Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday October 29-30, 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, October 31-November […]

World Cup 2014 continued Friday with a well-rated match on ESPN Friday at 3 pm (Netherlands versus Spain), which averaged 3.1 million viewers of any age and a 2.09 rating with men 18-49, well above the ESPN average for Group Stage matches in 2010 (2.1 million total viewers and 1.47 men 18-49 rating) and slightly […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13, 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 Saturday 1.98 rating ABC 8:30 […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday March 14 through Sunday March 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: […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 14 and Sunday September 15, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.) NFL Week 2.  The 4:30 game on CBS was the big winner on yesterday’s NFL coverage (17.8 household rating […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 11 and Sunday April 12, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Golf PGA: The Masters “A Tradition (of Discrimination and Pompousness) Unlike Any Other” 2.48 rating ESPN 3:00 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday February 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. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, February 25-26, […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday May 15 through Sunday May 21, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 100K 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 […]