 9/24 | NBC | 2:00-6:00pm | 1.0 | 1,371 |
| Mexico soccer: Club America-Tijuana | 9/25 | Uni | 4:55-7:00pm | 0.5 | 983 |
| "SEC Confidential" | 9/24 | CBS | 1:00-2:00pm | 0.4 | 523 |
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
| "Monday Night Football": Rams-Giants | 9/19 | ESPN | 8:30-11:43pm | 7.8 | 11,922 |
NASCAR Sprint Cup:
Sylvania 300 (New Hampshire) | 9/25 | ESPN | 2:00-5:07pm | 2.7 | 4,235 |
| "Monday Night Countdown" | 9/19 | ESPN | 7:00-8:30pm | 2.2 | 3,170 |
| NCAA Football: FSU-Clemson | 9/24 | ESPN | 3:30-7:09pm | 1.7 | 2,571 |
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" | 9/25 | ESPN | 10:00am-1:00pm | 1.7 | 2,381 |
NASCAR Sprint Cup:
Geico 400 (Chicagoland) | 9/19 | ESPN | 12:00-3:10pm | 1.6 | 2,179 |
| NCAA Football: Florida-Kentucky | 9/24 | ESPN | 7:09-10:22pm | 1.4 | 2,139 |
| NCAA Football: UCF-BYU | 9/23 | ESPN | 8:00-11:18pm | 1.5 | 2,136 |
| NCAA Football: USC-Arizona State | 9/24 | ESPN | 10:22pm-1:48am | 1.4 | 2,080 |
| NCAA Football: NC State-Cincinnati | 9/22 | ESPN | 8:00-11:19pm | 1.4 | 2,045 |
