Archive for June, 2008

For the second straight week, NBC drew solid numbers thanks to coverage of the Olympic trials. The swimming and track & field trials drew a 4.2/8 on NBC from 7-9 PM ET Sunday night, down [...]

Perhaps there is an audience for soccer in America. The Spain/Germany Euro 2008 final drew a 3.1 overnight on ABC Sunday afternoon, the third highest overnight of any sporting event on broadcast for the weekend. [...]

Christian Beeber: The rapper known as Lil Kriz has settled a lawsuit with the NBA, Time Warner, Turner and ABC/ESPN. Beeber sued for copyright infringement after TNT used his song “Vegas” without his permission at [...]

First, the results of last week’s predictions. Euro 2008 on ABC, Netherlands/Russia. Prediction: 1.6. Final rating: 1.2. ABC drew a decent rating for Euro 2008 coverage last Saturday. The 1.2 rating may not be stellar [...]

The College World Series pales in comparison to the NCAA Tournament or Bowl Championship Series, but this year’s edition finished as the most viewed ever on the ESPN family of networks. ESPN averaged a 1.1 [...]

Heading into Sunday’s championship game between Spain and Germany, the Euro 2008 tournament has drawn good ratings on the ESPN family of networks. Through Monday, ESPN averaged a 0.9 cable rating with 1.1 million viewers [...]

Over 9 million viewers tuned in to watch golf on a Monday afternoon. The U.S. Open playoff on June 16 drew a 6.7 rating with 9.1 million viewers, making it the third highest rated and [...]

Mother nature chose an inopportune time to interrupt the world feed of the Euro 2008 tournament yesterday. Multiple times during the late stages of a thrilling Germany/Turkey match, lightning disrupted the video feed of the [...]

Bob Papa: Neil Best of Newsday reports that the New York Giants radio voice will replace Bryant Gumbel as the play-by-play man for NFL broadcasts on the NFL Network. Barry Melrose: After more than a [...]