College bowl season got underway this past weekend, and ESPN saw upticks in overnight ratings for both of the games on Saturday. The net earned a 1.9 overnight for Arizona’s come-from-behind win over Nevada in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl from 1:00-4:45pm ET, up 19% from a 1.6 rating for the Temple-Wyoming matchup last year. ESPN also earned a 1.8 overnight for the Utah State-Toledo Famous Idaho Potato Bowl from 4:45-8:00pm, up slightly from a 1.7 rating last year for the Ohio-Utah State matchup.
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
12/15
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
| NCAA Basketball: Indiana-Butler |
12/15
|
CBS
|
2:00-4:45pm
|
1.5
|
| Showtime Boxing |
12/15
|
CBS
|
4:45-6:00pm
|
1.3
|
| Dew Tour: iON Mountain Championships |
12/15
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.6
|
| Golf: PNC Father-Son Challenge |
12/15
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
| "The NFL Today" |
12/16
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.0
|
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) |
12/16
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
10.8
|
| "NFL on CBS": Steelers-Cowboys (90%) |
12/16
|
CBS
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
17.2
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
12/16
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.8
|
| "NFL on Fox": (single) |
12/16
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
n/a
|
| Dew Tour: iON Mountain Championships |
12/16
|
NBC
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| Golf: PNC Father-Son Challenge |
12/16
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
| "Football Night in America" |
12/16
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.4
|
| "Sunday Night Football": 49ers-Patriots |
12/16
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
15.2
|
