Archive for March 8th, 2010

The Ratings Game: Thursday’s Penguins/Rangers game drew a 0.96 rating on MSG. Though the game easily topped Thrashers/Islanders on MSG+ that same night (0.23), it was outdrawn by a Mets/Cardinals spring training game on SNY [...]

The Blackhawks may very well set a record for the most ratings records set in one season. Friday’s Canucks/Blackhawks game drew a 4.35 rating on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, the highest rating ever for a Blackhawks [...]

Overnight ratings held steady, but remained less-than-stellar, for the PGA Tour Honda Classic. Sunday’s final round of the Honda Classic, won by Camilo Villegas, drew a 1.8 overnight rating on NBC — even with last [...]

ABC saw a solid increase in overnight ratings for Sunday’s NBA Finals rematch. The Magic’s 96-94 win over the Lakers drew a 2.8 overnight rating on ABC Sunday afternoon, up 40% from Suns/Spurs last year [...]

For NASCAR, even the smallest increase in ratings is preferable to the alternative. Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 from Atlanta drew a 4.8 overnight rating on FOX, up 2% from last year (4.7), but down 14% [...]

It drew a fraction of the ratings of last week’s Canada/USA Gold Medal Game, but Sunday’s Red Wings/Blackhawks game put up decent numbers on NBC. The Red Wings’ 5-4 win over the Blackhawks drew a [...]

Tony Kornheiser‘s two-week suspension appears to have had little impact on the viewership for Pardon the Interruption. Pardon the Interruption averaged 1.2 million viewers on ESPN the week of February 22, during which Dan Le [...]