Archive for November 3rd, 2009

FOX drew another strong overnight rating for coverage of the 2009 World Series. Monday’s Yankees/Phillies Game 5 drew a 12.8 overnight rating on FOX, up 15% from an 11.1 for last year’s Rays/Phillies Game 5–which [...]

If people do indeed watch NASCAR for the crashes, it didn’t show last Sunday. Sunday’s Amp Energy 500, featuring Ryan Newman‘s “frightening crash” late in the race, drew a 3.8 overnight rating on ABC — [...]

The Celtics’ home opener against the Bobcats last Wednesday drew a 4.7 rating on Comcast SportsNet New England, the network’s highest rating ever for a Celtics home opener. The previous high was a 3.9 for [...]

Brett Favre helped FOX to its second straight week of massive NFL ratings. Sunday’s national NFL window, featuring Vikings/Packers, drew a 17.4/32 final rating and 29.8 million viewers on FOX — up 26% and 34%, [...]