ABC yesterday drew a 3.6 overnight for Cavaliers-Celtics in the 3:30pm ET window, marking the league’s fourth best game rating this season to date and best for an NBA Sunday afternoon game on ABC since ’15. The game, which featured a revamped Cavs lineup after the trade deadline, earned a 20.5 local rating in Cleveland-Akron. The No. 2 market was Columbus with an 8.1 local rating. Boston was No. 5 with a 5.5 rating. Meanwhile, ESPN’s “The Jump” on Thursday -- a special three-hour episode -- had its highest-rated episode ever with a trade deadline edition.
START YOUR ENGINES: NASCAR this year moved its Advance Auto Parts Clash – the season-opening non-points race for the Monster Energy Cup Series – to a Sunday afternoon slot. The race from 3:00-5:00pm ET yesterday drew a 1.4 overnight on FS1. Last year, rain moved the race to an early Sunday afternoon slot (1.0 overnight). Two years ago, Fox on a Saturday night drew a 2.6 overnight for the race in its traditional Saturday night slot.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| Pyeongchang Games: Opening Ceremony |
2/9
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:00pm
|
15.0
|
| "X Games Aspen Anthology" |
2/10
|
ABC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
2/10
|
ABC
|
8:00-8:31pm
|
1.2
|
| NBA: Warriors-Spurs |
2/10
|
ABC
|
8:31-11:00pm
|
2.2
|
| College basketball: Florida-South Carolina |
2/10
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.6
|
| College basketball: Kansas-Baylor |
2/10
|
CBS
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.9
|
| PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Third Round |
2/10
|
CBS
|
4:00-7:00pm
|
1.6
|
| College basketball: Butler-Villanova |
2/10
|
Fox
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
0.9
|
| College basketball: Xavier-Creighton |
2/10
|
Fox
|
2:45-4:45pm
|
0.7
|
| EPL: Leicester-Manchester City |
2/10
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
1.0
|
| Pyeongchang Games |
2/10
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
6.5
|
| Pyeongchang Games |
2/10
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:15pm
|
12.5
|
| Pyeongchang Games |
2/10
|
NBC
|
11:45pm-12:45am
|
8.1
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
2/11
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:31pm
|
1.2
|
| NBA: Cavaliers-Celtics |
2/11
|
ABC
|
3:31-6:00pm
|
3.6
|
| "NCAA March Madness Bracket Preview" |
2/11
|
CBS
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.6
|
| College basketball: Michigan-Wisconsin |
2/11
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:15pm
|
0.8
|
| PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Final Round |
2/11
|
CBS
|
3:15-6:45pm
|
1.5
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Daytona 500 qualifying |
2/11
|
Fox
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
1.4
|
| Westminster Dog Show |
2/11
|
Fox
|
2:00-4:30pm
|
1.0
|
| NHL: Penguins-Blues |
2/11
|
NBC
|
12:15-3:00pm
|
1.0
|
| Pyeongchang Games |
2/11
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
6.7
|
| Pyeongchang Games |
2/11
|
NBC
|
7:00-11:15pm
|
14.5
|
| Pyeongchang Games |
2/11
|
NBC
|
11:45pm-1:00am
|
5.8
|
