SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

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The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 6, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)

College Football Week 6

Top Games on Saturday

4.6 rating ABC 8:00 pm #4 Ohio State at #16 Northwestern

3.6 rating CBS 3:30 pm #6 Georgia at Tennessee

2.8 rating ABC 3:30 pm #3 Clemson at Syracuse (27 markets) or or Minnesota-Michigan (20 markets) or Kansas State at #21 Oklahoma State (9 markets)

2.5 rating NBC 8:00 pm #22 Arizona State at Notre Dame

1.83 rating ESPN 10:30 pm #15 Washington at #5 Stanford

1.69 rating ESPN 12:00 pm #25 Maryland at #8 Florida State

1.22 rating ESPN 7:00 pm #10 LSU at Mississippi State

NFL Week 5

Sunday NFL Packages — Ranking

18.6 rating CBS 4:30 pm DEN-DAL (+18% from 15.7 last year)

11.6 rating NBC 8:30 pm HOU-SF (-1% from 11.7 last year for SD-NO)

12.5 rating FOX 1:00 pm NO-CHI/ DET-GB/ PHI-NYG/ SEA-IND/ CAR-ARI (even with last year)

9.7 rating CBS 1:00 pm NE-CIN/ KC-TEN/ BAL-MIA/ JAX-STL (+4% from 9.3 last year)

2.0 rating NFL Network 11:30 pm SD-OAK (special time period — delayed start due to MLB Division Series in Oakland)

MLB

2.6 rating TBS Saturday 5:30 pm TB-BOS Game 2 (no comparison)

2.5 rating TBS Sunday 8:00 pm ATL-LAD Game 3 (-22% from 3.2 for DET-OAK Game 3 last year at 9:30 pm)

2.3 rating TBS Saturday 8:00 pm DET-OAK Game 2 (-36% from 3.6 for NYY-BAL Game 2 last year at 8:30 pm)

2.1 rating TBS Sunday 4:30 pm STL-PIT Game 3 (-30% from 3.0 for SF-CIN Game 3 last year at 5:30 pm)

NASCAR

2.3 rating ESPN Saturday 2:00 pm or Kansas 400 (even with last year)