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Overnight Ratings: College Hoops Beat Out ABC's Combine Rating

ABC drew a 0.7 overnight rating for its debut effort with the NFL Combine on Saturday afternoon (1:00-3:00pm ET). NFL Network also carried the event in the same time slot (10:00am-5:00pm), drawing a 0.3 overnight for that window. The Combine figure on ABC was lower than several college basketball games on competing networks in a similar Saturday window. On CBS, Kansas-Oklahoma State drew a 0.9 overnight from 12:00-2:00pm. Fox also drew a 0.9 for Michigan State-Indiana in that same window. Over on NBC, coverage of American Cup Gymnastics from 1:00-3:00pm drew a 0.8 overnight.

The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RATING
NFL Scouting Combine
3/2
ABC
1:00-3:00pm
0.7
"World of X Games"
3/2
ABC
3:00-5:00pm
0.4
"NBA Countdown"
3/2
ABC
8:00-8:30pm
1.5
NBA: Warriors-76ers
3/2
ABC
8:30-11:15pm
2.8
College basketball: Kansas-Oklahoma State
3/2
CBS
12:00-2:00pm
0.9
College basketball: Kentucky-Tennessee
3/2
CBS
2:00-4:00pm
1.8
College basketball: Miami-Duke
3/2
CBS
4:00-6:00pm
1.7
College basketball: Michigan State-Indiana
3/2
Fox
12:00-2:15pm
0.9
College basketball: Butler-Villanova
3/2
Fox
2:15-4:30pm
0.5
Soccer: SheBelieves Cup: U.S.-England
3/2
Fox
4:30-6:30pm
0.6
Gymnastics: American Cup
3/2
NBC
1:00-3:00pm
0.8
PGA Tour: Honda Classic: Third Round
3/2
NBC
3:00-6:00pm
1.7
"NBA Countdown"
3/3
ABC
3:00-3:30pm
0.7
NBA: Rockets-Celtics
3/3
ABC
3:30-6:00pm
2.0
College basketball: Notre Dame-Louisville
3/3
CBS
1:30-3:45pm
1.0
College basketball: Michigan-Maryland
3/3
CBS
3:45-6:00pm
1.3
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)
3/3
Fox
3:45-6:30pm
2.9
NHL: Capitals-Rangers
3/3
NBC
12:15-3:15pm
1.1
PGA Tour: Honda Classic: Final Round
3/3
NBC
3:15-6:00pm
2.7
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