Golf Channel aired live coverage of the first day of the Ryder Cup for the first time on Friday, averaging 828,000 viewers for coverage from 6:00am-1:27pm ET. ESPN had the Friday coverage in 2010, the last time the event was in Europe. That telecast was marred by inclement weather. The 828,000 viewers for Golf Channel led the net to its second-best total-day audience on record.
The charts below list final ratings from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NFL: Eagles-49ers (88%) |
9/28
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
15.0
|
25,800
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Saints-Cowboys |
9/28
|
NBC
|
8:31-11:01pm
|
13.3
|
22,675
|
| "Thursday Night Football": Giants-Redskins |
9/25
|
CBS
|
8:26-11:23pm
|
10.2
|
16,289
|
| NFL: (regional) |
9/28
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
9.1
|
15,100
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
9/28
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:13pm
|
7.4
|
11,831
|
| "Football Night in America" |
9/28
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.6
|
7,711
|
| College Football: (regional) |
9/27
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:29pm
|
3.5
|
5,493
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
9/28
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.1
|
4,670
|
| "Thursday Night Football Pregame" |
9/25
|
CBS
|
7:30-7:58pm
|
3.2
|
4,512
|
| College Football: Arkansas-Texas A&M |
9/27
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:29pm
|
2.7
|
4,375
|
| College Football: Notre Dame-Syracuse |
9/27
|
ABC
|
8:06-11:56pm
|
2.6
|
4,053
|
| "The NFL Today" |
9/28
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
1.9
|
2,755
|
| Ryder Cup: Day 3 |
9/28
|
NBC
|
7:00am-12:40pm
|
1.6
|
2,200
|
| Ryder Cup: Day 2 |
9/27
|
NBC
|
7:00am-1:00pm
|
1.4
|
2,000
|
| PBR: Kawasaki Strong Battle at the Bay |
9/28
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.1
|
1,718
|
| College Football: Stanford-Washington |
9/27
|
Fox
|
4:15-7:45pm
|
1.0
|
1,440
|
| College Football: Baylor-Iowa State |
9/27
|
Fox
|
8:20-11:51pm
|
0.8
|
1,301
|
| Ryder Cup: Day 2 (taped) |
9/27
|
NBC
|
1:00-6:00pm
|
1.0
|
1,300
|
| MLB: Yankees-Red Sox (split nat'l with FS1) |
9/27
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
0.8
|
1,138
|
| STIHL Timbersports Series |
9/28
|
ABC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,096
|
| "College Football Countdown" |
9/27
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.8
|
1,060
|
| "College Football Today" |
9/27
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.6
|
898
|
| Liga MX: Cruz Azul-Leon |
9/27
|
Univision
|
5:55-8:00pm
|
0.5
|
838
|
| "College Football Socreboard" |
9/27
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
775
|
| Liga MX: Chivas de Guadalajara-Puebla |
9/28
|
UniMas
|
5:50-8:00pm
|
0.4
|
750
|
| Liga MX: Santos Laguna-Club America |
9/26
|
Azateca
|
10:24pm-12:30am
|
0.4
|
670
|
| "College Football's Open Season" |
9/27
|
CBS
|
2:00-2:30pm
|
0.4
|
594
|
| "College Football's Open Season" |
9/27
|
CBS
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
571
|
| "Red Bull Joyride" |
9/28
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:30pm
|
0.3
|
517
|
| Global Rallycross: Seattle |
9/28
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
0.3
|
465
|
| "World of X Games: Adaptive Action" |
9/28
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.3
|
404
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| "Monday Night Football": Bears-Jets |
9/22
|
ESPN
|
8:15-11:45pm
|
8.4
|
13,265
|
| College Football: Tennessee-Georgia |
9/27
|
ESPN
|
12:01-3:39pm
|
3.1
|
4,721
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AAA 400 (Dover) |
9/28
|
ESPN
|
2:00-5:50pm
|
2.3
|
3,786
|
| College Football: Missouri-South Carolina |
9/27
|
ESPN
|
6:54-10:50pm
|
1.9
|
3,384
|
| "Thursday Night Football": Giants-Redskins |
9/25
|
NFLN
|
8:26-11:23pm
|
1.8
|
2,933
|
| College Football: Oregon State-USC |
9/27
|
ESPN
|
10:50pm-2:11am
|
1.6
|
2,694
|
| "Monday Night Countdown" |
9/22
|
ESPN
|
6:00-8:15pm
|
1.4
|
1,985
|
| NASCAR Nationwide Series: Dover 200 |
9/27
|
ESPN
|
3:39-5:42pm
|
1.2
|
1,859
|
| College Football: Texas Tech-Oklahoma State |
9/25
|
ESPN
|
7:25-11:22pm
|
1.1
|
1,836
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
9/28
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
1.1
|
1,629
|
