Ohio State’s win over Penn State on Saturday night drew a 6.1 overnight rating on ABC, leading all college football games in Week 5. ABC and ESPN have now aired four of the five highest-rated games so far during the ’18 season. OSU-PSU also will give ABC a primetime win. Meanwhile, ABC in the 12:00pm ET window drew a 3.3 for Clemson’s come-from-behind win over Syracuse, marking the best figure in that window since ’16.
FORGET PARIS: Team Europe closed out its dominant victory over the U.S. in the Ryder Cup yesterday, with NBC earning a 2.0 overnight for coverage from France. That figure is up from a 1.8 four years ago from Gleneagles in Scotland. Two years ago, when the event was at Hazeltine in Minnesota, NBC drew a 3.4 overnight for the blowout U.S. win.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| College football: Syracuse-Clemson |
9/29
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
3.3
|
| College football: Baylor-Oklahoma |
9/29
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:30pm
|
2.1
|
| College football: Ohio State-Penn State |
9/29
|
ABC
|
7:30-11:45pm
|
6.1
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (taped) |
9/29
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| College football: Tennessee-Georgia |
9/29
|
CBS
|
3:30-6:45pm
|
2.6
|
| MLB: (regional) |
9/29
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
1.6
|
| College football: Michigan-Northwestern |
9/29
|
Fox
|
4:45-8:15pm
|
2.6
|
| College football: BYU-Washington |
9/29
|
Fox
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
1.0
|
| Ryder Cup: Day 2 |
9/29
|
NBC
|
6:00am-12:30pm
|
1.7
|
| "Best of the Ryder Cup" |
9/29
|
NBC
|
12:30-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
| College football: Stanford-Notre Dame |
9/29
|
NBC
|
7:30-11:00pm
|
2.6
|
| "World of X Games" |
9/30
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
| Stihl Timbersports (taped) |
9/30
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
| Beach Volleyball: p1440: San Jose Open |
9/30
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "The NFL Today" |
9/30
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.5
|
| NFL: (regional) |
9/30
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
9.2
|
| NFL: Saints-Giants (74%) |
9/30
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
12.3
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
9/30
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.4
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
9/30
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.4
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
9/30
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
11.6
|
| Ryder Cup: Day 3 |
9/30
|
NBC
|
6:00am-12:30pm
|
2.0
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Bank of America Roval 400 (Charlotte) |
9/30
|
NBC
|
2:15-5:45pm
|
2.0
|
| "Football Night in America" |
9/30
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.3
|
| "SNF": Ravens-Steelers |
9/30
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:15pm
|
12.3
|
