Archive for July 7th, 2010

Tiger Woods‘ presence is not worth much if he is out of contention. Sunday’s final round of the AT&T National, in which Woods finished tied for 46th, drew a 1.9 overnight rating on CBS — [...]

ABC drew solid numbers for a pair of World Cup quarterfinals last Saturday. Germany’s 4-0 win over Argentina drew a 3.5 final rating and 5.577 million viewers on ABC Saturday morning, up 6% in ratings [...]

From 6 PM to midnight, ESPN will provide blanket coverage of LeBron James‘ free agency decision. NBA free agent LeBron James will announce what team he will sign with during an hour-long special on ESPN [...]

Perhaps boosted by the momentum from Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s win a night earlier, Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 became only the fourth NASCAR race this season to have an increase in ratings from last year. The [...]

With Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal winning straight set matches against relative nobodies, overnight ratings plunged for the Wimbledon singles finals on NBC. Sunday’s Nadal/Tomas Berdych Men’s Final drew a mere 1.9 overnight rating on [...]

Which Story Received Too Much Coverage This Year?

The LeBron James free agency drama is headed to primetime. LeBron James will announce his free agency decision on ESPN in an hour-long special Thursday night, reports ESPN writer Chris Broussard. ESPN confirmed to Broussard [...]