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March 10, 2014
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

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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 March 8 and Sunday March 9, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.

 

NASCAR

4.1 rating FOX 3:15 pm Sunday Las Vegas 400 (-7% from 4.4 last year)
1.2 rating ESPN2 4:15 pm Saturday Las Vegas 300 (-8% from 1.3 last year)

 

PGA Golf: WGC Doral

2.3 rating NBC 2:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-23% from 3.0 last year)
3.4 rating NBC 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round (-23% from 4.4 last year)

 

NBA

2.8 rating ABC 1:00 pm Sunday Miami at Chicago OT
2.6 rating ABC 4:00 pm Oklahoma City at LA Lakers

 

College Basketball

1.3 rating CBS 12:00 pm Saturday #25-Kentucky at #1-Florida
1.3 rating CBS 2:15 pm Saturday #19-UConn at #11-Louisville
1.2 rating CBS 4:15 pm Saturday #3-Arizona at Oregon
2.3 rating ESPN 9:00 pm Saturday #14-North Carolina at #4-Duke
1.1 rating CBS 12:00 pm Sunday #5-Virginia at Maryland
0.9 rating CBS 2:30 pm Sunday Indiana State at #2-Wichita State
1.5 rating CBS 4:30 pm Sunday #22-Michigan State at Ohio State

 

NHL

0.83 rating NBC 12:00 pm Sunday Detroit at NY Rangers
0.46 rating NBCSN 7:30 pm Sunday Chicago at Buffalo OT

Soccer

Premier League
0.24 rating NBCSN 7:45 am Saturday Manchester United at West Bromwich Albion
0.25 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Saturday Fulham at Cardiff City
0.39 rating NBCSN 12:30 pm Saturday Tottenham Hotspur at Chelsea

MLS
0.23 rating NBCSN 3:00 pm Sunday Seattle at Kansas City

 



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.