Media

A Light In The Darkness: Boxing Ratings

10.10.2005

HBO’s “Boxing After Dark” continues to do well among pay-cable networks, as 2.04 million households watched the Sept. 24 Wladimir Klitschko-Sam Peter IBF heavyweight fight. The bout was shown live and was not a pay-per-view event. It was the fourth time this year the network has topped the ratings chart with a fight, and trailed only the Feb. 19 Bernard Hopkins-Howard Eastman WCB matchup as the most-watched of the year. That fight drew 2.1 million households.

Listed below were the five most-watched shows on pay-cable Sept. 19-25. The top four shows aired on HBO during prime time. The network aired “Rome” on Sunday night. Rank Program (time) Rating Rating Households

Rank	Program (time)	Rating (national)	Rating (cov. area)	Households watching (000)
1	Klitschko vs. Peter (11:07 PM)	1.8	7	2,036
2	I, Robot (8:00 PM)	1.7	6.3	1,849
3	Klitschko vs. Peter (post-fight) (11:54 PM)	1.5	5.7	1,647
4	Klitschko vs. Peter (pre-fight) (10:41 PM)	1.5	5.6	1,624
5	Rome (9:00 PM)	1.4	5.4	1,579

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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