CBS yesterday afternoon drew a 2.1 overnight rating for Michigan's win over Purdue in the Big Ten Championship. That number is down 12% from a 2.4 for last year's Big Ten title game between Michigan and Wisconsin, which aired a week later. The Boston market was not included yesterday due to a winter storm in the northeast. On Saturday afternoon, CBS drew a 1.7 overnight for the first Big Ten semifinal between Michigan and Michigan State, up 13% from a 1.5 last year despite both the Boston and Providence markets not being included due to the storm. CBS drew a 1.4 overnight Saturday for the second semifinal between Purdue and Penn State.
NOTES FROM SIN CITY: Fox yesterday earned a 2.8 overnight rating for Kevin Harvick’s win in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. That number is down from a 3.3 for last year’s race at LVMS, which aired a week later in the season. Two years ago, the race earned a 4.1 overnight on Fox.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "World of X Games: Best of Aspen" |
3/3
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "30 for 30: What Carter Lost" |
3/3
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:30pm
|
0.6
|
| FIVB: Beach Volleyball Major Series (Ft. Lauderdale) |
3/3
|
ABC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
3/3
|
ABC
|
8:00-8:31pm
|
1.5
|
| NBA: Celtics-Rockets |
3/3
|
ABC
|
8:31-11:00pm
|
2.2
|
| College basketball: Kentucky-Florida |
3/3
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
1.1
|
| Big Ten Semifinal: Michigan-Michigan State |
3/3
|
CBS
|
2:00-4:30pm
|
1.7
|
| Big Ten Semifinal: Purdue-Penn State |
3/3
|
CBS
|
4:30-6:45pm
|
1.4
|
| College basketball: Xavier-DePaul |
3/3
|
Fox
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
0.5
|
| College basketball: Creighton-Marquette |
3/3
|
Fox
|
2:45-4:45pm
|
0.4
|
| College basketball: Georgetown-Villanova |
3/3
|
Fox
|
5:15-7:15pm
|
0.5
|
| Gymnastics: AT&T American Cup |
3/3
|
NBC
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
| WGC-Mexico Championship: Third Round |
3/3
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
| NHL: Maple Leafs-Capitals (outdoor game) |
3/3
|
NBC
|
8:15-11:15pm
|
0.9
|
| College basketball: Cincinnati-Wichita State |
3/4
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
1.4
|
| Missouri Valley Championship: Loyola-Chicago-Illinois State |
3/4
|
CBS
|
2:00-4:15pm
|
1.2
|
| Big Ten Championship: Michigan-Purdue |
3/4
|
CBS
|
4:30-6:45pm
|
2.1
|
| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas) |
3/4
|
Fox
|
3:45-6:45pm
|
2.8
|
| Golf: "Mr. Palmer's Legacy" |
3/4
|
NBC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
| WGC-Mexico Championship: Final Round |
3/4
|
NBC
|
2:00-6:00pm
|
2.9
|
