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Overnight Ratings: ESPN's Aussie Open Men's Final Down Slightly; "NFL Honors" Rises

The “NFL Honors” show on Saturday night drew a 3.0 overnight rating on NBC, up 44% from the same event on Fox last year....ESPN drew a 0.5 overnight for Novak Djokovic’ win over Andy Murray in the Australian Open final on Sunday morning from 3:00-7:30am ET, down from a 0.6 for Stanislas Wawrinka-Rafael Nadal last year....With Tiger Woods missing the cut at the PGA Tour Waste Management Phoenix Open, CBS did not get an anticipated weekend audience bump for the event. The net drew a 1.7 overnight for the third round on Saturday, down from a 2.0 rating last year. Sunday’s final round was a 2.5 overnight, down from a 2.6....Duke-Virginia on ESPN on Saturday from 7:00-9:00pm led all college basketball over the weekend with a 2.2 overnight. North Carolina-Louisville ranked No. 2 with a 1.7 overnight earlier on Saturday on ESPN (4:15-6:45pm).

The chart below lists overnight ratings for sports telecasts on broadcast TV over the weekend.

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RATING
"X Games Aspen Anthonology"
1/31
ABC
12:00-4:00pm
1.0
"NCAA Men of March: Jay Wright"
1/31
CBS
12:30-1:00pm
0.6
College basketball: Arkansas-Florida
1/31
CBS
1:00-3:15pm
0.8
PGA Tour: Waste Management Phoenix Open: Third Round
1/31
CBS
3:15-6:00pm
1.7
College basketball: Providence-St. John's
1/31
Fox
12:00-2:15pm
0.4
"EPL Live"
1/31
NBC
12:00-12:30pm
0.6
EPL: Chelsea-Manchester City
1/31
NBC
12:30-2:30pm
1.0
Smuckers Skating Special
1/31
NBC
2:30-4:00pm
0.9
"Road to the Super Bowl"
1/31
NBC
4:00-5:00pm
1.0
"Cris Collinsworth Special"
1/31
NBC
5:00-6:00pm
1.3
"NFL Honors"
1/31
NBC
9:00-11:00pm
3.0
College basketball: Michigan-Michigan State
2/1
CBS
1:00-3:15pm
1.2
PGA Tour: Waste Management Phoenix Open: Third Round
2/1
CBS
3:15-6:00pm
2.5
Super Bowl XLIX: Seahawks-Patriots
2/1
NBC
6:00-10:15pm
49.7

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