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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 2.28-3.1.2015

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 28 and Sunday March 1, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.

College Basketball

Saturday
0.91 rating CBS 12:00 pm Georgetown at St John’s
1.31 rating CBS 2:00 pm #15-North Carolina at Miami
1.96 rating CBS 4:00 pm #18-Arkansas at #1-Kentucky
0.46 rating FOX 2:00 pm #6-Villanova at Xavier
0.86 rating ESPN 12:00 pm Michigan at #14-Maryland
0.74 rating ESPN 2:00 pm #10-Northern Iowa at #11-Wichita State
1.01 rating ESPN 5:00 pm Texas at #8-Kansas
1.40 rating ESPN 7:00 pm Syracuse at #4-Duke
0.84 rating ESPN 9:00 pm #7-Arizona at #13-Utah

Sunday
0.86 rating CBS 2:00 pm #21-SMU at Connecticut
1.24 rating CBS 4:00 pm Michigan State at #5-Wisconsin

NBA

Sunday
2.21 rating ABC 1:00 pm LA Clippers at CHI Bulls
3.66 rating ABC 3:30 pm CLE Cavaliers at HOU Rockets
1.11 rating ESPN 6:30 pm OKC Thunder at LA Lakers

Auto Racing

NASCAR Xfinity Series
0.94 rating FS1 2:00 pm Saturday Hisense 250 (Atlanta)

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Sunday
5.13 rating FOX 12:30 pm Quiktrip 500 (Atlanta)

Golf

PGA: Honda Classic (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
0.88 rating NBC 3:00 pm Saturday Third Round
2.11 rating NBC 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round

Soccer

Premier League

Saturday
0.25 rating NBCSN 7:30 am West Ham vs Crystal Palace
0.52 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Manchester United vs Sunderland

Sunday
0.33 rating NBCSN 7:00 am Liverpool at Manchester City
0.44 rating NBCSN 9:00 am Arsenal at Everton

NHL

Saturday
0.97 rating NBC 8:00 pm NY Rangers at PHI Flyers

Sunday
0.13 rating NBCSN 8:00 pm ANA Ducks at DAL Stars

Other

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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.