Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 10 through Sunday December 16, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 1 and Sunday March 2, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NASCAR 4.8 rating FOX 3:15 pm Sunday Phoenix 500 (-9% from 5.3 last year) 1.5 […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 20 through Sunday July 26, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 18 through Sunday November 24, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

Although the College Football Playoff semifinal games were up this year over last year (one game up +23% and the other up a more modest +3%), last night’s Championship game was down slightly from last year’s already disappointing final in most demographics.  The 25.2 million viewers 2+ audience last night breaks down to 24.4 million […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday March 17-18, 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 (Tuesday-Friday March 13-16, 2018) are listed in a […]

World Cup 2014 built more momentum over the weekend on ESPN, with the 5:30 pm matches on Saturday and Sunday the highest-rated contests so far on ESPN this year.  Further, even the lowest-rated ESPN match so far in 2014 is above the 2010 average for World Cup 2010. However, yesterday’s USA-Ghana match will certainly takeover […]

Through Friday, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is averaging almost 8.5 million persons 2+ live+same day on CBS and three Turner networks (TNT, TBS and TruTV), now even with last year as well as the 2012-2016 average.  2015 remains the recent high with 8.9 million viewers 2+ in an average minute on the four networks, according […]