Archive for May 24th, 2010

Ratings for IndyCar Series races “remain stagnant,” according to Sports Business Journal. Entering the Indianapolis 500, four races on Versus (three) and ABC (one) have averaged 557,000 viewers. (Sports Business Journal) Chicago (14.1 on Sunday) [...]

TNT will use the AC/DC song T.N.T as the theme music for its NASCAR coverage later this summer. The network will debut a “full-length NASCAR video” featuring the theme during Tuesday’s edition of Inside the [...]

A pair of wildly different Game 3s drew wildly different numbers over the weekend. As mentioned earlier, the Suns’ competitive Game 3 win over the Lakers drew a 6.1 overnight rating on TNT Sunday night, [...]

After a dip for last week’s Game 1, the finale of the Blackhawks/Sharks series gave NBC some strong numbers on Sunday afternoon. The Blackhawks’ series-clinching Game 4 win over the Sharks drew a 2.0 overnight [...]

Despite getting network TV exposure, overnight ratings were anything but impressive for the UEFA Champions League Final. FOX drew a 1.1 overnight rating for coverage of the Inter Milan/Bayern Munich match on Saturday afternoon, up [...]

Featuring five of the top 10 television markets, it is no surprise that FOX drew strong numbers for its first primetime MLB telecast since 2004. Regional MLB action featuring Yankees/Mets drew a 3.6 overnight rating [...]

Game 3 of the Lakers/Suns series drew a 6.1 overnight rating on TNT Sunday night, down 8% from Cavaliers/Magic Game 3 last year (6.6), but up 39% from Lakers/Spurs Game 3 in ’08 (4.4). The [...]