Ratings for select nationally televised sporting events from Saturday, February 11 through Friday, February 17.
Among the notable items:
- Big Numbers For Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Fueled by Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, final round coverage of the PGA Tour Pebble Beach Pro-Am earned a 4.9 final rating and 7.380 million viewers on CBS February 12 — up a whopping 113% and 115%, respectively, from last year. Meanwhile, final round action on The Golf Channel earned 2.337 million viewers, making it the most-viewed round ever on the network.
- Over Three Million For Dog Show: Coverage of the Westminster Dog Show earned a 1.9 U.S. rating and 3.110 million viewers on USA Network February 14, down 14% in ratings and 12% in viewership from coverage on the comparable date last year (2.2, 3.522M).
- Mid-Majors An Airball For ESPN2: The February 11 Arkansas-Little Rock/Middle Tennessee State men’s college basketball game earned an extremely low 0.1 U.S. rating and 97,000 viewers on ESPN2. Later in the day, New Mexico State/Utah State drew a 0.1 and 124,000 viewers, and Wichita State/#15 Creighton earned a 0.1 and 206,000. The night was capped off by another tiny audience — a 0.1 and 186,000 for Xavier/Temple.
- … and the rest: Other notable events include the NHL on NBC and NBC Sports Network, USA Sevens Rugby on NBC, the English Premier League on ESPN2, and the PBA Tour Chameleon Open.
Weekly ratings for February 4-10 available here.
Sports TV Ratings (February 11-February 17)
| Time | Sport | Event | Net | Rating | Viewers (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, February 11 | |||||
| 3 PM | Golf | Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Third Rd. | CBS |
2.6
|
3,851
|
| 9 PM | NCAAMB | UK 69, VANDY 63 | ESPN |
1.6
|
2,930
|
| 6:09 PM | NCAAMB | MSU 58, OSU 48 | ESPN |
1.6
|
2,607
|
| 1 PM | NCAAMB | CONN 67, SYR 85 | CBS |
1.2
|
1,793
|
| 4:14 PM | NCAAMB | UMD 55, DUKE 73 | ESPN |
1.3
|
1,743
|
| 12 PM | NCAAMB | LOU 77, WVU 74 | ESPN |
1.0
|
1,421
|
| 12:58 PM | Golf | Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Third Rd. | GOLF |
0.9
|
1,310
|
| 3:30 PM | Rugby | USA Sevens Rugby | NBC |
0.6
|
991
|
| 2:08 PM | NCAAMB | KST 64, TEX 75 | ESPN |
0.6
|
835
|
| 2 PM | Extreme | Winter Dew Tour | NBC |
0.6
|
754
|
| 1 PM | Extreme | USSA Freestyle International | NBC |
0.5
|
613
|
| 7:30 AM | EPL | MANU 2, LIV 1 | ESPN2 |
0.4
|
588
|
| 7:06 PM | NCAAMB | ALA 58, LSU 67 | ESPN2 |
0.3
|
479
|
| 10 PM | NBA | PHX 98, SAC 84 | NBATV |
0.2
|
239
|
| 5:03 PM | NCAAMB | WICH 89, CREI 68 | ESPN2 |
0.1
|
206
|
| 7 PM | NBA | DEN 113, IND 109 | NBATV |
0.1
|
192
|
| 9:06 PM | NCAAMB | XAV 72, TEM 85 | ESPN2 |
0.1
|
186
|
| 3:11 PM | NCAAMB | NMSU 80, UTSU 69 | ESPN2 |
0.1
|
124
|
| 1:03 PM | NCAAMB | AKLR 60, MTSU 68 | ESPN2 |
0.1
|
97
|
| Sunday, February 12 | |||||
| 3 PM | Golf | Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Final Rd. | CBS |
4.9
|
7,380
|
| 3:30 PM | NBA | CHI 91, BOS 95 | ABC |
2.6
|
4,069
|
| 12:58 PM | Golf | Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Final Rd. | GOLF |
1.5
|
2,337
|
| 7 PM | NBA | MIA 107, ATL 87 | ESPN |
1.4
|
2,215
|
| 1 PM | NCAAMB | ILL 61, MICH 70 | CBS |
1.6
|
2,174
|
| 12:30 PM | NHL | WSH 2, NYR 3 | NBC |
0.8
|
1,369
|
| 9:35 PM | NBA | UTA 98, MEM 88 | ESPN |
0.9
|
1,327
|
| 3 PM | Extreme | Winter Dew Tour | NBC |
0.7
|
1,087
|
| 4:30 PM | Rugby | USA Sevens Rugby | NBC |
0.7
|
1,074
|
| 1 PM | NCAAMB | SJU 61, GTWN 71 | ESPN |
0.5
|
761
|
| 3:03 PM | PBA | Chameleon Open | ESPN |
0.5
|
736
|
| 7:30 PM | NHL | PHI 3, DET 4 | NBCSN |
0.4
|
600
|
| 4:30 PM | NCAAFB | ‘College Football All-Star Challenge’ | ESPN |
0.3
|
470
|
| Monday, February 13 | |||||
| 8 PM | Other | 136th Westminster Dog Show | USA |
1.8
|
2,955
|
| 7 PM | NCAAMB | SYR 52, LOU 51 | ESPN |
1.3
|
1,738
|
| 9 PM | Other | 136th Westminster Dog Show | CNBC |
1.0
|
1,662
|
| 9:07 PM | NCAAMB | KU 59, KST 53 | ESPN |
1.0
|
1,452
|
| Tuesday, February 14 | |||||
| 8 PM | Other | 136th Westminster Dog Show | USA |
1.9
|
3,110
|
| 9:04 PM | NCAAMB | OSU 78, MIN 68 | ESPN |
0.7
|
1,006
|
| 7 PM | NCAAMB | FLA 61, ALA 52 | ESPN |
0.6
|
712
|
| 7 PM | NBA | MIA 105, IND 90 | NBATV |
0.3
|
525
|
| 9:35 PM | NBA | ‘NBA Gametime’ (30 minutes) | NBATV |
0.3
|
493
|
| 8:49 PM | NBA | ‘NBA Coast to Coast’ | ESPN2 |
0.3
|
490
|
| Wednesday, February 15 | |||||
| 8 PM | NCAAMB | UNC 73, MIA 64 | ESPN |
0.9
|
1,271
|
| 10:01 PM | NBA | POR 93, GS 91 | ESPN |
0.8
|
1,137
|
| Thursday, February 16 | |||||
| 8:16 PM | NBA | BOS 80, CHI 89 | TNT |
1.6
|
2,429
|
| 10:54 PM | NBA | LAC 74, POR 71 | TNT |
1.2
|
1,732
|
| 7 PM | NCAAMB | WISC 55, MSU 69 | ESPN |
0.7
|
1,084
|
| 9:05 PM | NCAAMB | WVU 66, PITT 48 | ESPN |
0.6
|
769
|
| Friday, February 17 | |||||
| 10:35 PM | NBA | PHX 99, LAL 111 | ESPN |
1.3
|
2,085
|
| 8:06 PM | NBA | DAL 82, PHI 75 | ESPN |
1.0
|
1,611
|
| 8:30 PM | NASCAR | Budweiser Shootout Selection Show | SPEED |
0.5
|
898
|
(Information from Media Life Magazine; The Voice of TV [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]; Heat/Pacers numbers from Turner Sports via The Futon Critic)
