Archive for February 24th, 2009

Overnight ratings for sporting events on broadcast.Ratings for some ABC events unavailable.Sources: Sports Business Daily and USA Today. Basketball.2.7: NBA on ABC, Celtics/Suns (2:30 PM Sunday)1.6/4: College basketball on CBS, regional (1 PM Sunday)1.0/3: College [...]

With two of the biggest stars missing from what would turn out to be an uncompetitive game, ABC still drew decent numbers for NBA coverage on Sunday. The Celtics 128-108 blowout of the Suns drew [...]

The increasingly heated rivalry between NHL stars Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin did not light up the ratings on NBC Sunday. NBC drew a 1.1 overnight rating for the Capitals’ win over the Penguins on [...]

The other shoe has dropped in the Charles Barkley DUI controversy. Barkley pleaded guilty to driving under the influence on Monday and was sentenced to ten days in jail. The TNT NBA analyst will begin [...]