Archive for August, 2010

Recent sports TV ratings news, including the latest edition of Shaq Vs. and near-record ratings for the Rangers. The latest edition of Shaq Vs. drew a 2.3 final rating and 3.841 million viewers on ABC [...]

The 2010-11 television season will include one million new television homes, according to estimates released by Nielsen on Friday. The number of U.S. television households will increase to 115.9 million for the 2010-11 television season [...]

Additional sports TV ratings news, including the U.S. Open Series and Little League World Series. The Clijsters/Sharapova Cincinnati Masters Women’s Final drew a 0.5 U.S. rating and 902,000 viewers on ESPN2 August 15, the second-most [...]

Recent sports TV ratings news, including MLB on FOX, the NFL preseason on ESPN and the Wyndham Championship on CBS. FOX drew a 1.8 final rating for regional MLB action featuring Braves/Cubs last Saturday, down [...]

Recent news involving sports media personalities, including Faith Hill returning to Sunday Night Football and Bob Costas returning to the NHL Winter Classic. Faith Hill: The singer will return to NBC this season to sing [...]

The overhaul of ESPNews continues, as the network’s eponymous half-hour newscasts are set to virtually vanish from its schedule. ESPNews will debut two new shows on Monday that — along with SportsCenter — will make [...]

Sports pundit Jay Mariotti is beginning to feel the repercussions of his recent felony arrest. AOL’s Fanhouse.com announced on Thursday that it has suspended Mariotti, the first official punishment handed down since his arrest. Mariotti [...]

Like its football counterpart, the basketball version of ESPN’s College Gameday will expand by one hour this season. The basketball version of College Gameday will air from 10 AM-12 PM on Saturdays beginning in January. [...]

The national television schedule for the 2010-11 NHL season, featuring 78 games on Versus and 10 on NBC. Excluding flexible schedule games on NBC, the Capitals and Penguins lead the way with 12 national TV [...]

With the exception of the new Hockey Day in America, the 2010-11 NHL on NBC schedule is not much different than in past years. The network will open the season with the January 1 Capitals/Penguins [...]