ESPN last night drew a 2.2 overnight rating for the NCAA women’s basketball championship game, which saw Baylor defeat Notre Dame. That is up from a 2.0 for Notre Dame’s win over Mississippi State in '18, and down from a 2.4 for South Carolina-Mississippi State two years ago.
A NEW TRADITION: NBC on Saturday from 12:00-3:00pm ET drew a 1.0 overnight rating for the final round of the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur, which saw Wake Forest’s Jennifer Kipcho take the win. That figure is the best rating for any amateur golf telecast -- men or women -- since NBC drew a 1.4 for the men’s U.S. Amateur in ’03. Last year’s men’s U.S. Amateur on Fox in mid-August drew a 0.4 for the finale on a Sunday. The final round on Saturday from Augusta peaked at a 1.1 rating from 2:45-3:00pm.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "30 for 30": "Survive & Advance" |
4/6
|
ABC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.5
|
| "World of X Games" |
4/6
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
| "Final Four Show" |
4/6
|
CBS
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
| NCAA Tournament: Semifinal: Virginia-Auburn |
4/6
|
CBS
|
6:00-8:15pm
|
8.1
|
| NCAA Tournament: Semifinal: Michigan State-Texas Tech |
4/6
|
CBS
|
8:45-11:00pm
|
9.4
|
| Bundesliga: Dortmund-Bayern Munich |
4/6
|
Fox
|
12:15-2:30pm
|
0.4
|
| MLS: LAFC-DC United |
4/6
|
Fox
|
2:45-5:15pm
|
0.3
|
| Golf: Augusta National Women's Amateur |
4/6
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:00pm
|
1.0
|
| PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open: Third Round |
4/6
|
NBC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
1.6
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
4/7
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.7
|
| NBA: Thunder-T'Wolves |
4/7
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:15pm
|
1.5
|
| PBR: First Premier Bank Invitational |
4/7
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
| High School Basketball Slam Dunk & 3-Point Contest (taped) |
4/7
|
CBS
|
3:30-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
| PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open: Final Round |
4/7
|
NBC
|
2:30-7:45pm
|
2.2
|
