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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 21 and Sunday December 22, 2013. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   College Football Early Bowls 2.3 rating ABC 3:30 Las Vegas Bowl Fresno State vs USC […]

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 […]

As we move into the second week of the 2014 World Cup, a few changes to the daily chart.  The most recent match ratings are now at the top of the chart in bold.  The first number for each recent match is the total viewer ranking out of 23 matches to date.  The ranking section […]

Chart updated with persons 2+ audiences for the four games played Saturday and Sunday March 28-29, 2015 (the Elite Eight Round): Telecast 61: TBS Saturday 6:00 pm #1-Wisconsin 85 #2-Arizona 78 (Arizona up 33-30 at half) Telecast 62: TBS Saturday 8:40 pm #1-Kentucky 68 #3-Notre Dame 66 (Tied 31-31 at half) Telecast 63: CBS Sunday 2:20 pm #7-Michigan State 76 #4-Louisville 70 (Louisville up 40-32 at half) Telecast […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 26 and Sunday March 27, 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. NBA n/a College Basketball NCAA […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 24-25, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K 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, September […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday March 24-25, 2018.  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. Also, early round March Madness game ratings (Thursday-Friday March 22-23, 2018) are listed in a […]