NBC on Saturday night drew 3.5 million viewers for the NFL Honors award ceremony, up from 3.2 million viewers in the same slot on Fox last year, but down from 4.4 million viewers on CBS in '16. When NBC last had the event in ’15, the net averaged 4.7 million viewers.
I’M JUST A BILL: ESPN aired the premiere of “The Two Bills” on Feb. 1, averaging 1.26 million viewers for the 90-minute documentary in the 9:00pm ET time slot. Last year, in the same time slot, ESPN premiered “This Was The XFL,” which averaged 917,000 viewers. Two years ago, “The '85 Bears” averaged 1.43 million viewers. But the documentary on the relationship between Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick fared well compared to other NFL-related docs.
The chart below lists viewership for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| Super Bowl LII: Eagles-Patriots |
2/4
|
NBC
|
6:31-10:25pm
|
43.1
|
103,391
|
| "Super Bowl Greatest Commercials" |
1/30
|
CBS
|
8:00-9:00pm
|
4.5
|
7,309
|
PGA Tour: Waste Management
Phoenix Open: Final Round |
2/4
|
CBS
|
3:07-6:30pm
|
2.5
|
4,080
|
| NFL Honors |
2/3
|
NBC
|
9:00-11:00pm
|
2.1
|
3,457
|
PGA Tour: Waste Management
Phoenix Open: Third Round |
2/3
|
CBS
|
4:46-7:00pm
|
2.1
|
3,304
|
| Puppy Bowl XIV |
2/4
|
Animal Planet
|
3:00-5:02pm
|
n/a
|
3,046
|
| NBA: Rockets-Cavaliers |
2/3
|
ABC
|
8:31-10:54pm
|
1.8
|
2,967
|
| NBA: Lakers-Thunder |
2/4
|
ABC
|
2:01-4:30pm
|
1.6
|
2,528
|
College basketball:
Kentucky-Missouri |
2/3
|
CBS
|
2:15-4:46pm
|
1.4
|
2,173
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
2/3
|
ABC
|
8:00-8:31pm
|
1.3
|
2,051
|
| NBA: Warriors-Kings |
2/2
|
ESPN
|
10:35pm-12:54pm
|
n/a
|
1,832
|
Soccer friendly: Mexico-
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
1/31
|
UniMas
|
8:45-11:01pm
|
0.8
|
1,528
|
| NBA: Knicks-Celtics |
1/31
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:19pm
|
n/a
|
1,524
|
College basketball:
Oklahoma State-Kansas |
2/3
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
1.0
|
1,447
|
PGA Tour: Waste Management
Phoenix Open: Final Round (early) |
2/4
|
Golf Channel
|
1:00-2:45pm
|
0.9
|
1,440
|
| NBA: Rockets-Spurs |
2/1
|
TNT
|
8:14-10:29pm
|
n/a
|
1,438
|
College basketball:
Kansas-Kansas State |
1/29
|
ESPN
|
9:05-11:08pm
|
n/a
|
1,421
|
| NBA: Cavaliers-Pistons |
1/30
|
TNT
|
8:14-10:38pm
|
n/a
|
1,400
|
College basketball:
Oklahoma-Texas |
2/3
|
ESPN
|
6:15-8:25pm
|
0.9
|
1,389
|
| PBR: Anaheim Invitational |
2/4
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,373
|
| NBA: Heat-76ers |
2/2
|
ESPN
|
8:01-10:35pm
|
n/a
|
1,342
|
| NBA: Thunder-Nuggets |
2/1
|
TNT
|
10:29pm-1:04am
|
n/a
|
1,341
|
College basketball:
Duke-St. John's |
2/3
|
Fox
|
12:03-2:30pm
|
0.9
|
1,323
|
College basketball:
Wisconsin-Maryland |
2/4
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,279
|
| Track & Field: Millrose Games |
2/3
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,239
|
College basketball:
Minnesota-Michigan |
2/3
|
Fox
|
2:38-5:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,099
|
Liga MX:
Club America-Lobos |
2/3
|
Univision
|
9:54pm-12:00am
|
0.6
|
1,096
|
College basketball:
Seton Hall-Villanova |
2/4
|
Fox
|
12:03-2:15pm
|
0.6
|
920
|
| EPL: Arsenal-Everton |
2/3
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.6
|
877
|
| Liga MX: Monterrey-Leon |
2/3
|
Univision
|
7:55-9:54pm
|
0.5
|
859
|
Pro Bowl Skills
Challenge (taped) |
2/3
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
746
|
College basketball:
Oregon-Stanford |
2/3
|
Fox
|
5:00-7:07pm
|
0.4
|
618
|
