Archive for April 7th, 2009

For the fourth time this decade, ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship game hit an all-time record low. North Carolina’s victory over Michigan State drew a 10.8/17 final rating and 17.6 million viewers [...]

Ratings and viewership for every NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship Game since 1999. Both U.S. and coverage area ratings are presented. Over the past ten years, the National Championship game has averaged a 2.7 U.S. [...]

Overnight ratings for sporting events on broadcast.Source: Sports Business Daily Basketball Sport Game/Event Date Time Net Rating College basketball North Carolina/Villanova Sat., 4/4/09 9:00 PM CBS 9.3/17 College basketball Michigan St./Connecticut Sat, 4/4/09 6:00 PM [...]

Despite the presence of one of the marquee programs in college basketball, overnight ratings for the National Championship game dropped for the second straight year. North Carolina’s thumping of Michigan State in the National Championship [...]

What rating will tonight’s North Carolina/Michigan State National Championship Game draw? (Last year’s title game drew a 12.1) ( online polls)

The 2009 MLB season got off to a decent start on ESPN2. The Braves’ win over the Phillies drew a 2.3 overnight rating, up 53% from a 1.5 for White Sox/Tigers on the comparable date [...]

The PGA Tour is still feeling the afterglow from last week’s Tiger Woods-inspired ratings success. The final round of the Shell Houston Open drew a 2.7/6 overnight rating on NBC Sunday afternoon, up 42% from [...]