Archive for April 6th, 2009

ESPN has debuted a new look for its flagship show. SportsCenter unveiled new animation and new graphics on Monday, to coincide with the start of the new L.A. based edition of the program. The new [...]

Ratings and viewership for every NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship game since 1975. The five lowest rated National Championship games have taken place in the past six years, with the lowest rating coming for the [...]

Seven is not a lucky number for NASCAR this season. So far this season, all seven NASCAR races on FOX have seen double-digit declines in overnight ratings. Sunday’s Samsung 500 drew a 4.2/10 overnight on [...]

Two blowouts did not help ABC’s ratings on Sunday afternoon. The network’s second-to-last NBA doubleheader of the season, featuring Spurs/Cavaliers and Suns/Mavericks, averaged a 2.4 overnight rating on Sunday, down 4% from a 2.5 overnight [...]

NBC drew a 2.6/5 final rating for its prime time coverage of the World Figure Skating Championships on March 28, up a whopping 136% from a 1.1 for last year’s afternoon coverage on ABC. Coverage [...]

If the Cleveland Cavaliers’ ratings momentum keeps up, we may all truly become witnesses. The Cavaliers, owners of the best record in the NBA, have been attracting massive audiences in Cleveland. Through the first half [...]

A review of the articles on this website from March 30 to April 5. Monday Elite Eight overnights: Connecticut/Missouri draws a 6.2 (+15%), Villanova/Pittsburgh draws a 7.5 (+6%), and Michigan St./Louisville draws a 5.9 (+4%). [...]