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Final Nielsen Ratings

Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Telecasts

Published March 30, 2012

The chart below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RAT.
VIEWERS (000)
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Final: Kansas-North Carolina
3/25
CBS
5:00-7:12pm
7.1
11,683
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Final: Ohio State-Syracuse
3/24
CBS
6:55-9:28pm
6.7
10,949
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Semi: Kentucky-Indiana
3/23
CBS
9:59pm-12:27am
5.2
8,702
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Final: Kentucky-Baylor
3/25
CBS
2:10-4:50pm
5.0
8,238
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Semi: Wisconsin-Syracuse
3/22
CBS
7:00-9:21pm
4.4
6,814
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Final: Louisville-Florida
3/24
CBS
4:20-6:38pm
4.3
6,682
PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer
Invitational: Final Round
3/25
NBC
2:30-6:35pm
4.3
6,530
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Semi: Ohio State-Cincinnati
3/22
CBS
9:39-11:56pm
4.2
6,288
NASCAR Sprint Cup:
Auto Club 500*
3/25
Fox
3:13-4:58pm
3.8
6,153
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Semi: Baylor-Xavier
3/23
CBS
7:00-9:36pm
3.2
4,972
PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer
Invitational: Third Round
3/24
NBC
2:30-6:04pm
2.7
4,049
"Road to the Final Four"
3/24
CBS
3:14-4:15pm
1.4
n/a
"Best of College Basketball 2012" (taped)
3/25
CBS
1:00-2:00pm
1.1
n/a
Izod IndyCar Series: Honda
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
3/25
ABC
12:30-3:20pm
0.9
1,279
"Golf Central Live"
3/24
NBC
2:00-2:30pm
0.9
n/a
"Golf Central Live"
3/25
NBC
2:00-2:30pm
0.9
n/a
NCAA D-II Basketball Championship:
Western Washington-Montevallo
3/24
CBS
1:00-3:14pm
0.8
1,033
Mexico Primera Division:
Chivas de Guadalajara-Toluca
3/24
Telem.
8:55-11:04pm
0.4
851
Red Bull Signature Series:
Cold Rush (taped)
3/24
NBC
1:00-2:00pm
0.5
753
"Golf Digest Equipment Special" (taped)
3/25
NBC
1:00-2:00pm
0.4
571
"ESPN Sports Saturday"
3/24
ABC
4:00-6:00pm
0.4
n/a
           

NOTE: * = Race shortened by rain. Rain coverage from 4:58-5:30pm got a 3.3 rating.

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RAT.
VIEWERS (000)
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Semi: North Carolina-Ohio
3/23
TBS
7:30-10:10pm
2.9
4,599
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Semi: Louisville-Michigan State
3/22
TBS
7:30-9:53pm
2.4
3,768
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Semi: Kansas-N.C. State
3/23
TBS
10:28pm-12:48am
2.2
3,566
NBA: Heat-Thunder
3/25
ESPN
8:00-10:36pm
2.2
3,517
NCAA Basketball Tournament:
Regional Semi: Florida-Marquette
3/22
TBS
10:14pm-12:36am
2.0
3,080
NBA: Grizzlies-Lakers
3/25
ESPN
10:36pm-1:03am
1.8
2,637
NBA: Lakers-Mavericks
3/21
ESPN
9:43pm-12:05am
1.7
2,520
NASCAR Nationwide Series:
Royal Purple 300
3/24
ESPN
5:30-8:07pm
1.5
2,278
NBA: Knicks-76ers
3/21
ESPN
7:00-9:43pm
1.4
1,921
NBA: Bulls-Magic
3/19
TNT
8:16-10:48pm
1.2
1,748

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