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February 2, 2015
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 1.31-2.1.2015

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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Scroll down for the complete round-up of Super Bowl Sunday (pre-game and post-game), as well as other sports over the weekend in the normal SKEDBALL weekly format.  But first, Super Bowl tracks for metered market overnight ratings.  National ratings will be posted as available.

Super Bowl Ratings Track:

HOUSEHOLDS (HH)

Metered Markets National
Last seven years  HH Rtg Shr HH Rtg Shr
2015 NBC NE 28 SEA 24 49.7 72 47.5 71
2014 FOX SEA 43 DEN 8 47.6 70 46.7 69
2013 CBS BAL 34 SF 31 48.1 71 46.4 69
2012 NBC NYG 21 NE 17 47.8 71 47.0 71
2011 FOX GB 31 PIT 25 47.9 71 46.0 69
2010 CBS NO 31 IND 17 46.4 68 45.0 68
2009 NBC PIT 27 ARI 23 42.1 65 42.0 64
Multi-year Averages in Nielsen PeopleMeter Era
2010-14 (5 Super Bowls) 47.6 70 46.1 69
2002-09 (8 Super Bowls) 43.1 63 41.6 63
1988-01 (14 Super Bowls) 42.2 62 42.6 64

Total viewer estimates for Super Bowl 49 will be added to the track below when available.

Super Bowl Ratings Track:

TOTAL VIEWERS

Millions 2+
Average Minute Total Audience
2015 NBC NE 28 SEA 24 114.4 n/a
2014 FOX SEA 43 DEN 8 112.2 151.7
2013 CBS BAL 34 SF 31 108.7 164.1
2012 NBC NYG 21 NE 17 111.3 159.2
2011 FOX GB 31 PIT 25 111.0 162.9
2010 CBS NO 31 IND 17 106.5 153.4
2009 NBC PIT 27 ARI 23 98.7 151.6
Multi-year Averages in Nielsen PeopleMeter Era
2010-14 (5 Super Bowls) 109.9 158.3
2002-09 (8 Super Bowls) 91.4 141.2
1988-01 (14 Super Bowls) 84.8 124.8

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 31 and Sunday February 1, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.

NFL: Super Bowl Sunday

Sunday
10.2 rating NBC 4:00-5:00 pm Pre-Game (11.0 in 2014; 8.3 in 2013)
14.2 rating NBC 5:00-5:30 pm Pre-Game (15.0 in 2014; 11.5 in 2013)
19.9 rating NBC 5:30-6:00 pm Pre-Game (19.6 in 2014; 17.1 in 2013)
35.3 rating NBC 6:00-6:30 pm Kickoff (32.6 in 2013; 30.6 in 2013)
49.7 rating NBC 6:30-10:15 pm Super Bowl XLIX (47.6 in 2013; 48.1 in 2013)
30.6 rating NBC 10:15-10:45 pm Post-Game (29.2 in 2013; 34.4 in 2013)

College Basketball

Saturday
0.77 rating CBS 1:00 pm Arkansas at Florida
0.38 rating FOX 12:00 pm Providence at St John’s
0.72 rating ESPN 12:00 pm Wisconsin at Iowa
0.76 rating ESPN 2:00 pm Kansas State at Kansas
1.69 rating ESPN 4:00 pm North Carolina at Louisville

Sunday
1.28 rating CBS 1:00 pm Michigan at Michigan State

NBA

1.28 rating ESPN 9:00 pm Saturday LAC-SA

Soccer

Premier League

Saturday
0.27 rating NBCSN 7:30 am Hull vs Newcastle
0.40 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Manchester United vs Leicester
1.00 rating NBC 12:30 pm Chelsea vs Manchester City

Sunday
0.31 rating NBCSN 8:30 am Arsenal vs Aston Villa
0.34 rating NBCSN 11:00 am Southampton vs Swansea

Golf

PGA: Phoenix Open
1.67 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday Third Round
2.48 rating CBS 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round

NHL

0.29 rating NBCSN 1:00 pm Sunday St Louis at Washington

Other

X Games
0.90 rating ABC 12:00 pm Saturday Freestyle Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowmobiling

Auto Racing

N/A

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.