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Overnight Ratings: Heat-Pacers Game 6 Tops Weekend; Memorial Final Round Down

TNT's telecast of Heat-Pacers Game 6 on Saturday night topped all overnight Nielsen ratings for weekend sports telecasts with a 6.2 rating. ABC also had both broadcasts of IndyCar's first-ever doubleheader. Saturday afternoon's first race earned a 0.7 overnight, while Sunday afternoon's second race got a 0.8 rating. CBS earned a 2.2 overnight for the final round of The Memorial, with Matt Kuchar winning the PGA Tour event. That figure is down from a 3.7 overnight for the final round last year, which saw Tiger Woods get the win.

Listed below are overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RAT.
IndyCar: Chevy Indy Dual In Detroit: Race 1
6/1
ABC
3:30-6:00pm
0.7
"Stars on Sports"
6/1
CBS
2:00-3:00pm
0.4
PGA Tour: The Memorial: Third Round
6/1
CBS
3:00-6:00pm
1.8
MLB: (regional)
6/1
Fox
7:00-10:30pm
2.5
French Open: Third Round
6/1
NBC
12:00-3:00pm
1.1
College Rugby Championship
6/1
NBC
3:00-4:30pm
0.5
Track & Field: Prefontaine Classic
6/1
NBC
4:30-6:00pm
0.9
NHL Eastern Conference Finals: Bruins-Penguins: Game 1
6/1
NBC
8:00-11:00pm
2.5
IndyCar: Chevy Indy Dual In Detroit: Race 2
6/2
ABC
3:30-6:00pm
0.8
"PGA Tour 2013: Golf's Dads"
6/2
CBS
2:00-3:00pm
0.6
PGA Tour: The Memorial: Final Round
6/2
CBS
3:00-6:00pm
2.2
NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dover
6/2
Fox
1:15-4:30pm
3.5
French Open: Round of 16
6/2
NBC
1:00-4:00pm
1.2
College Rugby Championship
6/2
NBC
4:00-6:00pm
0.6

 

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