ESPN earned a 1.6 overnight rating for last night's Yankees-Orioles telecast, which marked the first "Sunday Night Baseball" telecast from Camden Yards since '05. The rating was up from a 1.4 overnight for Mets-Dodgers on the same weekend last year. The game also earned an 11.7 local rating in Baltimore, making it the highest-rated MLB game on ESPN in the market since at least '99 (as far as current records go back). There was one ESPN2 Orioles game in '04 that delivered a 12.5 local rating. Meanwhile, ESPN also earned a 1.5 overnight for the Brazil-Spain finale at the FIFA Confederations Cup. The net earned a 2.4 overnight in '09 for the Brazil-U.S. final.
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| X Games Munich |
6/29
|
ABC
|
1:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
| Off Road Racing: Lucas Oil Late Dirt Model |
6/29
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.3
|
| PGA Tour: AT&T National: Third Round |
6/29
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.1
|
| MLB: (regional) |
6/29
|
Fox
|
7:15-10:45pm
|
2.5
|
| U.S. Swimming National Championships |
6/29
|
NBC
|
1:00-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
| "Live From the U.S. Women's Open" |
6/29
|
NBC
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Golf: U.S. Women's Open: Third Round |
6/29
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
| Wimbledon: Week 1 highlights |
6/30
|
ABC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
| "PGA Tour Visionaries" |
6/30
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
| PGA Tour: AT&T National: Final Round |
6/30
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
| Tour de France: Stage 2 |
6/30
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.6
|
| "Live From the U.S. Women's Open" |
6/30
|
NBC
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Golf: U.S. Women's Open: Final Round |
6/30
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
