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Nielsen Weekly Sports Ranking

For the week of 9/12/05-9/18/05
ABC RANKS NO. 1 WITH ‘MNF’: ABC’s season premiere of “Monday Night Football,” airing this year on Sept. 12, was the week’s most-watched television show for the eighth time in the past 10 years. More than 14 million households watched the Philadelphia-Atlanta matchup, up 4.7 percent over last year’s opener. ABC also aired the week’s least-watched network sporting event: Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, which drew 715,000 households on Sept. 18.
ESPN PASSES TNT: ESPN was the most-watched cable network of the week for the first time this year, knocking TNT from the top spot. The net’s Saturday prime-time college football coverage (Florida State-Boston College) trailed only USA Network’s “Law & Order: SVU” for household viewership among the week’s programs. Its Thursday night game coverage (Utah-TCU) was up 18.3 percent from its only prior Thursday game of the year.
Top 10 Network Sports Telecasts
Rank
net
 program
date
rating
share
households watching (000s)
1
ABC
 NFL: MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (PHIL.-ATL.)
9/12
13
22
14300
2
CBS
 NFL: REGIONAL COVERAGE (LATE GAMES)
9/18
11.5
23
12709
3
ABC
 NFL: MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PREGAME
9/12
9.9
16
10938
4
CBS
 NFL: POSTGAME COVERAGE (LATE GAMES)
9/18
9.1
17
10028
5
CBS
 NFL: REGIONAL COVERAGE (EARLY GAMES)
9/18
8.4
19
9220
6
FOX
 NFL: REGIONAL COVERAGE (EARLY GAMES)
9/18
8.1
19
8933
7
ABC
 NFL: MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL POSTGAME
9/12
7.1
18
7786
8
FOX
 NFL: POSTGAME COVERAGE (EARLY GAMES)
9/18
5.6
12
6178
9
ABC
 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: REGIONAL COVERAGE
9/17
4
10
4425
10
CBS
 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: TENNESSEE-FLORIDA
9/17
4
8
4394
 
Top 10 Cable Sports Telecasts
-- rating --
Rank
net
 program
date
national
cov. area
share
1
ESPN
 NFL: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (K.C.-OAKLAND)
9/18
6.9
8.4
13
2
TNT
 NASCAR: SYLVANIA 300 POSTRACE
9/18
3.7
4.6
9
3
TNT
 NASCAR: NEXTEL CUP SERIES SYLVANIA 300
9/18
3.4
4.2
9
4
ESPN
 NFL PRIME TIME
9/18
3.1
3.8
6
5
ESPN
 SPORTSCENTER LATE
9/18
2.6
3.2
8
6
ESPN
 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: FLORIDA STATE-BOSTON COLLEGE
9/17
1.8
2.2
4
7
ESPN
 NFL COUNTDOWN
9/18
1.8
2.2
6
8
ESPN
 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN
9/12
1.8
2.2
4
9
ESPN
 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: UTAH-TCU
9/15
1.6
1.9
3
10
TNT
 NASCAR: SYLVANIA 300 PRERACE
9/18
1.5
1.9
5
Rating — Estimated percent of all TV households of persons tuned to a specific program source. One ratings point equals 1,102,000 homes.
Share — Estimated percent of all households using television at that time which are tuned to a specific program source.Source: Nielsen Media Research

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