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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 1.10-1.16.2022

Posted January 19, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 10 through Sunday January 16, 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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SKEDBALL: Saturday Night and NHL Stanley Cup Game 5

Posted June 23, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Saturday remains one tough neighborhood. NBC aired Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final (Chicago skated to a 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins, bringing their series lead to 3 games to 2). The game scored a preliminary 1.8 rating with adults 18-49 last night from 8-11 pm, which we are generously estimating will rise […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 2.14-2.20.2022

Posted February 23, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 14 through Sunday February 20, 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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SKEDBALL: March Madness Ratings Overview

Posted March 19, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

After the “First Four” play-in games, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament really gets going on Thursday with the traditional 64-team format. The chart below illustrates the build in TV audiences as March Madness 2014 rolled out.  Each bar represents one of 67 telecasts in the playoff format, from the “First Four” games on Tuesday and […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted September 9, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 7 and Sunday September 8, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.) NFL Week 1.  The FOX 4:30 afternoon game (Green Bay at San Francisco in almost all the country) […]

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SKEDBALL: March Madness 2016 through Thursday 3.17

Posted March 18, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Through the first Thursday of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (better known as March Madness), CBS is down -15% in total viewers (persons 2+) to 3.8 million on average for its two evening games (compared to the average of the prior three years), TNT is down -25% to 1.5 million viewers for its four games […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted June 30, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 28 and Sunday June 29, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Soccer: FIFA World Cup: The Knockout Round Begins Saturday 4.5 rating ABC 11:30 am Brazil […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 7.18-7.24.2022

Posted July 26, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 18 through Sunday July 24, 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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