NBC on Friday afternoon drew a 0.9 overnight rating for the Bruins' 4-3 win over the Penguins in the network's annual Black Friday game. That number is down slightly from a 1.0 in '16 for Rangers-Flyers. Two years ago on Black Friday, NBC drew a 1.1 overnight for the Rangers-Bruins telecast.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from sports telecasts during Thanksgiving weekend on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| "The NFL Today" |
11/23
|
CBS
|
3:30-4:00pm
|
4.8
|
| NFL: Chargers-Cowboys (Thanksgiving) |
11/23
|
CBS
|
4:30-8:00pm
|
12.4
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
11/23
|
Fox
|
10:30-11:30am
|
1.5
|
| "Fox NFL Special" |
11/23
|
Fox
|
11:30am-12:30pm
|
3.6
|
| NFL: Vikings-Lions (Thanksgiving) |
11/23
|
Fox
|
12:30-4:00pm
|
11.4
|
| "2017 U.S. Open: Golf's Newest Star" |
11/23
|
Fox
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
6.6
|
| NFL: Giants-Redskins (Thanksgiving) |
11/23
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
9.7
|
| College football: Miami-Pitt |
11/24
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
3.2
|
| College football: USF-UCF |
11/24
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
3.2
|
| College football: Missouri-Arkansas |
11/24
|
CBS
|
2:30-6:30pm
|
1.5
|
College basketball: Continental Tire
Las Vegas Invitational: Arizona State-Xavier |
11/24
|
Fox
|
5:30-7:30pm
|
0.7
|
| College football: Texas Tech-Texas |
11/24
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
2.2
|
| NHL: Penguins-Bruins |
11/24
|
NBC
|
1:00-4:00pm
|
0.9
|
| College football: Georgia-Georgia Tech |
11/25
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
1.8
|
| College football: Wisconsin-Minnesota |
11/25
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.4
|
| College football: Notre Dame-Stanford |
11/25
|
ABC
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
3.3
|
| "College Football Today" |
11/25
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
1.0
|
| College football: Alabama-Auburn |
11/25
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
7.8
|
| College football: Ohio State-Michigan |
11/25
|
Fox
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
6.7
|
| College football: Michigan State-Rutgers |
11/25
|
Fox
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.4
|
| College football: Washington State-Washington |
11/25
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:30pm
|
1.6
|
| EPL: Liverpool-Chelsea |
11/25
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.8
|
| Skiing: FIS World Cup: Killington, Vt. (taped) |
11/25
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Figure Skating: Bridgestone Skate America |
11/25
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
| "World of X Games: Peace Park" |
11/26
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.4
|
| "World of X Games: Dropping Next" |
11/26
|
ABC
|
3:30-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
| "The NFL Today" |
11/26
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.2
|
| NFL: (regional) |
11/26
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:25pm
|
8.1
|
| NFL nat'l window: Saints-Rams (82%) |
11/26
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:40pm
|
13.3
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
11/26
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.4
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
11/26
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.1
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
11/26
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
10.0
|
| Skiing: FIS World Cup: Killington, Vt. |
11/26
|
NBC
|
1:00-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
| Red Bull Signature Series (taped) |
11/26
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Figure Skating: Bridgestone Skate America |
11/26
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
1.1
|
| "SNF": Packers-Steelers |
11/26
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
12.2
|
