Archive for August 31st, 2010

Ratings held steady for the first round of the 2010 WNBA Playoffs on ESPN2. Five first round WNBA Playoff games averaged a 0.23 U.S. rating and 311,000 viewers on ESPN2, flat in ratings and viewership [...]

Is Jay Mariotti’s Career As A Pundit Over Thanks To His Recent Felony Arrest?

Assorted sports media news, including overnight ratings for NFL preseason games on CBS, talk of a new television deal between CBS and the USTA, and the college football debut of Beth Mowins. Ratings Game: Saturday’s [...]

ESPN’s Around The Horn did not shy away from the major controversy involving Jay Mariotti. In the show’s first episode since Mariotti’s recent felony arrest, Around The Horn addressed the reaction to the news during [...]

Like Tiger Woods, The Barclays put in a respectable performance over the weekend — but could not measure up to last year. Final round coverage of The Barclays, the first leg of the FedEx Cup, [...]

Overnight ratings fell by more than a quarter for the championship of the Little League World Series. Sunday’s Japan/Hawaii championship game drew a 2.0 overnight rating on ABC, down 29% from last year’s game between [...]