Archive for March 12th, 2010

The famed TNT NBA studio team is headed to the booth. Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith will call the March 25 Heat/Bulls game for TNT, marking the first time the studio trio has [...]

With the dearth of sporting events on ABC causing consternation among its affiliates, ESPN is set to announce plans for two new weekly sports series on the network. ESPN will debut a two-hour block of [...]

Ratings jumped by over 30% for Sunday’s Lakers/Magic game, but remained somewhat below what one would expect for an NBA Finals rematch. Orlando’s win over the Lakers drew a 2.1 final rating and 3.2 million [...]

Though preliminary numbers showed an increase in ratings, last week’s Kobalt Tools 500 was just the latest NASCAR race to see a decline. FOX drew a 5.3 final rating and 8.5 million viewers for the [...]

There was not much of a bump, if any, from the Olympics, but NBC still did relatively well with NHL coverage last week. Sunday’s Red Wings/Blackhawks game drew a 1.0 final rating and 1.4 million [...]

ESPN drew record numbers for college basketball coverage during the 2009-10 regular season. ESPN averaged a 0.9 U.S. rating and 1.4 million viewers for 131 men’s college basketball games during the 2009-10 season, flat in [...]