ESPN drew a 2.6 overnight rating for yesterday's coverage of the British Open from 9:00am-2:45pm ET, which featured the third round of the event after rain earlier in the tourney forced a delay. West Palm Beach led all markets with a 4.5 local rating. Despite coverage on Sunday only showing the third round, it is flat compared to the Sunday telecast of the final round last year, which saw Rory McIlroy complete a wire-to-wire victory, winning by two strokes over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia. Meanwhile, ABC's British Open highlight coverage on Saturday and Sunday was the highest-rated sports programming on English-language broadcast TV over the weekend.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "World of X Games: WSL Big Wave Awards" |
7/18
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
| "The Open Today" |
7/18
|
ABC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.3
|
| Premier Boxing Champions |
7/18
|
CBS
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
| Tour de France: Stage 14 |
7/18
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| Golf: American Century Championship |
7/18
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
| CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarterfinal: U.S.-Cuba |
7/18
|
Fox
|
5:00-7:00pm
|
1.2
|
| "The Open Today" |
7/19
|
ABC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
| Volleyball: AVP NYC Open |
7/19
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Golf: American Century Championship |
7/19
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
