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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 12.26.2022-1.1.2023

Posted January 4, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 26, 2022 through Sunday January 1, 2023. 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 […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted July 29, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 27 and Sunday July 28, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   After a one-week break, NASCAR roared back to the top of the weekend sports ratings […]

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SKEDBALL: Winter Olympic Ratings Update

Posted February 10, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The first Sunday night of Olympic coverage averaged a 6.9 adult 18-49 rating on NBC from 7:00-11:00 pm.  This is well below the 7.5 rating on the same night in Turin and even slightly below the relatively weak night in Vancouver (7.0).  Last night’s coverage featured:  Team Ladies’ Free Skate & Ice Dance, Men’s Downhill, […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted April 7, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 5 and Sunday April 6, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball NCAA Men’s Tournament: Final Four 4.6 rating TBS 6:00 pm Saturday #1-Florida 53 vs […]

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WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Complete Round of 16 Ratings (Updated with ABC)

Posted July 3, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings are now complete for the Round of 16, the eight matches that start the Knockout Stage, as the Saturday June 28 ratings for ABC have sauntered in.  Two solid matches on that Saturday, ranking #7 and #8 overall (out of 56 matches to date this World Cup) at 5.7 and 5.3 million viewers 2+ […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 11.22-23.2014

Posted November 24, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 22 and Sunday November 23, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 12 Sunday 12.9 rating FOX 1 or 4 pm Single (mostly DET-NE ARI-SEA) 10.4 […]

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SKEDBALL: March Madness through Monday’s National Championship

Posted April 7, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Chart updated with persons 2+ audience for the National Championship on Monday April 6, 2015: Telecast 67: CBS Monday 9:18 pm #1-Duke 68 #1-Wisconsin 63 (Tied 31-31 at half) CBS struck gold Monday night with an average audience of 28,263,000 persons 2+ for the game, up sharply from 21,325,000 in 2014, 23,426,000 in 2013 and 20,869,000 in 2012.  Demographically, the […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 4.2-3.2016

Posted April 4, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 2 and Sunday April 3, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. College Basketball NCAA Men’s Basketball […]

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