Archive for November 5th, 2009

FOX drew a massive overnight rating for the Yankees’ return to glory on Wednesday night. Phillies/Yankees Game 6, won by the Yankees to clinch the team’s 27th World Series title, drew a 15.5 overnight rating [...]

Could ESPN soon be heading down the road to the Final Four? USA Today reports that ESPN “would be interested in bidding for the rights” to the Men’s NCAA Tournament, should the NCAA opt out [...]

Notre Dame football was far from a marquee attraction on Saturday night. NBC drew a 1.4/3 final rating and 2.3 million viewers for Washington State/Notre Dame in primetime Saturday night. There was no comparable primetime [...]

How many viewers will Phillies/Yankees Game 6 draw Wednesday night? The last World Series Game 6 (Marlins/Yankees in ’03) drew 23.2 mil.

Ratings and viewership for Game 6 of the World Series since 1971. Wednesday’s Phillies/Yankees Game 6 is the first Game 6 of the World Series since 2003, when the Marlins’ series-clinching win over the Yankees [...]

The Yankees/Phillies World Series accounted for the four most-viewed programs on broadcast last week, with Game 4 topping the charts at 22.8 million viewers. Game 1 (19.5 mil), Game 2 (18.9 mil) and the pregame [...]