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February 8, 2016
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 2.6-7.2016 with Super Bowl Ratings Track

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 eight years  HH Rtg Shr HH Rtg Shr
2016 CBS DEN 24 CAR 10 49.0 73 n/a n/a
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 50 will be added to the track below when available.

Super Bowl Ratings Track:

TOTAL VIEWERS

Millions 2+
Average Minute Total Audience
2016 CBS DEN 24 CAR 10 111.9 n/a
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 February 6 and Sunday February 7, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.

NFL: Super Bowl Sunday

Sunday
9.26 rating CBS 4:00-5:00 pm Pre-Game (10.2 in 2015; 11.0 in 2014; 8.3 in 2013)
12.96 rating CBS 5:00-5:30 pm Pre-Game (14.2 in 2015; 15.0 in 2014; 11.5 in 2013)
17.62 rating CBS 5:30-6:00 pm Pre-Game (19.9 in 2015; 19.6 in 2014; 17.1 in 2013)
34.00 rating CBS 6:00-6:45 pm Kickoff (35.3 in 2015; 32.6 in 2013; 30.6 in 2013)
48.97 rating CBS 6:45-10:15 pm Super Bowl 50 (49.7 in 2015; 47.6 in 2013; 48.1 in 2013)
30.94 rating CBS 10:30-11:00 pm Post-Game (30.6 in 2015; 29.2 in 2013; 34.4 in 2013)

College Basketball

Saturday
1.06 rating CBS 2:00 pm Michigan State at Michigan
1.16 rating CBS 4:00 pm Florida at Kentucky
0.48 rating FOX 4:30 pm Arizona at Washington

NBA

Saturday
n/a rating ESPN 9:00 pm OKC Thunder at GS Warriors
Sunday
1.61 rating ABC 2:00 pm LA Clippers at MIA Heat

Golf

PGA: Phoenix Open
1.62 rating NBC 3:00 pm Saturday Third Round (1.67 in 2015 on CBS)
2.33 rating NBC 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round (2.48 in 2015 on CBS)

Soccer

Premier League
Saturday
0.41 rating NBCSN 7:30 am Manchester City vs Leicester City
0.36 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Tottenham vs Watford
0.21 rating USA 10:00 am Liverpool vs Sunderland
0.56 rating NBC 12:30 pm Southampton vs West Ham
Sunday
0.32 rating NBCSN 8:30 am Bournemouth vs Arsenal
0.60 rating NBCSN 11:00 am Chelsea vs Manchester United

Bundesliga Soccer
Saturday
n/a rating FS1 9:30 am Berlin vs Borussia Dortmund
0.33 rating FOX 12:30 pm Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich

NHL

0.87 rating NBC 12:30 pm Sunday PHI Flyers at WAS Capitals

Auto Racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup
Returns Feb 13 with Sprint Unlimited at Daytona

NASCAR Xfinity
Returns Feb 20 with Xfinity Series at Daytona

IndyCar
Returns Mar 13 with Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg

Formula One
Returns Mar 20 with Australian Grand Prix

Other

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.