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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 8.8-9.2015

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 8 and Sunday August 9, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year.

Football

NFL: Preseason
6.89 rating NBC 8:15 pm MIN Vikings vs PIT Steelers

Golf

PGA: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (Akron, OH)
1.89 rating CBS 2:00 pm Saturday Third Round
2.66 rating CBS 2:00 pm Sunday Final Round

Auto Racing

NASCAR Xfinity Series
0.96 rating NBCSN 3:30 pm Saturday Zippo 200 from watkins Glen, NY

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2.39 rating NBCSN 2:30 pm Sunday Cheez-It 355 from Watkins Glen, NY

INDYCAR
Returns August 23 with Pocono IndyCar 500

FORMULA ONE
Returns August 23 with Belgian Grand Prix

MLB

Saturday
n/a rating FS1 4:00 pm LA Dodgers at PIT Pirates
n/a rating FS1 7:00 pm STL Cardinals at MIL Brewers

Sunday
n/a rating TBS 2:00 pm SF Giants at CHI Cubs

1.17 rating ESPN 8:00 pm LA Dodgers at PIT Pirates

Soccer

Premiere League
Saturday
0.49 rating NBCSN 7:45 am Manchester United vs Tottenham
0.34 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Bournemouth vs Aston Villa
0.26 rating USA 10:00 am Everton vs Watford
0.93 rating NBC 12:30 pm Chelsea vs Swansea

Sunday
0.43 rating NBCSN 8:30 am Arsenal vs West Ham
0.53 rating NBCSN 11:00 am Stoke City vs Liverpool

Other

n/a

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.