What Los Angeles Is Watching

A sampling of L.A. Nielsen ratings for Aug. 21-22:

SATURDAY

*--* Over-the-air Channel Rating Share Olympics: Prime time 4 16.4 31 Olympics: Daytime 4 9.9 19 Pro football: Exhibition, Dallas at Oakland 2 4.4 9 Baseball: Atlanta at Dodgers 11 3.4 8 Golf: WGC NEC Invitational 2 2.3 6 Baseball: Angels at New York Yankees 9 1.8 5 Pro football: Exhibition, Washington at Miami 5 1.2 3 Cable Network Rating Share Pro football: New York Jets at Indianapolis ESPN 0.8 2 NASCAR Busch Grand National 250 TNT 0.6 2 Auto racing: NASCAR Nextel Cup Happy Hour TNT 0.5 1 Pro football: Exhibition, San Diego at Arizona FSN2 0.5 1 Horse racing: Trackside Live, Del Mar FSN2 0.4 1 Soccer: Chicago at Galaxy ESPN2 0.4 1 LL World Series: Davenport (Iowa) vs. Lincoln ESPN2 0.4 1 (R.I.) LLWS: Preston (Md.) vs. Owensboro (Ky.) ESPN2 0.3 1 LLWS: Richmond (Texas) vs. Redmond (Wash.) ESPN 0.3 1 LLWS: Poland vs. Taiwan ESPN2 0.3 1

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SUNDAY

*--* Over-the-air Channel Rating Share Olympics: Prime time 4 18.5 33 Olympics: Daytime 4 11.2 26 Baseball: Angels at New York Yankees 9 2.9 7 Baseball: Atlanta at Dodgers 13 2.5 6 Golf: WGC NEC Invitational 2 2.4 6 Auto racing: IRL Honda Indy 225 7 0.5 1 Tennis: ATP Legg Mason Classic 2 0.5 1 Cable Network Rating Share Auto racing: Nextel Cup GFS Marketplace TNT 1.2 3 400 Baseball; Boston at Chicago White Sox ESPN 0.9 2 LLWS: Morgantown (N.C.) vs. Conejo ESPN 0.6 1 Valley LLWS: Redmond (Wash.) vs. Preston (Md.) ESPN2 0.5 1 LLWS: Richmond (Texas) vs. Owensboro ESPN2 0.4 1 (Ky.) Golf: LPGA Wendy’s Classic ESPN2 0.4 1 Boxing: Robbie Penn vs. Nate Campbell FSN2 0.4 1 (tape) Motorcycle racing: Czech Grand Prix Speed Channel 0.4 1 Drag racing: NHRA O’Reilly Mid-South ESPN2 0.3 1 Nationals Horse racing: Trackside Live, Del Mar FSN2 0.3 1 Horse racing: Pacific Classic ESPN2 0.2 1

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Weekday ratings: FRIDAY, Aug. 20: Olympics: Prime time, Ch,. 4, 18.1.32, daytime, Ch. 4, 5.7/15. MONDAY -- Olympics: Prime time, Ch. 4, 21.1/34, daytime, Ch. 4, 5.5/16; Pro football, exhibition, St. Louis at Kansas City, Ch. 7, 5.5/10. TUESDAY -- Olympics: Prime time, Ch. 4, 19.7/33, daytime, Ch. 4, 6.7/19. WEDNESDAY -- Olympics: Prime time, Ch. 4, 17.8/31, daytime, Ch. 4, 4.0/12.

Note: Each rating point represents 53,542 L.A. households. Cable ratings reflect the entire market. (Cable and satellite TV are in 76% of L.A. households.)