Archive for July 16th, 2008

Bob Papa: The New York Giants radio voice has been officially named the new play-by-play man for NFL broadcasts on the NFL Network. Papa, who has been with the Giants since 1995, may also be [...]

Nine innings worth of baseball drew a solid 9.3 rating with 14.5 million viewers, usually a good thing — except this game lasted an additional six innings. Through the first nine innings, the 2008 MLB [...]

Viewership for the Tour de France has declined somewhat this year. So far, live broadcasts are averaging 230,000 viewers, compared to 343,000 last year. Including taped broadcasts, Versus is averaging 143,000 viewers for 35 telecasts, [...]

The NASCAR on TNT summer series ended with a whimper. The LifeLock.com 400 drew a 3.2 rating with 5.1 million viewers on TNT Saturday night, down 20% and 19%, respectively, from a 4.0 with 6.4 [...]

The 2008-09 NBA season will start with a bang. ESPN will televise its first ever regular season triple-header on Wednesday, October 29, with games at 5:30, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. The tripleheader could air opposite [...]

The 2008 MLB All Star game nearly lasted the length of two full games, and was issued two separate sets of overnight ratings. For the first nine innings of the game, FOX averaged an 11.0 [...]