Golf Channel had its most-watched quarter ever during Q1 this year with 129,000 average viewers on a 24-hour basis. That figure is up 10% from Q1 last year (Golf Channel)….Telemundo averaged 2.6 million viewers for the Chivas de Guadalajara-Club Amèrica match last Sunday night, marking the highest-rated Liga MX telecast on the net this year. The audience was up 22% from the same “Superclàsico” matchup last year (Telemundo)….HBO averaged 1.2 million viewers for “Boxing After Dark” last Saturday, which featured a rematch between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado. That audience is up 45% from the first bout between the fighters last October (HBO)….Fox Deportes finished the month of March as the No. 1 Spanish sports cable network in total viewers across all day parts (Fox).
The charts below list final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
NCAA Tournament: Regional Final:
Louisville-Duke |
3/31
|
CBS
|
5:00-7:30pm
|
8.8
|
n/a
|
NCAA Tournament: Regional Final:
Wichita State-Ohio State |
3/30
|
CBS
|
7:00-9:41pm
|
6.8
|
11,292
|
NCAA Tournament: Regional Final:
Michigan-Florida |
3/31
|
CBS
|
2:15-4:30pm
|
5.7
|
n/a
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Duke-Michigan State |
3/29
|
CBS
|
9:46pm-12:13am
|
4.6
|
7,108
|
NCAA Tournament: Regional Final:
Syracuse-Marquette |
3/30
|
CBS
|
4:15-6:45pm
|
4.2
|
n/a
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Louisville-Oregon |
3/29
|
CBS
|
7:00-9:30pm
|
3.9
|
5,963
|
FIFA World Cup Qualifier:
U.S.-Mexico |
3/26
|
UniMas
|
10:13pm-12:32am
|
2.0
|
4,577
|
| "Road to the Final Four" |
3/30
|
CBS
|
2:30-4:15pm
|
1.3
|
n/a
|
PGA Tour: Shell Houston Open:
Final Round* |
3/31
|
NBC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
1.3
|
1,900
|
PGA Tour: Shell Houston Open:
Third Round |
3/30
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
1,600
|
Liga MX:
CD Guadalajara-Club America |
3/31
|
Telem.
|
9:55pm-12:05am
|
1.2
|
2,571
|
ATP: Sony Open Final:
Andy Murray-David Ferrer |
3/31
|
CBS
|
11:30am-2:15pm
|
1.1
|
n/a
|
WTA: Sony Open Final:
Serena Williams-Maria Sharapova |
3/30
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:30pm
|
1.0
|
n/a
|
| NHL: Blackhawks-Red Wings |
3/31
|
NBC
|
12:30-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,100
|
| Red Bull Signature Series |
3/30
|
NBC
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.3
|
473
|
| Global Golf Adventure |
3/30
|
NBC
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.3
|
319
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE: * = Final round suspended at 5:00pm ET due to rain. Ended on Golf Channel from 7:25-8:27pm, averaging 543,000 viewers.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Florida-Florida Gulf Coast |
3/29
|
TBS
|
10:30pm-12:50am
|
4.1
|
6,739
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Michigan-Kansas |
3/29
|
TBS
|
7:20-10:12pm
|
3.9
|
6,463
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Ohio State-Arizona |
3/28
|
TBS
|
7:30-10:08pm
|
3.0
|
4,653
|
| NBA: Heat-Bulls |
3/27
|
ESPN
|
8:05-10:57pm
|
2.5
|
3,896
|
FIFA World Cup Qualifier:
U.S.-Mexico |
3/26
|
ESPN
|
10:14pm-12:35am
|
1.7
|
2,385
|
NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16:
Wichita State-La Salle |
3/28
|
TBS
|
10:25pm-12:35am
|
1.5
|
2,336
|
| MLB: Rangers-Astros |
3/31
|
ESPN
|
7:50-11:09pm
|
1.4
|
2,268
|
| NBA: Heat-Magic |
3/25
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:36pm
|
1.3
|
1,921
|
| NBA: Nets-Mavericks |
3/27
|
ESPN
|
10:57pm-1:02am
|
1.1
|
1,516
|
Women's NCAA Tournament:
Regional Final: Louisville-Baylor |
3/31
|
ESPN2
|
6:57-9:20pm
|
0.9
|
1,511
|
