Archive for May 4th, 2010

For the second time this season, a Saturday night NASCAR race drew near record low ratings on FOX. Saturday’s Heath Calhoun 400 drew a 3.7 final rating and 6.2 million viewers on FOX, down 8% [...]

The Celtics/Cavaliers series continued to draw big numbers on TNT Monday night. Monday’s Celtics/Cavaliers Game 2 drew a 3.5 U.S. rating and 5.5 million viewers on TNT, up 21% in ratings and 26% in viewership [...]

For the second straight year, viewership for the Kentucky Derby was the highest since the late 1980s. The race portion of the 2010 Kentucky Derby drew a 9.8/23 final rating and 16.5 million viewers on [...]

The Ratings Game: Phillies games averaged a 6.5 rating on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia in April, up 30% from the comparable point last year (5.0). Meanwhile, games on The Comcast Network are averaging a 6.7, up [...]

The Phoenix Suns will wear their Noche Latina ‘Los Suns’ jersey during Spurs/Suns Game 2 on Wednesday, which is also Cinco de Mayo. In a statement announcing the move, Suns owner Robert Sarver criticized the [...]

Nearly two million viewers tuned in to Game 2 of the Red Wings/Sharks series on Versus. The Sharks’ Game 2 win over the Red Wings drew 1.8 million viewers on Versus Sunday night, the most [...]

Though well below the finale of last year’s Bulls/Celtics series, the opener between the Celtics and Cavaliers drew strong numbers on TNT Saturday. The Cavaliers’ Game 1 win over the Celtics drew a 3.4 U.S. [...]

ESPN attracted a record audience for the final game of the Lakers/Thunder first round series. Game 6 of the Lakers/Thunder series drew a 3.1 U.S. rating and 4.8 million viewers on ESPN Friday night. The [...]