Archive for December 22nd, 2009

Despite being an uncompetitive blowout, Monday’s Giants/Washington game drew an 8.4 overnight rating on ESPN, up 18% from a 7.1 for Browns/Eagles in Week 15 last year. Compared to last week’s 49ers/Cardinals game, Monday’s game [...]

On the field and in the ratings, Brett Favre did not have a great outing on Sunday night. The Vikings’ loss to the Panthers on Sunday night drew an 11.0/18 final rating and 18.2 million [...]

FOX drew another strong rating for NFL coverage on Sunday. Sunday’s NFL national window (featuring either Packers/Steelers or 49ers/Eagles) drew a 15.1 final rating and 25.8 million viewers on FOX, up 3% and 6%, respectively, [...]

Idle note: ESPN2 will televise 18 regular season WNBA games in 2010, up from 12 last year. ESPN2 will begin its coverage with the Sparks taking on the defending champion Mercury on May 15, the [...]