Weekend Overnights

Posted by | 10/27/2010 at 2:55 am

Overnight ratings for sporting events on broadcast last weekend, including Week 7 of the NFL season and college football on ABC and CBS.

Overnight ratings for sporting events on broadcast
Final ratings for these events may already be available.
Overnight ratings for Saturday’s Giants/Phillies Game 6 were not immediately available. The game drew a 6.7 final rating.
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Sport Game/Event Date Time Net Rating
NFL Vikings/Packers Sun., 10/24/10 8:30 PM NBC
16.0
NFL Patriots/Chargers OR OAK/DEN Sun., 10/24/10 4:15 PM CBS
15.1
NFL Steelers/Dolphins, CLE/NO, CIN/ATL, JAX/KC or BUF/BAL Sun., 10/24/10 1 PM CBS
11.3
NFL Washington/Bears (34%), PHI/TEN (33%), AZ/SEA (19%), SF/CAR (9%) or STL/TB (4%) Sun., 10/24/10 1 or 4 PM FOX
10.7
NFL Football Night In America Sun., 10/24/10 7:30 PM NBC
6.5
College Football LSU/Auburn Sat., 10/23/10 3:30 PM CBS
4.7
College Football Oklahoma/Missouri Sat., 10/23/10 8 PM ABC
4.6
College Football Wisconsin/Iowa (65%), Nebraska/Oklahoma State (20%) or Georgia Tech/Clemson (15%) Sat., 10/23/10 3:30 PM ABC
3.7
NFL FOX NFL Sunday Sun., 10/24/10 12 PM FOX
3.2
NFL The NFL Today Sun., 10/24/10 12 PM CBS
2.7
College Football Notre Dame/Navy Sat., 10/23/10 12 PM CBS
2.1
College Football College Football Countdown Sat., 10/23/10 3 PM ABC
1.0

  • CBS: Sunday’s Week 7 NFL national window drew a 15.1 overnight rating on CBS, down 8% from last year, but up 3% from 2008. Earlier in the day, regional NFL action drew an 11.3 overnight, down 13% from last year, but up 43% from ’08.
  • Saturday’s LSU/Auburn game drew a 4.7 overnight on CBS, up 27% from last year and up 114% from 2008.
  • NBC: The Packers’ win over Brett Favre and the Vikings drew a 16.0 overnight on NBC Sunday night, up 54% from last year, up 122% from 2008, and the fourth-best overnight for an NFL telecast on NBC since the network resumed airing games in 2006.
  • FOX: The 10.7 overnight for Sunday’s NFL singleheader on FOX marks a 43% increase from last year, but a 4% decline from ’08.
  • ABC: Oklahoma’s loss to Missouri drew a 4.6 overnight on ABC Saturday night, up 28% from last year and 2008. The first game of the network’s doubleheader drew a 3.7 overnight, down 16% from last year and down 12% from two years ago.

Other







Sport Game/Event Date Time Net Rating
Gymnastics World Gymnastics Championships (taped) Sat., 10/23/10 4 PM NBC
1.0
Bull Riding PBR World Finals (taped) Sun., 10/24/10 4 PM NBC
0.8
Gymnastics World Gymnastics Championships (taped) Sun., 10/24/10 2 PM NBC
0.8

  • Overnight ratings for the World Gymnastics Championships on NBC were even on Saturday and down 33% on Sunday.

(Sports Business Daily)

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