Navy's 10th consecutive win over Army earned a 4.0 overnight on CBS on Saturday afternoon, marking the weekend's best non-NFL sports rating. That figure is up 14% from a 3.5 overnight last year. ESPN's coverage of the Heisman Trophy Presentation led all sports telecasts on cable with a 2.9 overnight, up 21% from last year. Following the ceremony, ESPN earned a 1.6 overnight for the premiere of "The Marinovich Project," which was down 11% from a 1.8 for the premiere of "Pony Excess" following last year's ceremony. Indiana's last-second win over No. 1-ranked Kentucky was the highest-rated college basketball game of the weekend. ESPN earned a 2.9 overnight for the game from 5:30-7:30pm ET on Saturday. Listed below are overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
| "ESPN All America Team Show" |
12/10
|
ABC
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.6
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
12/10
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
| NCAA Basketball: Duke-Washington |
12/10
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
1.4
|
| "College Football Today" |
12/10
|
CBS
|
2:00-2:30pm
|
2.5
|
| NCAA Football: Navy-Army |
12/10
|
CBS
|
2:30-6:00pm
|
4.0
|
| Golf: Shark Shootout: Second Round |
12/10
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:30pm
|
0.7
|
| Ironman World Championship (taped) |
12/10
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
1.0
|
| "The NFL Today" |
12/11
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.8
|
| "NFL on CBS": (regional) |
12/11
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
11.4
|
| "NFL on CBS": Raiders-Packers (95%) |
12/11
|
CBS
|
4:15-7:30pm
|
12.8
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
12/11
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.4
|
| "NFL on Fox": (single) |
12/11
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
14.3
|
| ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (taped) |
12/11
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.9
|
| World of Adventure Sports (taped) |
12/11
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
| Golf: Shark Shootout: Final Round |
12/11
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
| "Football Night in America" |
12/11
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
6.5
|
| "Sunday Night Football": Giants-Cowboys |
12/11
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:30pm
|
16.1
|
