Overnight Ratings: Woods' Struggles Don't Help Hero World Challenge
Tiger Woods' spot near the bottom of the leaderboard likely led to a dip for NBC's coverage of the Hero World Challenge over the weekend. Saturday's third round coverage drew a 0.8 rating from 2:30-5:00pm ET (1.5 in '17), as Woods was seven shots behind the 36-hole leaders. Yesterday's final round drew a 0.6 overnight on NBC from 1:00-4:00pm, down from a 1.4 last year, as Woods finished 19 shots behind eventual winner Jon Rahm. Woods finished t-9 in last year's event, which marked his first competitive tournament since undergoing back surgery.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST | DATE |
NET |
TIME (ET) |
RATING |
| College football: Pac-12 Championship: Utah-Washington | 11/30 |
Fox |
8:00-11:00pm |
3.1 |
| College football: Big 12 Championship: Oklahoma-Texas | 12/1 |
ABC |
12:00-3:00pm |
6.8 |
| College football: AAC Championship: UCF-Memphis | 12/1 |
ABC |
3:30-6:30pm |
2.7 |
| College football: ACC Championship: Clemson-Pitt | 12/1 |
ABC |
8:00-11:45pm |
2.8 |
| "College Football: Drive to Atlanta" | 12/1 |
CBS |
2:30-3:00pm |
0.5 |
| "College Football Today" | 12/1 |
CBS |
3:00-4:00pm |
1.4 |
| College football: SEC Championship: Alabama-Georgia | 12/1 |
CBS |
4:00-7:00pm |
10.5 |
| College football: Big Ten Championship: Northwestern-Ohio State | 12/1 |
Fox |
8:00-11:00pm |
5.6 |
| EPL: Southampton-Manchester United | 12/1 |
NBC |
12:30-2:30pm |
0.7 |
| Golf: Hero World Challenge: third round | 12/1 |
NBC |
2:30-5:00pm |
0.8 |
| Ski & Snowboarding: Xfinity Birds of Prey (taped) | 12/1 |
NBC |
5:00-6:00pm |
0.7 |
| "World of X Games": Ski Adventures | 12/2 |
ABC |
3:00-3:30pm |
0.3 |
| "World of X Games": Backcountry | 12/2 |
ABC |
3:30-4:00pm |
0.3 |
| "The NFL Today | 12/2 |
CBS |
noon-1:00pm |
2.3 |
| NFL: singleheader | 12/2 |
CBS |
1:00-4:00pm |
9.5 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" | 12/2 |
Fox |
noon-1:00pm |
3.5 |
| NFL: regional | 12/2 |
Fox |
1:00-4:00pm |
9.9 |
| NFL: Vikings-Patriots (90%) | 12/2 |
Fox |
4:45-7:30pm |
15.9 |
| Golf: Hero World Challenge: final round | 12/2 |
NBC |
1:00-4:00pm |
0.6 |
| "Football Night In America" | 12/2 |
NBC |
7:00-8:15pm |
3.6 |
| Volvik World Long Drive Championship (taped) | 12/2 |
NBC |
4:00-5:00pm |
0.4 |
| "SNF": Chargers-Steelers | 12/2 |
NBC |
8:20-11:30pm |
12.3 |