Archive for September 15th, 2009

USC/Ohio State was not the only ratings hit on Saturday. Michigan’s narrow win over Notre Dame drew a 5.2 rating and 8.4 million viewers on ABC Saturday, up 79% and 95%, respectively, from a 2.9 [...]

Pushed to a Monday afternoon for the second straight year, ratings were not surprisingly below average for the men’s final of the U.S. Open. The Del Potro/Federer U.S. Open men’s final drew a 2.7/6 overnight [...]

For at least a few hours — until the numbers for Bills/Patriots and Chargers/Raiders become available — Saturday’s USC/Ohio State game ranks as the top sporting event of the year on cable. USC’s victory over [...]

FOX trounced its NFL studio rivals in separate head-to-head matchups on Sunday. The season premiere of FOX NFL Sunday drew a 3.6/9 overnight rating on FOX Sunday afternoon, up 20% from 3.0/8 for last year’s [...]

NASCAR did not impress in its return to broadcast television. Saturday’s Chevy Rock & Roll 400 drew a mere 3.0 overnight rating on ABC, down 27% from a 4.1 in ’07. Last year’s race was [...]