The NBA began its slate of Saturday primetime games over the weekend, drawing a 3.2 overnight rating for Warriors-Rockets. That figure is up from a 2.6 overnight for Spurs-Cavaliers last year, and up from a 2.9 overnight for Bulls-Cavs in '16 (first year with Saturday primetime).
The chart below lists overnight ratings for select sports telecasts from broadcast TV over the weekend.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "World of X Games" |
1/19
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
| NBA: Thunder-Cavaliers |
1/19
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
2.3
|
| NBA: Warriors-Rockets |
1/19
|
ABC
|
8:30-11:00pm
|
3.2
|
| College basketball: Villanova-UConn |
1/19
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.9
|
| College basketball: Texas-West Virginia |
1/19
|
CBS
|
2:00-4:15pm
|
0.8
|
| College basketball: Arizona-Stanford |
1/19
|
CBS
|
4:15-6:15pm
|
0.8
|
| College basketball: Xavier-Seton Hall |
1/19
|
Fox
|
2:30-4:30pm
|
0.5
|
| EPL: Manchester City-Newcastle |
1/19
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.8
|
| FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup (taped) |
1/19
|
NBC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.8
|
Skiing/Snowboarding:
Toyota U.S. Grand Prix (taped) |
1/19
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
| Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League (taped) |
1/20
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
1.2
|
| "NFL Championship Chase" |
1/20
|
CBS
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
3.0
|
| "The NFL Today" |
1/20
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
7.3
|
| AFC Championship: Jaguars-Patriots |
1/20
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:15pm
|
27.3
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
1/20
|
Fox
|
6:00-6:30pm
|
9.0
|
| NFC Championship: Vikings-Eagles |
1/20
|
Fox
|
6:30-9:45pm
|
24.7
|
| NHL: Flyers-Capitals |
1/20
|
NBC
|
12:30-3:00pm
|
0.9
|
| European Figure Skating Championships (taped) |
1/20
|
NBC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
0.7
|
Skiing/Snowboarding:
Toyota U.S. Grand Prix (taped) |
1/20
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
