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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted December 30, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Friday December 27, Saturday December 28 and Sunday December 29, 2013. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   College Football Early Bowls Friday 1.6 rating ESPN 2:30 Military Bowl Marshall […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings

Posted March 11, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The PGA and the weekend’s broadcaster (in this case NBC) usually have reason to be overjoyed when Tiger Woods is in contention at a tournament.  This weekend at Doral, Florida (the WGC Cadillac event), Woods won the event going away.  Saturday from 2-6 pm NBC averaged a 3.0 household rating and 7 share in the […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 3.18-19.2017

Posted March 21, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday March 18-19, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, March 19-20, […]

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SKEDBALL: World Series Ratings through Game 7

Posted November 3, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

World Series Game 7 last night ended up with 40 million persons 2+ in an average minute and a stellar 12.6 P18-49 demographic rating, versus around 24 million P2+ and a 7 P18-49 demo rating for the last two Game 7 telecasts (in 2011 and 2014).   The Game 7 audience peaked in the 11:30-11:45 […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 6.3-4.2017

Posted June 6, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday June 3-4, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, June 4-5, […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 8.15-8.21.2022

Posted August 23, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 15 through Sunday August 21, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

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THE SKED FRIDAY NETWORK & OLYMPICS SCORECARD – 2/7/14

Posted February 8, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  OLYMPICS:  The WINTER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONIES had a preliminary 8.6 rating in 18-49s.  That was up 2.4 from the non-medal events aired on Thursday, but down 0.8 from the 2010 Vancouver Opening Ceremonies.  (And for those with a long-range point of view, up 2.1 from the 2006 Opening Ceremonies from Turin.) OTHER NETWORKS:  As […]

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SKEDBALL: Winter Olympic Ratings Update

Posted February 20, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Last night’s Olympic coverage from Sochi, Russia averaged a 5.0 adult 18-49 rating from 8:00-11:00 pm, although the final number will probably come in at a 5.2 rating when the 8:00 half hour is excluded for not containing national commercials (only promos and local spots).  The 5.2 last night would be up four tenths from […]

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