Saturday afternoon's Birmingham Bowl and Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl were the top-rated college bowls over Christmas weekend. For the Birmingham Bowl on ESPN from 12:00-4:00pm ET, USF's win over Texas Tech drew a 2.2 overnight rating. Just after that game, Army's win over San Diego State in the Armed Forces Bowl on ESPN drew a 2.2 from 4:00-6:45pm. Last year, there were no Saturday afternoon bowls on Christmas weekend, as NFL games were played on Saturday to avoid the holiday.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from Christmas weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| "World of X Games: WSL Surfing" |
12/23
|
ABC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.7
|
| World's Toughest Mudder (taped) |
12/23
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
0.7
|
| "Inside College Basketball" |
12/23
|
CBS
|
1:00-1:30pm
|
0.7
|
| College basketball: Ohio State-North Carolina |
12/23
|
CBS
|
1:30-3:45pm
|
1.2
|
| College basketball: UCLA-Kentucky |
12/23
|
CBS
|
4:00-6:15pm
|
1.9
|
| EPL: Burnley-Tottenham |
12/23
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:45pm
|
0.7
|
| EPL: Leicester City-Manchester United |
12/23
|
NBC
|
2:45-5:00pm
|
0.8
|
| "Team USA Awards" |
12/23
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "Football Night in America" |
12/23
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
3.9
|
| NFL: Vikings-Packers^ |
12/23
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:15pm
|
9.0
|
| "The NFL Today" |
12/24
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.4
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
12/24
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
9.6
|
Off Road Racing: Lucas Oil
Challenge Cup (taped) |
12/24
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.1
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
12/24
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.4
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
12/24
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.1
|
| NFL: (regional) |
12/24
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:25pm
|
9.1
|
| NFL national window: Seahawks-Cowboys |
12/24
|
Fox
|
4:30-7:30pm
|
13.5
|
| "PGA Tour: Year in Review" |
12/24
|
NBC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.4
|
| Dew Tour: Breckenridge (taped) |
12/24
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:30pm
|
0.3
|
| Spartan Race (taped) |
12/24
|
NBC
|
3:30-4:30pm
|
0.4
|
| Red Bull Signature Series (taped) |
12/24
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
12/25
|
ABC
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
1.1
|
| NBA: Cavaliers-Warriors |
12/25
|
ABC
|
3:00-5:45pm
|
5.5
|
| NBA: Wizards-Celtics |
12/25
|
ABC
|
5:45-8:00pm
|
3.7
|
| NBA: Rockets-Thunder |
12/25
|
ABC
|
8:00-10:30pm
|
4.1
|
| NFL: Steelers-Texans* |
12/25
|
NBC/
NFL Net
|
4:30-7:15pm
|
8.9
|
NOTES: ^ = Part of NBC's "SNF" package. * = Part of NBC's "TNF" package.
