TV Ratings For Nationally Televised Sporting Events (January 28-February 3)

Posted by | 02/09/2012 at 12:19 pm

Ratings for select nationally televised sporting events from Saturday, January 28 through Friday, February 3.

Among the notable events included in the list: the NFL Pro Bowl, the NHL All-Star Game, NBA regular season games on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV, men’s and women’s college basketball games on CBS and ESPN, the PGA Tour on CBS, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, college football’s Senior Bowl, bull riding, bowling, soccer, and the Winter X Games.

Sports TV Ratings (Week of January 28-February 3)
Ranked by viewership

Time Sport Event Net Rating Viewers (000)
Saturday, January 28
9 PM MMA UFC on FOX FOX
2.6
4,661
9 PM Figure Skating U.S. Figure Skating Championships NBC
2.4
3,711
4 PM Figure Skating U.S. Figure Skating Championships NBC
1.2
1,774
3 PM Extreme Winter X Games ABC
0.9
1,457
2:15 PM NCAAMB KU 64, ISU 72 ESPN
1.0
1,441
3 PM Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Third Rd. CBS
1.0
1,374
12 PM NCAAMB SJU 76, DUKE 83 ESPN
0.9
1,224
7 PM NHL NHL SuperSkills Competition NBCSN
0.6
1,104
4:14 PM NCAAMB GTWN 60, PITT 72 ESPN
0.8
1,104
1 PM NCAAMB TEX 71, BAY 76 CBS
0.7
940
9:10 PM Extreme Winter X Games ESPN
0.6
869
9 PM Special "Namath" HBO
0.6
847
7 PM NCAAMB WSH 69, ARI 67 ESPN
0.6
780
4 PM NCAAF Senior Bowl NFLN
0.4
662
8 PM NCAAMB UVA 61, NCSU 60 ESPN2
0.4
660
6 PM NCAAMB AUB 49, TEN 64 ESPN2
n/a
525
4 PM NCAAMB PUR 58, NWU 56 ESPN2
0.3
411
12 PM NCAAMB MARQ 82, VILL 78 ESPN2
0.3
365
Sunday, January 29
7 PM NFL Pro Bowl NBC
7.3
12,498
3:30 PM NBA CHI 93, MIA 97 ABC
3.5
5,699
3 PM Figure Skating U.S. Figure Skating Championships NBC
1.8
2,782
3 PM Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Final Rd. CBS
1.8
2,624
1 PM NCAAMB MICH 49, OSU 64 CBS
1.5
2,279
9:30 PM Extreme Winter X Games ESPN
1.2
2,015
6:30 PM NBA SA 100, DAL 101 ESPN
1.0
1,408
1:30 PM PBR 15/15 Bucking Battle NBC
0.9
1,338
4 PM NHL NHL All-Star Game NBCSN
0.8
1,317
12:30 PM PBA USBC Masters ESPN
0.8
1,124
12 PM Extreme AMA Supercross (Oakland) CBS
0.7
966
7 PM Special NHL 36: Nicklas Lidstrom NBCSN
0.2
341
5 PM NCAAWB TENN 67, UGA 50 ESPN2
0.2
271
3 PM NCAAWB PSU 77, MSU 83 ESPN2
0.2
232
8 PM Women’s Soccer USA 4, CAN 0 NBCSN
0.1
199
Monday, January 30
7 PM NCAAMB PITT 72, WVU 66 ESPN
0.9
1,314
9:17 PM NCAAMB MIZZ 67, TEX 66 ESPN
0.9
1,207
10:30 PM NBA OKC 100, LAC 112 NBATV
0.5
625
Tuesday, January 31
7 PM NCAAMB MSU 41, ILL 42 ESPN
0.9
1,216
9:14 PM NCAAMB VANDY 74, ARK 82 ESPN
0.6
906
8 PM NBA DEN 97, MEM 100 NBATV
0.2
310
Wednesday, February 1
10:30 PM NBA LAC 107, UTA 105 ESPN
1.5
2,039
8 PM NBA OKC 95, DAL 86 ESPN
1.3
1,889
Thursday, February 2
8 PM NBA CHI 105, NY 102 TNT
1.7
2,349
10:30 PM NBA DEN 112, LAC 91 TNT
1.4
1,942
7 PM NCAAMB DUKE 75, VT 60 ESPN
0.8
976
9 PM NCAAMB SC 66, FLA 74 ESPN
0.4
620
Friday, February 3
10:30 PM NBA LAL 93, DEN 89 ESPN
1.7
2,535
8 PM NBA NY 89, BOS 91 ESPN
1.5
2,195

(Numbers from Media Life Magazine, The Voice of TV [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], Turner Sports via The Futon Critic)

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