NBC earned a 2.2 overnight rating for yesterday’s final round of the Dell Technologies Championship in Boston, which saw Justin Thomas earn his fifth win of the season by outlasting Jordan Spieth by three shots. The rating is up 37% from a 1.6 for Rory McIlroy’s two-shot win last year over Paul Casey and 2% from the '15 final round. Yesterday's rating peaked at a 2.8 between 5:30-6:00pm ET. Meanwhile, Sunday's third round on NBC drew a 1.82 overnight. That marked the best non-major, non-Players round 3 on the PGA Tour since the WGC-Mexico Championship in March drew a 1.86. Sunday's rating also was the best for a FedExCup Playoffs round 3 since the '15 Deutsche Bank Championship drew a 2.0.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE |
NET |
TIME (ET) |
RATING |
| College football: Akron-Penn State |
9/2 |
ABC |
12:00-3:30pm |
1.6 |
| College football: Michigan-Florida |
9/2 |
ABC |
3:30-7:00pm |
5.0 |
| College football: Alabama-Florida State |
9/2 |
ABC |
8:00-11:00pm |
7.3 |
| "NFL Fantasy Live: 2017 Season Preview" |
9/2 |
CBS |
2:00-3:00pm |
0.6 |
| World's Strongest Man Final (taped) |
9/2 |
CBS |
3:00-4:00pm |
0.8 |
| Tough Mudder X Finals (taped) |
9/2 |
CBS |
4:00-5:00pm |
0.7 |
| PBR: WinStar World Casino & Resort Invitational |
9/2 |
CBS |
5:00-6:00pm |
0.7 |
| College football: UTEP-Oklahoma |
9/2 |
Fox |
4:00-7:30pm |
0.8 |
| College football: Purdue-Louisville |
9/2 |
Fox |
7:30-10:00pm |
1.4 |
| "On A Mission: Atlanta Rising" |
9/2 |
NBC |
2:00-3:00pm |
0.5 |
| "Onward Notre Dame: The House That Rockne Built" |
9/2 |
NBC |
3:00-3:30pm |
0.6 |
| College football: Temple-Notre Dame |
9/2 |
NBC |
3:30-7:00pm |
1.2 |
| "World of X Games: Minneapolis recap" |
9/3 |
ABC |
4:00-4:30pm |
0.5 |
| "World of X Games: Skate on Film" |
9/3 |
ABC |
4:30-5:00pm |
0.5 |
| College football: West Virginia-Virginia Tech |
9/3 |
ABC |
8:00-11:00pm |
2.9 |
| College football: Texas A&M-UCLA |
9/3 |
Fox |
7:30-10:00pm |
2.2 |
| Track & Field: IAAF Diamond League (taped) |
9/3 |
NBC |
1:00-2:00pm |
0.8 |
| Golf: "Presidents Cup Special" |
9/3 |
NBC |
2:00-3:00pm |
0.5 |
| PGA Tour: Dell Technologies Championships: Third Round |
9/3 |
NBC |
3:00-6:00pm |
1.8 |
| "Do Your Job Part 2: Bill Belichick & The 2016 Patriots" |
9/3 |
NBC |
7:00-8:00pm |
1.3 |
| NHRA: Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals (Indianapolis) |
9/4 |
Fox |
1:00-4:00pm |
0.7 |
| PGA Tour: Dell Technologies Championships: Final Round |
9/4 |
NBC |
1:30-6:00pm |
2.2 |
