Archive for October 19th, 2010

TBS continues to put up strong numbers for the Rangers/Yankees ALCS. The Rangers’ Game 3 win over the Yankees drew a 5.2 U.S. rating and 8.214 million viewers on TBS, up 73% in ratings and [...]

What Lead MLB Broadcast Team Has Done The Better Job This Postseason?

The ratings may have declined from last year, but Saturday’s NASCAR Bank of America 500 drew the best numbers by far for this year’s Chase For The Cup. ABC drew a 3.2 final rating and [...]

Monday Night Football drew its lowest overnight rating of the season by far, but still managed to top the American League Championship Series head-to-head. Monday’s Titans/Jaguars game drew a 7.2 overnight rating on ESPN, the [...]

Eight years after the NBA left NBC, Hannah Storm is returning to NBA studio coverage. Storm will be one of the hosts of Kia NBA Countdown on ESPN and ABC during the 2010-11 NBA season, [...]

TNT will begin its season by sending its highly popular NBA studio show on the road. The TNT NBA studio team of Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith will be on site from TD [...]

What Will Draw The Higher Rating on Monday Night?

The first — and last — NASCAR Chase For The Cup race on ABC this season had a decline in overnight ratings. Saturday’s Bank of America 500 drew a 2.9 overnight rating on ABC, down [...]

A less-than-marquee opponent resulted in less-than-spectacular numbers for Notre Dame football on NBC. NBC earned a 1.4 overnight rating for Saturday’s Western Michigan/Notre Dame game, down 44% from the network’s fifth Notre Dame telecast last [...]

After three straight weeks of strong numbers, CBS stumbled in the ratings for Saturday’s Arkansas/Auburn matchup. Auburn’s high-scoring win over Arkansas drew a mere 2.7 overnight rating on CBS Saturday afternoon, down 44% from last [...]