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re: How does college football's TV ratings compare to other U.S. sports?
Posted on 10/25/12 at 10:02 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 10/25/12 at 10:02 pm to RollTide1987
Here are the average football viewership totals by conference according to Nielsen 2011:
The average TV viewer numbers per game for each of the 6 power conferences for football.
1. SEC – 4,447,000
2. Big Ten – 3,267,000
3. ACC – 2,650,000
4. Big 12 – 2,347,000
5. Pac-12 – 2,108,000
6. Big East – 1,884,000
4.5 Mil watched the MLB NLCS playoffs last year
Game 7 World Series drew 25 million - the BCS National Champ game drew 24 million.
Notre Dame vs. Michigan drew 7.5 mil - the NBA Western Conference Finals drew 6.9 mil.
Rose Bowl drew 17.5 mil - The Masters drew 15 mil.
Sugar Bowl drew 9.5 mil - Stanley Cup Finals drew 4.5 mil
The average TV viewer numbers per game for each of the 6 power conferences for football.
1. SEC – 4,447,000
2. Big Ten – 3,267,000
3. ACC – 2,650,000
4. Big 12 – 2,347,000
5. Pac-12 – 2,108,000
6. Big East – 1,884,000
4.5 Mil watched the MLB NLCS playoffs last year
Game 7 World Series drew 25 million - the BCS National Champ game drew 24 million.
Notre Dame vs. Michigan drew 7.5 mil - the NBA Western Conference Finals drew 6.9 mil.
Rose Bowl drew 17.5 mil - The Masters drew 15 mil.
Sugar Bowl drew 9.5 mil - Stanley Cup Finals drew 4.5 mil
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Posted on 10/26/12 at 7:41 am to Zamoro10
quote:
the NBA Western Conference Finals drew 6.9 mil.
Not sure why you chose that. kind of dumb to compare the NBA conference championship to game 7 of the world series.
2012 NBA finals averaged 17 million each game. Game 5 had 18.5 million
Year Net Games HH Rating HH Share Average HHs (million) Average Viewers (million) Teams
2011 ABC 6 10.1 11.725 17.28 Heat/Mavericks
2010 ABC 7 10.6 18.144 Lakers/Celtics
2009 ABC 5 8.4 9.642 14.347 Lakers/Orlando
2008 ABC 6 9.3 17 10.530 14.941 Boston/Lakers
2007 ABC 4 6.2 11 6.912 9.289 San Antonio/Cleveland
2006 ABC 6 8.5 15 9.332 12.972 Miami/Dallas
2005 ABC 7 8.2 15 8.951 12.544 San Antonio/Detroit
2004 ABC 5 11.5 20 12.451 17.942 Detroit/Lakers
2003 ABC 6 6.5 12 6.955 9.864 San Antonio/New Jersey
2002 NBC 4 10.2 19 10.752 15.678 Lakers/New Jersey
2001 NBC 5 12.1 23 12.390 18.996 Lakers/Philadelphia
2000 NBC 6 11.6 21 11.677 17.402 Lakers/Indiana
1999 NBC 5 11.3 21 11.205 16.014 San Antonio/New York
1998 NBC 6 18.7 33 18.336 29.040 Chicago/Utah
1997 NBC 6 16.8 30 16.291 25.586 Chicago/Utah
1996 NBC 6 16.7 31 16.019 24.858 Chicago/Seattle
1995 NBC 4 13.9 25 13.284 20.078 Houston/Orlando
1994 NBC 5 12.0 23 11.291 17.253 Houston/New York
1993 NBC 6 17.9 33 16.694 27.209 Chicago/Phoenix
1992 NBC 6 14.2 27 13.097 20.838 Chicago/Portland
1991 NBC 5 15.8 32 14.750 23.910 Chicago/Lakers
1990 CBS 5 12.3 25 11.320 17.190 Detroit/Portland
1989 CBS 4 15.1 30 13.620 21.260 Detroit/Lakers
1988 CBS 7 15.4 31 13.620 21.700 Lakers/Detroit
1987 CBS 6 16.7 35 14.600 24.120 Lakers/Boston
Posted on 10/26/12 at 11:06 am to Zamoro10
quote:
Rose Bowl drew 17.5 mil
Might be my favorite sporting event to watch. Love the Granddaddy of them All.
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