Last night’s Iron Bowl where Alabama defeated Auburn 55-44 drew a 7.2 household rating on ESPN. That tied the record for best overnight rating for a regular season game on ESPN (with USC vs. Ohio State in 2009).
The Philadelphia Eagles blewout the Dallas Cowboys in the late afternoon Thanksgiving game, but despite the blowout the 15.0 household rating was Fox’s best Thanksgiving showing since 2011 (Packers/Lions) and the best involving the Cowboys since 1998 (vs. Vikings).
The Seattle Seahwaks 19-3 massacre of the San Francisco 49ers on NBC Thursday night averaged a 12.5/25 (household rating/share) from 8:30-11:15p. The game was up 6% over last year’s Thanksgiving night game a Ravens 2-point win over the Steelers. Update: the game averaged 22.9 million viewers to also rank as the NFL’s most-watched Thanksgiving primetime game, 9% higher than last year’s game. Top local ratings for the Seahawks-49ers game on NBC…
via CBS Sports release: “THE NFL ON CBS” THANKSGIVING DAY GAME RATES AS HIGHEST IN 16 YEARS CBS’s Thanksgiving Day broadcast of Detroit’s 34-17 win over Chicago earned its highest rating/share for a Thanksgiving Day game in 16 years.
Denver overtook Milwaukee to rank #1 among local market ratings for the week ending November 23, 2014 for the Dolphins vs. Broncos game. Remember: in the absolute 44% of #1 Denver (1.57 homes) is actually much smaller than the 15% of #29 New York (7.4 million homes). Math! But still impressive that 70% or more of the homes watching TV in four markets (Denver, Milwaukee, Seattle and Boston) were watching…
The Ravens/Saints Monday Night Football matchup wasn’t one of the more watched games (perhaps due somewhat to the Bill/Jets game airing in the nation’s largest market and lots of folks viewing the Michael Brown coverage on the cable news networks) but it still led all of cable in total viewership and with adults 18-49. This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster…
Sunday NFL Countdown on ESPN led the cable sports networks on Sunday. This is sorted alphabetically by Network then from most-watched to least-watched. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster way to go if you’re looking for something specific. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Sunday November 23, 2014:
Afternoon college football action on ESPN led the cable sports world on Saturday with 3.36 million viewers. This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster way to go if you’re looking for something specific. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Saturday November 22, 2014: