Overnight ratings for sporting events on broadcast.Source: Sports Business Daily and jayski.com Basketball Sport Game/Event Date Time Net Rating College basketball Oklahoma/North Carolina Sun., 3/29/09 5:00 PM CBS 7.7/- College basketball Villanova/Pittsburgh Sat., 3/28/09 7:00 [...]
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The ratings may have been paltry by prime time standards, but NBC saw a big increase for its coverage of the World Figure Skating Championships. Coverage of the women’s free skate at the World Figure [...]
Read more ›NASCAR ratings tied a season low on Sunday. The Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 drew a 4.1/9 overnight rating on FOX Sunday, down 16% from a 4.9/10 last year, and tied as the lowest overnight [...]
Read more ›A rematch of the most watched Super Bowl in history highlights the 2009 NFL preseason TV schedule, but not before one of the league’s most scrutinized figures makes his debut with a new team. The [...]
Read more ›FOX has won the sweepstakes to air the Dallas Cowboys’ first home game at their new stadium — but with one caveat. FOX will televise the Cowboys’ preseason game against the Titans on Friday, August [...]
Read more ›Users of the most popular online video-sharing site will soon be able to view content from the most popular sports television network. Disney’s ESPN and Google-owned YouTube have agreed on a deal to create an [...]
Read more ›When it comes to television ratings, the brand-new Sounders trump the dearly-departed Sonics. The first game of the 2009 MLS season, featuring the expansion Seattle Sounders hosting the New York Red Bulls, drew a 3.4 [...]
Read more ›Tyler Hansborough and Blake Griffin took a hit from Tiger Woods. Despite featuring a battle of two megahyped big men, CBS saw a double-digit decline in ratings for North Carolina’s victory over Oklahoma on Sunday. [...]
Read more ›The toppling of the #1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament saw a slight increase in ratings over last year’s comparable game. Michigan State’s upset victory over Louisville drew a 5.9 overnight on CBS Sunday [...]
Read more ›A classic Big East battle in the Elite Eight gave CBS a bump in the ratings on Saturday night. Villanova’s victory over Pittsburgh drew a 7.5/14 overnight rating late Saturday afternoon, up 6% from a [...]
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