Archive for June 14th, 2011

Recent sports TV ratings news, including declines for Major League Baseball on FOX and the PGA Tour on CBS, and a massive increase in local ratings for D.C. United in Washington. Afternoon MLB Drops on [...]

The Men’s Final of the French Open was the highest rated since 1999. The June 5 Rafael Nadal/Roger Federer French Open Men’s Final earned a 2.1 final rating and 3.126 million viewers on NBC, up [...]

The 2011 Gold Cup continues to attract good audiences on the Univision family of networks. Through 14 matches, coverage of the Gold Cup has averaged 1.617 million viewers on the Univision networks (Univision, Galavision, Telefutura), [...]

Viewership for the final leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown increased by nearly 50% on NBC. Saturday’s race portion of the 2011 Belmont Stakes earned a 4.3 final rating and 6.8 million viewers on NBC, [...]

CBS Sports Network has added a familiar name to its college football announcing team. Former University of Michigan head football coach Rich Rodriguez has joined CBS Sports Network as a game and studio analyst, the [...]

Not surprisingly, Monday’s Game 6 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final suffered a sizable decline compared to last year’s 36-year high. The sixth game of the Canucks/Bruins series earned a 3.9 overnight rating on NBC [...]