The 4.4 cable rating was the highest for a Sunday night game in five years and was 120 percent higher than the season average.

In 1994, for the same time period during those months, the channel reached about 438,000 households (a cable rating of 0.7).

Nickelodeon finished last year No. 1 over all in cable ratings on a 24-hour basis.

For March 1996, the daytime cable rating dipped somewhat, to 8.5, but the share stayed at 32.

Clash of Champions was a success, and drew a large cable rating.

But cable ratings were reported to have increased more than 33 percent.

Last year, the 3.0 cable rating (with 2.6 million households) was the highest since 2000.

When the two ratings are combined and weighted, they yield a 6.9 cable rating.

The combined 8.7 cable rating is the equivalent of a 6.5 broadcast rating.

The Sept. 17 edition produced a 4.8 cable rating.