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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted August 5, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 3 and Sunday August 4, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   Golf was back in business this weekend with Tiger Woods running away with the WGC […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 2.13-14.2016

Posted February 16, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 13 and Sunday February 14, 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 Sunday 4.43 rating TNT 8:30 pm […]

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SKEDBALL: Super Bowl 51 Ratings 2.5.2017

Posted February 6, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

Super Bowl tracks for metered market overnight ratings below.  National ratings will be posted as available. Super Bowl Ratings Track: HOUSEHOLDS (HH) Metered Markets National Last nine years  HH Rtg Shr HH Rtg Shr 2017 FOX NE 34 ATL 28 48.8 72 45.3 70 2016 CBS DEN 24 CAR 10 49.0 73 46.6 72 2015 NBC […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 2.28-3.6.2022

Posted March 8, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 28 through Sunday March 6, 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 TV Ratings through the First Friday (Updated with Tournament Averages to Date)

Posted March 23, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

A very normal set of ratings for the NCAA Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 20, the second and final day of the Round of 64.  After a very exciting Thursday with many upsets and close games, Friday was more by the book, with higher-seeded teams mostly winning (often with lopsided margins).  The ratings for the […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 12.30.2019-1.5.2020

Posted January 7, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 30, 2019 through Sunday January 5, 2020.  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 […]

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SKEDBALL: MLB Homerun Derby Clears the Fences

Posted July 14, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

ESPN and MLB tinkered with the Homerun Derby format this year, adding a clock and moving to a bracket format.  It all worked, with the best persons 2+ audience for the ESPN special (7.1 million) since 2009 (8.25 million).  The younger demos (adults 18-49 and men 18-49) were only the best since 2013, but those […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 6.3-6.9.2019

Posted June 11, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday June 3 through Sunday June 9, 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 […]

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