Archive for April, 2010

Thursday’s Mavericks/Spurs Game 6 drew a 2.4 U.S. rating and 3.6 million viewers on TNT, down 31% in ratings and 33% in viewership from Celtics/Bulls Game 6 last year, which went to triple-overtime (3.5, 5.3 [...]

A rematch of the ALCS featuring the top two markets in the country — and arguably the most popular franchise in sports — could not muster even a 2.0 rating on FOX. Regional MLB action [...]

For only the second time in 2010, ratings increased for a NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 drew a 5.2 final rating and 8.5 million viewers on FOX, up 4% in ratings and 5% [...]

Versus is not the only network seeing increases for the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs. NBC averaged a 1.1 rating and 1.7 million viewers for coverage of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, up [...]

The Capitals’ first round failure attracted the largest audience for a first round Stanley Cup Playoff game on cable in seven years. Game 7 of the Canadiens/Capitals series drew 1.2 million viewers on Versus Wednesday [...]

Big Names: Former German national team player and coach Jürgen Klinsmann has joined ESPN/ABC as an analyst for the 2010 World Cup. Klinsmann joins Robbie Mustoe and Shaun Bartlett as the latest additions to ESPN’s [...]

All three of the NBA’s television partners have had increases in viewership for the 2010 NBA Playoffs. Through Tuesday, TNT averaged a 2.1 U.S. rating and 3.2 million viewers for NBA Playoff coverage, even in [...]

ABC drew solid numbers for the second weekend of the NBA Playoffs. Last Sunday’s Cavaliers/Bulls Game 4 drew a 3.7 final rating and 5.7 million viewers on ABC, up 6% in ratings and 7% in [...]

The Lakers’ blowout Game 5 victory over the Thunder drew a 16.0 rating in Oklahoma City Tuesday night (9.7 on TNT, 6.3 on FS Oklahoma). The late start and a 21-point halftime deficit resulted in [...]

A record audience tuned in to watch the end of the Capitals’ season. Wednesday’s Canadiens/Capitals Game 7 — won by the #8 seed Canadiens to clinch a series in which they once trailed three games [...]