CBS was the beneficiary of Jordan Spieth's win at The Masters last week, despite Spieth not winning the event and CBS not having live coverage on Sunday. The net drew a 2.6 overnight rating for the final round of the PGA Tour RBC Heritage yesterday, marking the event's best Sunday figure for the event since '04. This increase came despite CBS beginning its coverage at 3:00pm ET, which was after the event was over. Tee times for the event had been moved up with adverse weather coming in, and Jim Furyk had secured the win before CBS came on the air. Meanwhile, Fox drew a 1.8 for its UFC telecast on Saturday night, up from a 1.6 for the same weekend last year (Easter weekend).
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV over the weekend.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "Gruden's QB Camp: Winston & Mariota" |
4/18
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
NBA Western Conference First Round:
Pelicans-Warriors: Game 1 |
4/18
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
3.2
|
| PGA Tour: RBC Heritage: Third Round |
4/18
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
| FA Cup: Reading-Arsenal |
4/18
|
Fox
|
12:00-3;15pm
|
0.5
|
| UFC Prelims |
4/18
|
Fox
|
6:00-8:00pm
|
1.0
|
| UFC on Fox 15: Luke Rockhold d. Lyoto Machida |
4/18
|
Fox
|
8:00-10:15pm
|
1.8
|
| EPL: Chelsea-Manchester United |
4/18
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.8
|
NHL Eastern Conference First Round:
Red Wings-Lightning: Game 2 |
4/18
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.1
|
NHL Eastern Conference First Round:
Penguins-Rangers: Game 2 |
4/18
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:00pm
|
1.7
|
| "2015 Draft Academy" |
4/19
|
ABC
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.8
|
NBA Eastern Conference First Round:
Celtics-Cavaliers: Game 1 |
4/19
|
ABC
|
3:00-5:30pm
|
4.5
|
| PBR: Stanley Performance in Action Invitational |
4/19
|
CBS
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.7
|
| "PGA Tour 2015: Making Cancer History" |
4/19
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
| PGA Tour: RBC Heritage: Final Round** |
4/19
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
2.6
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500 (Bristol)* |
4/19
|
Fox
|
2:30-2:43pm
|
2.9
|
NHL Eastern Conference First Round:
Capitals-Islanders: Game 3 |
4/19
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:15pm
|
1.2
|
NHL Western Conference First Round:
Predators-Blackhawks: Game 3 |
4/19
|
NBC
|
3:15-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
| |
|
|
|
|
NOTES: * = Weather delayed race until 6:30pm. Coverage finished on FS1 from 6:30-10:30pm with a 1.4 overnight. ** = Tourney actually over before CBS telecast aired. Tee times had been moved up with adverse weather coming in.
