Overnight (metered market) ratings by sport:
Football.
16.1/29: NFL on FOX, Eagles/Cowboys (4:15 PM Sunday)
13.9/27: NFL on CBS, regional (1 PM Sunday)
11.1/17: Sunday Night Football on NBC, Washington/Giants (8:15 PM Sunday)
9.6/19: NFL on FOX, regional (1 PM Sunday)
9.5/16: The OT on FOX (7:30 PM Sunday)
4.9/9: Football Night in America on NBC (7:30 PM Sunday)
3.6/8: FOX NFL Sunday (12 PM Sunday)
3.5/8: The NFL Today on CBS (12 PM Sunday)
- FOX: FOX drew a solid rating for the Philadelphia Eagles’ upset victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The 16.1 overnight for Eagles/Cowboys marks a 2% increase over the comparable Eagles/Giants game last year.
- CBS: The Patriots gave CBS its second highest single-header overnight since the network returned to NFL coverage in 1998. The 13.9 rating for regional coverage, including Patriots/Jets, is tied as the highest overnight for a 1:00 PM NFL game this season.
- NBC: Sunday Night Football gave NBC a decent boost, as the battle between Washington and the New York Giants drew an 11.1 rating, up 7% from last year.
Golf.
2.2/5: Target Word Challenge on NBC, Third Round (3 PM Saturday)
2.1/4: Target Word Challenge on NBC, Final Round (3 PM Sunday)
- The NFL effect on full display: for the second straight week, the rating for a golf event is higher on Saturday than on Sunday.
Other.
1.8/4: Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest on CBS (5 PM Sunday)
1.2/3: College basketball on CBS, Louisville/Purdue (3:30 PM Saturday)
0.8/2: Jeep World of Adventure on NBC (1 PM Sunday)
0.6/2: LG Action Sports World Championships on CBS (2:30 PM Saturday)
- December college basketball is not much of a draw for CBS; the network drew better numbers with skiing on Sunday than with Louisville/Purdue on Saturday, though the numbers for skiing are inflated by an NFL lead-in.
