The charts below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| NFC Divisional Playoffs: Giants-Packers | 1/15 | Fox | 4:30-8:00pm | 25.3 |
| NFC Divisional Playoffs: Saints-49ers | 1/14 | Fox | 4:30-8:00pm | 20.5 |
| AFC Divisional Playoffs: Texans-Ravens | 1/15 | CBS | 1:00-4:30pm | 19.3 |
| AFC Divisional Playoffs: Patriots-Broncos | 1/14 | CBS | 8:17-11:26pm | 18.5 |
| NCAA Basketball: Indiana-Ohio State | 1/15 | CBS | 4:35-6:34pm | 1.9 |
| NHL: Blackhawks-Red Wings | 1/14 | NBC | 12:30-3:09pm | 0.9 |
| Purina Incredible Dog Challenge (taped) | 1/14 | NBC | 5:06-6:00pm | 0.9 |
| U.S. Olympic Trials: Marathon (taped) | 1/14 | NBC | 3:09-5:06pm | 0.8 |
| Figure Skating: "Improv Ice Starring Styx" (taped) | 1/15 | NBC | 4:00-6:00pm | 0.7 |
| Mexico soccer: Club America-Toluca | 1/15 | Univ. | 4:55-7:00pm | 0.6 |
| NCAA Basketball: Oregon-Arizona | 1/14 | CBS | 3:30-6:00pm | 0.5 |
| Mexico soccer: UNAM-Monarcas | 1/15 | Univ. | 12:55-3:00pm | 0.4 |
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| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
BCS Nat'l Championship:
Alabama-LSU | 1/9 | ESPN | 8:30-11:24pm | 14.0 | 24,214 |
| NBA: Heat-Clippers | 1/11 | ESPN | 10:43pm-1:48am | 2.4 | 3,469 |
| NBA: Heat-Nuggets | 1/13 | ESPN | 10:38pm-1:13am | 1.7 | 2,748 |
| NBA: Bulls-Celtics | 1/13 | ESPN | 8:00-10:38pm | 1.7 | 2,461 |
| NBA: Mavericks-Celtics | 1/11 | ESPN | 8:06-10:43pm | 1.7 | 2,450 |
NCAA Basketball:
Kentucky-Tennessee | 1/14 | ESPN | 12:00-2:12pm | 1.7 | 2,345 |
| "College GameDay" | 1/9 | ESPN | 6:00-7:50pm | 1.6 | 2,326 |
| "NFL Countdown" | 1/15 | ESPN | 10:00am-1:00pm | 1.7 | 2,308 |
NCAA Basketball:
North Carolina-Florida State | 1/14 | ESPN | 2:12-4:16pm | 1.5 | 2,068 |
| "NFL Countdown" | 1/14 | ESPN | 10:00am-12:00pm | 1.3 | 1,805 |
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NOTES: NBA TV averaged 756,000 viewers for the Lakers-Clippers game Jan. 14, marking the net’s most-viewed regular-season telecast ever. The previous record was 722,000 viewers set on Dec. 30 this season for a Bulls-Clippers matchup. Through Jan. 17, the net is averaging 383,000 viewers for its game telecasts, up 68% compared to the same period at the start of last season (THE DAILY)….The Patriots-Broncos AFC Divisional game last Saturday night earned a 44.4 local rating on WBZ-CBS in Boston, marking the third-best local rating for a Patriots Divisional Playoff game. The top rating remains the last year's Jets-Patriots matchup, which earned a 47.9 rating (Patriots)….NBC Sports Network averaged a 4.6 local rating in St. Louis for Monday’s Stars-Blues matchup. That figure is “an increase of 73 percent from what the Blues generated last season, on average, on Versus” (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 1/20).
