SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings (August 23-24, 2014)

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The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 23 and Sunday August 24, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.

The Little League World Series (U.S. championship game Saturday and Sunday’s Championship game) attracted huge audiences, close to NFL pre-season levels and up +35% to +64% versus last year. 

NFL Preseason

Friday
3.6 rating CBS 8:00 pm Oakland vs Green Bay (-27% from 4.9 last year for SEA-GB)
1.1 rating NFLNet 10:30 pm Chicago vs Seattle (+113% from 0.52 last year for CHI-OAK)
Saturday
0.75 rating NFLNet 4:30 pm Tampa Bay vs Buffalo (-14% from 0.87 last year for BUF-WAS)
3.1 rating CBS 8:00 pm New Orleans vs Indianapolis (same as 3.1 last year for STL-DEN)
Sunday
4.2 rating FOX 4:00 pm San Diego vs San Francisco (same as 4.2 last year for NO-HOU)
4.8 rating NBC 8:00 pm Cincinnati vs Arizona (-17% from 5.8 last year for MIN-SF)

Golf

PGA Tour: The Barclays (FedExCup Playoff Event 1)
1.7 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-23% from 2.2 last year)
2.3 rating CBS 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round (-38% from 3.7 last year)

Auto Racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup
3.4 rating ABC 7:30 pm Saturday Bristol TN (-8% from 3.7 last year)

NASCAR Nationwide Series
0.98 rating ESPN 8:15 pm Friday Bristol TN (-2% from 1.0 last year)

IndyCar
0.29 rating NBCSN 4:00 pm Sunday Sonoma CA (-6% from 0.31 last year)

Formula One
0.37 rating NBCSN 7:30 am Sunday Belgian Grand Prix (+42% from 0.26 last year)

Baseball

MLB
0.19 rating FS1 4:00 pm Saturday San Francisco Giants vs Washington Nationals

Little League World Series
Saturday
International Championship
1.7 rating ABC 12:30 pm Asia-Pacific/Seoul vs Japan/Tokyo (+6% from 1.6 last year)
U.S. Championship
3.6 rating ABC 3:30 pm West/Las Vegas vs Great Lakes/Chicago (+64% from 2.2 last year)
Sunday
Championship Game
3.5 rating ABC 3:00 pm US (Chicago) vs International (Seoul, Korea) (+35% from 2.6 last year)

Soccer

English Premier League
Saturday
0.22 rating NBCSN 7:40 am Aston Villa vs Newcastle
0.38 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Chelsea vs Leicester
0.74 rating NBC 12:30 pm Everton vs Arsenal
Sunday
0.48 rating NBCSN 10:55 am Sunderland vs Manchester United

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