TNT led all weekend sports telecasts with a 3.3 overnight rating for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 from Daytona Int’l Speedway, up slightly from a 3.2 overnight for last year’s race. The audience was the best for any NASCAR race on TNT since the same race in ’10. CBS earned a 1.2 overnight rating for its portion of the final round of the PGA Tour Greenbrier Classic from 3:00-6:00pm ET, down from a 2.1 overnight last year. The final round saw weather delays, and Golf Channel concluded coverage of the event from 6:00-8:53pm. ABC earned a 1.1 overnight for the Izod IndyCar Series’ first race at Pocono Raceway in 24 years.
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| Wimbledon Women's Final highlights |
7/6
|
ABC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
| PGA Tour: Greenbrier Classic: Third Round |
7/6
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
| "MLB All-Star Selection Show" |
7/6
|
Fox
|
6:30-7:00pm
|
0.9
|
| MLB: (regional) |
7/6
|
Fox
|
7:00-10:00pm
|
2.1
|
| Tour de France: Stage 8 |
7/6
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:15pm
|
0.9
|
| AMA Motocross |
7/6
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
| Red Bull Wake Open |
7/6
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
| Izod IndyCar Series: Pocono |
7/7
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:00pm
|
1.1
|
| Wimbledon Men's Final highlights |
7/7
|
ABC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.0
|
| PGA Tour: Greenbrier Classic: Final Round* |
7/7
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
| FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships |
7/7
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:30pm
|
0.6
|
| "Octane Academy" |
7/7
|
NBC
|
3:30-4:30pm
|
0.4
|
| Red Bull: Volcom Pro |
7/7
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
| |
|
|
|
|
NOTES: * = Rain forced delays. Event concluded on Golf Channel from 6:00-8:53pm ET.
