Overnight (metered market) ratings by sport.
Football.
15.4/28: NFL on FOX, Giants/Bears (4:15 PM Sunday)
12.5/25: NFL on CBS, regional (1 PM Sunday)
12.1/19: The OT on FOX (7:30 PM Sunday)
10.5/16: Sunday Night Football on NBC, Bengals/Steelers (8:15 PM Sunday)
8.5/17: NFL on FOX, regional (1 PM Sunday)
8.3/13: BCS Selection Show on FOX (7:45 PM Sunday)
7.3: Big 12 Championship on ABC, Oklahoma/Missouri (8 PM Saturday)
6.0/12: SEC Championship on CBS, LSU/Tennessee (4 PM Saturday)
4.2/7: Football Night in America on NBC (7:30 PM Sunday)
4.2: ACC Championship on ABC, Virginia Tech/Boston College (1 PM Saturday)
3.8: College football on ABC, USC/UCLA (4:30 PM Saturday)
3.4/8: FOX NFL Sunday (12 PM Sunday)
2.8/7: The NFL Today on CBS (12 PM Sunday)
2.4/6: College football on CBS, Army/Navy (12 PM Saturday)
- FOX: Ratings for college and pro football fell across the board on FOX over the weekend. Giants/Bears drew a 15.4 rating in the late afternoon national window on FOX, down 19% from a 19.1 rating for Giants/Cowboys last year. Meanwhile, regional NFL coverage in the early afternoon window drew an 8.5 rating, down 18% from last year.
- Coverage of the BCS Selection Show on FOX was also down by double-digits; the 8.3 rating for the show was off 12% from a 9.4 last year. The show lost 31% of its lead-in from The OT, compared to losing only 10% of its lead-in last year.
- CBS: Just as in so many weeks during the football season, the SEC and AFC were very good to CBS. The SEC Championship Game on Saturday afternoon drew a 6.0 rating, up 28% from last year, and the highest overnight for that event since 2001. The traditionally Army/Navy game did not have as much luck in the ratings, as the 2.4 overnight for that rivalry was off 8% from last year.
- Meanwhile, the NFL gave CBS a huge jump on Sunday; the 12.5 overnight for regional coverage in the 1:00 PM window was up 30% from a 9.6 rating last year.
- ABC: A Saturday tripleheader of college football action gave ABC decent numbers on Saturday. The ACC Championship game led off with a 4.2 rating, up slightly from last year. USC/UCLA saw a huge drop in ratings from ’06, when the game featured #2 USC being upset. The 3.8 overnight for the game marks a 54% drop from an 8.2 last year.
- For all the viewers USC/UCLA lost, the Big 12 Championship game gained them — and then some. The 7.3 overnight for Oklahoma’s victory over Missouri marks a 74% jump over a 4.2 rating last year. The 7.3 is also the highest overnight for a college football game this season.
- NBC: A less than inspiring Sunday Night Football match-up gave NBC a mediocre rating. The battle between the underachieving Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers drew a 10.5 rating, down 4% from a 10.9 for Seahawks/Broncos in ’06.
Other.
1.1/2: Ironman World Championship on NBC (4:30 PM Saturday)
1.1/2: Wrangler Pro Rodeo Tour on CBS (5 PM Sunday)
0.9/2: The Del Webb Father/Son Challenge on NBC, Final round (3 PM Sunday)
0.7/2: The Del Webb Father/Son Challenge on NBC, First round (2:30 PM Sunday)
0.6/1: Skiing on NBC, USSA Birds of Prey (2 PM Sunday)
- The Del Web Father/Son Challenge saw sizable ratings decreases when compared to last year. The 0.7 for Saturday coverage marks a 36% drop from last year, while the 0.9 for the final round was down 10%. The two day average rating of 0.8 is off 27% from a 1.1 in ’06.
- Skiing was also less of a draw than it was on the comparable weekend last year. The 0.6 overnight for the USSA Bird of Prey is down 25% from the 0.8 overnight the Alpine World Cup drew in 2006.
