Archive for June 24th, 2011

The NBA Draft provided a fitting epilogue to a season filled with ratings records. The 2011 NBA Draft drew 3.202 million viewers on ESPN Thursday night, up 15% from last year (2.789M), up 21% from [...]

Recent sports TV ratings news, including numbers for Major League Baseball’s Rangers and Astros, IndyCar’s return to Milwaukee, and the first three days of Wimbledon on ESPN2. MLB’s Texas Teams Moving in Opposite Directions: Texas [...]

Over seven million viewers tuned into Wednesday’s Gold Cup semifinal between Mexico and Honduras. The Mexico/Honduras Gold Cup semifinal drew 7.115 million viewers on Univision Wednesday night, the third-largest audience ever for a sporting event [...]

In what will likely be the last positive NBA headline for the next several months, the 2011 NBA Draft hit a four-year high in overnight ratings on ESPN. Thursday’s NBA Draft earned a 2.5 overnight [...]

Recent sports media notes, including a multi-year deal between CBS Sports Network and the Patriot League, a change in timeslot for college football’s Red River Rivalry, and a traveling studio for the Women’s World Cup [...]