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JonInMiddleGA · 03-17-2008, 08:07 AM

Interesting little tidbit in my inbox this morning from the weekend overnight TV ratings for Atlanta. (note that the game was on CBS in the two home markets, ESPN2 in the rest of the country).

Yesterday's SEC Championship game with Georgia & Arkansas posted a preliminary overall rating of 1.7 P25-54, peaking at an 8.7 share. By comparison, the Lakers/Rockets game had a consistent doubledigit share peaking in the low 12's while the NASCAR race was consistently in the high teens and had almost triple the average rating. The golf tournament on NBC had ratings just below the SEC title game. I won't mention the NHL on NBC, it's too sad to really comment on.

Even with all the drama surrounding their tournament run, it appears that the locals had relatively little interest in watching Georgia in the title game. I'm not surprised that it was below NASCAR, but I am surprised just how low it really was.

And Saturday was even worse, with the Nationwide(nee Busch) race pulling more than double the households of all NCAABB combined, and the ACC semifinals having more than double the number of viewers of Sunday's c'ship game.

03-17-2008, 08:07 AM	#419
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Interesting little tidbit in my inbox this morning from the weekend overnight TV ratings for Atlanta. (note that the game was on CBS in the two home markets, ESPN2 in the rest of the country). Yesterday's SEC Championship game with Georgia & Arkansas posted a preliminary overall rating of 1.7 P25-54, peaking at an 8.7 share. By comparison, the Lakers/Rockets game had a consistent doubledigit share peaking in the low 12's while the NASCAR race was consistently in the high teens and had almost triple the average rating. The golf tournament on NBC had ratings just below the SEC title game. I won't mention the NHL on NBC, it's too sad to really comment on. Even with all the drama surrounding their tournament run, it appears that the locals had relatively little interest in watching Georgia in the title game. I'm not surprised that it was below NASCAR, but I am surprised just how low it really was. And Saturday was even worse, with the Nationwide(nee Busch) race pulling more than double the households of all NCAABB combined, and the ACC semifinals having more than double the number of viewers of Sunday's c'ship game. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis