Archive for December 1st, 2009

Friday night’s Pittsburgh/West Virginia game drew a solid 2.5/5 U.S. rating and 4.1 million viewers on ESPN2, the highest rated, most-viewed Friday night college football game of the season on the ESPN family of networks, [...]

Thanksgiving night delivered a pair of turkeys to TNT. Thursday’s Magic/Hawks game drew a mere 0.7/2 U.S. rating and 1.3 million viewers, while the Bulls/Jazz nightcap drew an even worse 0.6/1 and 927,000 viewers. Both [...]

College football topped the NFL on Thanksgiving night. Thursday’s Texas/Texas A&M game drew a 3.7/8 U.S. rating and 6.7 million viewers on ESPN, up 23% and 20%, respectively, from last year’s Thanksgiving night game between [...]

At least in television ratings, Brett Favre‘s drama could not top the New Orleans Saints’ excellence. Monday’s Patriots/Saints game drew a 14.4 overnight on ESPN, the highest of the season for Monday Night Football — [...]

The long-rumored Comcast/NBC deal is one step closer to coming to fruition. General Electric has reached a tentative agreement to purchase Vivendi’s 20% stake in NBC Universal, reports the New York Times. The agreement “[helps] [...]

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy is set to make his first television appearance since admitting to betting on games he officiated over two years ago. Donaghy, recently released from federal custody after serving a 15-month [...]