Overnight (metered market) ratings by sport.
Football.
7.2/11: NFL preseason, Eagles/Steelers (Sunday, NBC)
4.7/8: NFL preseason, Jaguars/Packers (Thursday, FOX)
4.2/8: NFL preseason, Patriots/Panthers (Friday, CBS)
- NBC draws the highest preseason overnight of the season. The 7.2/11 is actually higher than the overnight for Game 2 of the 2007 NBA Finals and the final rounds of the U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship.
- NFL preseason action was up across the board; ratings for games on FOX, CBS and NBC were up 9%, 17% and 33%, respectively.
Baseball.
3.5: LLWS, Georgia/Japan (Sunday, ABC)
2.4/6: MLB, Regional action (Saturday, FOX)
2.2: LLWS, Georgia/Texas (Saturday, ABC)
1.8: LLWS, Japan/Curacao (Saturday, ABC)
- The Championship game of the Little League World Series easily beat the MLB game on FOX; there is no year-to-year comparison for the Championship Game, as last year’s edition was rained out. The U.S. title game was up 22% from a 1.8 last year.
- The MLB on FOX is down 4% from a 2.5 last year; this marks the ninth straight week FOX has seen declining overnights for its Major League Baseball coverage.
Golf.
2.1/5: PGA, The Barclays, Final Round (Sunday, CBS)
1.7/4: PGA, The Barclays, Third Round (Saturday, CBS)
1.1/2: U.S. Amateur Championship (Sunday, NBC)
0.6/2: U.S. Amateur Championship (Saturday, NBC)
- Major declines for the PGA Tour as the FedEx Cup begins; the 2.1 for the final round of The Barclays is down 66% from a 6.2/13 overnight for the event on the comparable weekend last year, the Bridgestone Invitational. Saturday coverage was down 54%.
Tennis.
0.9/2: Arthur Ashe Kids Day (Sunday, CBS)
0.8/2: Pilot Pen Finals, Kuznetsova/Szavay (Saturday, CBS)
- The Women’s final of the Pilot Pen fell 11% from last year.
Other.
1.6/4: Track and Field: IAAF Championships (Sunday, NBC)
1.2/3: AVP Brooklyn Open, Women’s Final (Sunday, NBC)
0.6/2: AVP Brooklyn Open, Men’s Final (Saturday, NBC)
0.6: WNBA Playoffs, New York/Detroit Game 2 (Sunday, ABC)
- Game 2 between the Liberty and Shock was off 14% from a 0.7 average for two early round playoff games on ABC last season.









