Archive for May 3rd, 2010

ABC drew a 0.8 overnight rating for Saturday’s RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300, up 33% from the network’s first non-Indy 500 race from last season, the May 31 ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt 225 (0.6). (Sports Business [...]

Regular season baseball has not exactly been a ratings hit for FOX. Regional MLB action featuring Mets/Phillies drew a 1.8 overnight rating on FOX Saturday afternoon, down 10% from last week’s similarly unimpressive 2.0 for [...]

Overnight ratings for the Heath Calhoun 400 dropped from last year’s already subpar level. FOX drew a 3.4 overnight for the Heath Calhoun 400 on Saturday night, down 8% from last year (3.7), down 19% [...]

A pair of NHL second round matchups put up solid numbers on NBC. Game 1 of Flyers/Bruins and Game 2 of Canadiens/Penguins each drew a 1.6 overnight rating on NBC over the weekend. The Bruins’ [...]

Though Tiger Woods‘ absence likely left CBS TV executives feeling helpless and stupefied, overnight ratings still held up fairly well for the Quail Hollow Championship. Final round coverage of Rory McIlroy‘s victory at the Quail [...]

Viewers tuned in for the end of one Laker series and the beginning of another. Sunday’s Jazz/Lakers Game 1 drew a 4.7 overnight rating on ABC, up 24% from Mavericks/Nuggets Game 1 last year (3.8), [...]

Though up only slightly from last year, overnight ratings for the 2010 Kentucky Derby were the highest since ’92. The race portion of the Kentucky Derby, won by Calvin Borel‘s Super Saver, drew a 10.3/22 [...]