Archive for June 4th, 2008

Ratings for playoff games involving the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. Ratings for games on cable (TNT, ESPN) are national ratings. Los Angeles LakersRound 1: LAL 4, DEN 03.5: Game 1 (Sun., 4/20, 3:30 [...]

For the past several days, NBCSports.com has given prominent play to an article about NBA conspiracy theories. Today, the article is the featured story on the site, with the headline “Is Lakers-Celtics The Grand Plan?” [...]

After years of being treated like a minor sport, the NHL finally drew major league ratings. The classic triple overtime Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals drew a 3.8 rating with 6.2 million viewers [...]

For one final week, the NBA dominated cable. The five NBA games televised last week were the five most viewed programs on cable. Two weeks ago, NBA games took up the top six spots, and [...]

Magic Johnson and Bill Russell: The two NBA legends will appear on ABC’s coverage of the Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals. Johnson, a TNT analyst, will be part of the ABC studio team for Game 1 on [...]

Overnight ratings for sporting events on broadcast.Auto racing.4.2: NASCAR on FOX, Best Buy 400 (1:30 PM Sunday)0.8: IRL on ABC, ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt 225 (4 PM Sunday) The Best Buy 400 drew relatively disappointing [...]