The ratings fell to a 14.2, the second-lowest rating for the Finals since 1986.

The 8:30pm telecast averaged 929,000 viewers and 9:30pm averaged 860,000, the series' second-lowest ratings so far.

The show debuted on ABC with the second-lowest rating ever for a premiere on a major American network and was abruptly canceled after just two weeks.

Moody's downgraded the rating on most New York State bonds, leaving it with the second-lowest rating of all states.

Last week one agency reduced its rating on most New York State debt to the second-lowest rating among the 50 states.

CIBC dropped its rating on Schwab to hold, the firm's second-lowest rating, in late November.

They gave Great Southern as managers the second-lowest rating on their assessment scale, just short of stating that the investment would be "detrimental to an investor's...portfolio".

Nonetheless, the 15.6 represented the second-lowest rating ever for the championship game.

A survey released three years ago by Consumer Reports gave Fleet the second-lowest overall rating.

Moody's currently gives New York State the second-lowest rating among the 40 states it reviews, surpassed only by Louisiana.