Outside of the Daytona 500 on Fox, golf took the top spot among sports telecasts on TV this weekend. CBS drew a 3.0 for the final round of the Northern Trust Open yesterday, which saw James Hahn get his first PGA Tour win in a playoff against Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey. That figure is up from a 1.9 overnight last year, when the tourney aired up against the Sochi Olympics. CBS drew a 2.6 overnight in ’13 for John Merrick’s playoff win over Charlie Beljan and a 4.1 overnight in ’12 for Bill Haas’ playoff win over Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson.
NOTES: CBS’ Ohio State-Michigan topped all college hoops games over the weekend with a 1.5 overnight yesterday afternoon. ESPN’s top game was Auburn-Kentucky on Saturday night with a 1.3 rating....NBCSN drew a 0.4 overnight for the Kings-Sharks outdoor game at Levi’s Stadium on Saturday night. ESPN2 in the same window drew the same rating for Gonzaga-St. Mary’s men’s hoops.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "The Grantland Oscar Preview" |
2/21
|
ABC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.8
|
| "30 for 30": "Of Miracles And Men" |
2/21
|
ABC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.7
|
| College basketball: Florida-LSU |
2/21
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
| PGA Tour: Northern Trust Open: Third Round |
2/21
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
| College basketball: Seton Hall-St. John's |
2/21
|
Fox
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
0.4
|
| College basketball: Villanova-Marquette |
2/21
|
Fox
|
2:30-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
| EPL: Manchester City-Newcastle |
2/21
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.6
|
| "NCAA Men of March: Sean Miller" |
2/22
|
CBS
|
12:00-12:30pm
|
1.0
|
| "NCAA Men of March: Thad Matta" |
2/22
|
CBS
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.7
|
| College basketball: Ohio State-Michigan |
2/22
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:15pm
|
1.5
|
| PGA Tour: Northern Trust Open: Final Round |
2/22
|
CBS
|
3:15-7:30pm
|
3.0
|
| "Fox NASCAR Sunday" |
2/22
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:30pm
|
3.9
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Daytona 500 |
2/22
|
Fox
|
1:30-5:00pm
|
7.3
|
| "Hockey Day in America" |
2/22
|
NBC
|
12:00-12:30pm
|
0.8
|
| NHL: Capitals-Flyers |
2/22
|
NBC
|
12:30-3:15pm
|
0.8
|
| NHL: Bruins-Blackhawks |
2/22
|
NBC
|
3:30-6:15pm
|
1.3
|
