FX averaged a 1.0 U.S. rating and 1.9 million viewers for the UFC 156 prelims on Saturday night from 8:00-10:00pm ET, figures that “set several ratings marks on the network.” FX Exec VP Chuck Saftler said that the viewership is the “largest for a preliminary show the UFC has ever done, including when it was on Spike.” Saftler: “Probably most importantly, it took about a year for people to understand that UFC had moved from Spike to Fox and specifically for prelims, FX. That was not easy messaging because for a year, Spike was still putting on repeats of UFC product. I think that was confusing people” (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 2/5).
NOTES: YES Network averaged a 3.1 local rating in N.Y. for the Lakers-Nets game on Tuesday night, marking the channel’s most-watched Nets game ever (YES)….January marked the Big Ten Network’s best monthly primetime ratings average ever among the net’s eight metered markets (BTN)….FS Arizona drew a 1.5 local rating in Phoenix for the Wild-Coyotes game on Monday night, marking the Coyotes’ highest-rated regular-season game since ’04 (FS Arizona).
The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RATING | VIEWERS (000) |
| "Super Bowl Greatest Commercials" | 1/30 | CBS | 8:00-9:00pm | 6.0 | 9,652 |
| Soccer friendly: Mexico-Denmark | 1/30 | UniMas | 9:49pm-12:17am | 1.1 | 2,094 |
| "NFL Honors" | 2/2 | CBS | 9:00-11:00pm | 2.6 | 3,995 |
| U.S. Figure Skating Championships | 2/2 | NBC | 1:00-3:00pm | 0.8 | 1,200 |
| PGA Tour: Waste Management Phoenix Open: Third Round | 2/2 | NBC | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.9 | 2,700 |
| Liga MX: Leon-Cruz Azul | 2/2 | Telem. | 9:00-11:08pm | 0.4 | 763 |
| Liga MX: Tigres UANL-Tijuana | 2/2 | UniMas | 7:53-10:00pm | 0.5 | 821 |
| Liga MX: Club America-Queretaro | 2/2 | Univ. | 6:00-8:00pm | 0.6 | 922 |
| Super Bowl XLVII: Ravens-49ers* | 2/3 | CBS | 6:32-10:47pm | 46.4 | 108,693 |
| Super Bowl postgame | 2/3 | CBS | 10:51-11:11pm | 28.7 | 63,260 |
| NHL: Penguins-Capitals | 2/3 | NBC | 12:30-3:15pm | 0.9 | 1,500 |
| PGA Tour: Waste Management Phoenix Open: Final Round | 2/3 | NBC | 3:15-5:45pm | 2.8 | 4,300 |
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. | VIEWERS (000) |
| NCAA Basketball: Michigan-Indiana | 2/2 | ESPN | 8:55-11:09pm | 2.5 | 4,035 |
| NBA: Lakers-Suns | 1/30 | ESPN | 10:33pm-1:04am | 1.6 | 2,431 |
| NBA: Lakers-T'Wolves | 2/1 | ESPN | 9:38-11:56pm | 1.4 | 2,032 |
| NBA: Heat-Nets | 1/30 | ESPN | 8:05-10:33pm | 1.3 | 2,003 |
| UFC 156 Prelims | 2/2 | FX | 8:00-10:01pm | 1.0 | 1,897 |
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" | 2/3 | ESPN | 10:00am-2:01pm | 1.2 | 1,756 |
| NCAA Basketball: Kentucky-Texas A&M | 2/2 | ESPN | 6:06-10:39pm | 1.1 | 1,735 |
| NCAA Basketball: Kentucky-Ole Miss | 1/29 | ESPN | 9:02-11:13pm | 1.1 | 1,714 |
| NBA: Heat-Pacers | 2/1 | ESPN | 7:00-9:38pm | 1.1 | 1,639 |
| NBA: Grizzlies-Thunder | 1/31 | TNT | 8:17-10:43pm | 1.1 | 1,612 |
NOTE: * = Rating for Super Bowl excludes period where Superdome had blackout. That period from 8:41-9:11pm ET earned a 44.4 rating and 106.556 million viewers
