Archive for December 22nd, 2010

Recent sports TV ratings news, including numbers for Heat/Wizards on NBA TV, the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship, and college basketball on ESPN and ESPN2. The Heat’s win over the Wizards drew a 0.3 U.S. rating [...]

CBS had a slight decline in ratings and viewership for Sunday’s Week 15 NFL national window. NFL action featuring Jets/Steelers in 92% of TV markets earned a 15.0 final rating and 25.677 million viewers on [...]

While moving from Sunday to Saturday night is usually bad for ratings, the move benefited this year’s New Orleans Bowl, which was finally free from NFL competition. ESPN drew a 1.3 U.S. rating and 2.096 [...]

Moved up by more than a week, the Humanitarian Bowl suffered a decline in both ratings and viewership Saturday afternoon. The Northern Illinois/Fresno State Humanitarian Bowl drew a 1.8 U.S. rating and 2.896 million viewers [...]

The college football bowl season began on a down note Saturday afternoon. ESPN drew a 1.8 U.S. rating and 2.789 million viewers for the BYU/UTEP New Mexico Bowl Saturday afternoon, down 25% in ratings and [...]

Overnight ratings for sporting events on broadcast last weekend, including Week 15 of the NFL season and college basketball on CBS.Overnight ratings for sporting events on broadcastFinal ratings for these events may already be available.Football [...]

Recent sports TV ratings news, including increases for college basketball on CBS, numbers for the NCAA FCS playoffs, and numbers for the premiere of HBO’s 24/7: Penguins/Capitals series. CBS drew a 1.6 overnight rating for [...]

Though Friday’s much-hyped Heat/Knicks clash was one of the most viewed NBA regular season games on ESPN in its eight years televising the league, it was not even the net’s top NBA draw of the [...]

Despite their 5-9 record, but the Vikings’ sense of drama continues to attract big TV audiences. Monday’s Bears/Vikings game drew a 9.9 U.S. rating and 17.094 million viewers on ESPN, up 36% in ratings and [...]

Sunday’s battle between the Packers and Patriots earned one of NBC’s largest regular season NFL audiences since the network resumed airing games in 2006. The Patriots’ win over the Packers drew a 14.0 final rating [...]