ESPN earned a 2.7 overnight Nielsen rating for yesterday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup series finale from Miami-Homestead Speedway, down 27% from a 3.7 overnight for the same race last year. Meanwhile, the net’s Nationwide Series final on Saturday afternoon earned a 1.1 overnight, up from a 1.0 rating on ESPN2 last year.
The charts below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| "College Football Countdown" | 11/17 | ABC | 3:00-3:30pm | 1.3 |
| NCAA Football: (regional) | 11/17 | ABC | 3:30-7:30pm | 3.2 |
| NCAA Football: Stanford-Oregon | 11/17 | ABC | 8:00-11:45pm | 5.5 |
| "From Philadelphia to Fallujah" | 11/17 | CBS | 1:30-2:30pm | 0.4 |
| "College Football Uncut" | 11/17 | CBS | 2:30-3:00pm | 0.4 |
| "College Football Today" | 11/17 | CBS | 3:00-3:30pm | 0.6 |
| NCAA Football: Ole Miss-LSU | 11/17 | CBS | 3:30-7:00pm | 2.4 |
| NCAA Football: USC-UCLA | 11/17 | Fox | 3:00-6:45pm | 2.7 |
| NCAA Football: Oklahoma-West Virginia | 11/17 | Fox | 7:00-11:15pm | 2.1 |
| NCAA Football: Wake Forest-Notre Dame | 11/17 | NBC | 3:30-7:00pm | 1.7 |
| "The NFL Today" | 11/18 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 2.6 |
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) | 11/18 | CBS | 1:00-4:15pm | 11.2 |
| "NFL on CBS": Colts-Patriots (51%) | 11/18 | CBS | 4:15-7:30pm | 14.8 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 11/18 | Fox | 12:00-1:00pm | 3.1 |
| "NFL on Fox": (single) | 11/18 | Fox | 1:00-4:05pm | 10.6 |
| "World of Adventure Sports " | 11/18 | NBC | 1:00-2:00pm | 0.4 |
| ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating | 11/18 | NBC | 2:00-4:00pm | 0.7 |
| Family Figure Skating Tribute | 11/18 | NBC | 4:00-6:00pm | 0.9 |
| "Football Night in America" | 11/18 | NBC | 7:30-8:15pm | 4.7 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Ravens-Steelers | 11/18 | NBC | 8:30-11:30pm | 12.2 |
