CBS on Saturday from 12:30-1:00pm ET aired the first NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket preview show, which revealed the top four teams in each region about a month before Selection Sunday. The show (0.7 overnight rating) outdrew most of the sports competition in the comparable window, including Kansas State-West Virginia on ESPN, Texas A&M-Florida on ESPN2 and Marquette-Georgetown on Fox. NBC drew a higher overnight for Tottenham-Liverpool in the window.
The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RATING
|
| "World of X Games: Best of Aspen" |
2/11
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.6
|
| NBA: Warriors-Thunder |
2/11
|
ABC
|
8:30-11:15pm
|
4.1
|
| "AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Million Dollar Hole-In-One For Charity" |
2/11
|
CBS
|
12:00-12:30pm
|
0.9
|
| "NCAA March Madness Bracket Preview" |
2/11
|
CBS
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.7
|
| College basketball: Kentucky-Alabama |
2/11
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:15pm
|
1.1
|
| PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Third Round |
2/11
|
CBS
|
3:15-6:00pm
|
1.9
|
| College basketball: Marquette-Georgetown |
2/11
|
Fox
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
0.4
|
| College basketball: Villanova-Xavier |
2/11
|
Fox
|
2:30-4:45pm
|
0.6
|
| "Inside the Big East" |
2/11
|
Fox
|
4:45-5:15pm
|
0.5
|
| EPL: Liverpool-Tottenham |
2/11
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.8
|
| World Alpine Championships: Men's Downhill (taped) |
2/11
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
0.6
|
| Track & Field: Millrose Games |
2/11
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
| NBA: Spurs-Knicks |
2/12
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
2.3
|
| PBR: K.C. Invitational |
2/12
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
1.0
|
| College basketball: Michigan-Indiana |
2/12
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:15pm
|
1.4
|
| PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Final Round |
2/12
|
CBS
|
3:15-6:30pm
|
2.9
|
| NHRA: Pomona |
2/12
|
Fox
|
4:00-7:00pm
|
0.9
|
| World Alpine Championships: Women's Downhill (taped) |
2/12
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:00pm
|
0.9
|
| Red Bull Volleyball (taped) |
2/12
|
NBC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
| NHL: Red Wings-Wild |
2/12
|
NBC
|
3:15-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
