NBC yesterday drew a 1.8 overnight rating for the final day of Presidents Cup coverage, where the U.S. had a comfortable lead coming into the day on the way to a landslide win. Four years ago, the last time the event was held in the U.S., NBC drew a 2.5 overnight for the final day. The net also drew a 2.5 for Sunday coverage in ’09.
SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT: Clemson-Virginia Tech was the top-rated college football game of Week 5, as the matchup on ABC’s “Saturday Night Football” window drew a 3.0 overnight. Last year in Week 5, ABC drew a 6.0 for Louisville-Clemson. Earlier on Saturday, CBS drew a 2.6 for Georgia’s 41-0 win over Tennessee, which was actually flat compared to the same matchup last year -- a much closer affair.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| College football: Northwestern-Wisconsin |
9/30
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
2.0
|
| College football: Florida State-Wake Forest |
9/30
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.1
|
| College football: Clemson-Virginia Tech |
9/30
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:45pm
|
3.0
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (taped) |
9/30
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "College Football Today" |
9/30
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.8
|
| College football: Georgia-Tennessee |
9/30
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.6
|
| MLB: (regional) |
9/30
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:30pm
|
1.5
|
| College football: Iowa-Michigan State |
9/30
|
Fox
|
4:30-7:30pm
|
1.5
|
| College football: Oklahoma State-Texas Tech |
9/30
|
Fox
|
8:15pm-12:00am
|
1.8
|
| Golf: Presidents Cup: Day 3 |
9/30
|
NBC
|
8:00am-6:15pm
|
1.6
|
| "World of X Games: WSL Surfing" |
10/1
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.3
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/1
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
2.4
|
| NFL: (regional) |
10/1
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:20pm
|
8.1
|
| NFL: Raiders-Broncos (97%) |
10/1
|
CBS
|
4:30-7:45pm
|
10.8
|
| NFL: Saints-Dolphins (London) |
10/1
|
Fox
|
9:30am-12:30pm
|
4.8
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/1
|
Fox
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
6.1
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
10/1
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
12.6
|
| Golf: Presidents Cup: Day 4 |
10/1
|
NBC
|
12:00-6:00pm
|
1.8
|
| "Football Night in America" |
10/1
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
5.3
|
| "SNF": Colts-Seahawks |
10/1
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
11.0
|
