Archive for September 20th, 2011

Additional sports TV ratings, including the WNBA Playoffs on ESPN2 and NBA TV, Week 2 of the college football season on ESPN, FX and Versus, and the series debuts of several new studio shows, including [...]

Ratings and viewership more than doubled for Thursday’s game between LSU and Mississippi State. ESPN earned a 4.1 U.S. rating and 6.250 million viewers for #3 LSU/#25 Mississippi State Thursday night, up 128% in ratings [...]

A battle of top five teams earned ABC’s largest regular season college football audience since 2009. Saturday’s #1 Oklahoma/#5 Florida State college football game earned a 5.8 final rating and 9.307 million viewers on ABC, [...]

NCAA Tournament broadcaster Turner Sports has added to its college basketball slate. TruTV will televise the semifinals, finals and consolation game of college basketball’s Coaches vs. Cancer Classic starting in 2012, Turner Sports announced last [...]

Recent sports TV ratings news, including Monday’s NASCAR Chase for the Cup opener, the FedEx Cup Deutsche Bank Championship, and the WNBA regular season on NBA TV.

For the second time this season, FOX earned a mere 1.1 rating for Major League Baseball coverage — and this time, there was no weather-related excuse. Regional MLB action featuring Twins/Tigers in 49% of TV [...]

Boosted by an NFL lead-in and the presence of Serena Williams, the U.S. Open Women’s Final earned its highest rating since the last time Williams played in the event.

Ratings and viewership increased for the second edition of Sunday Night Football on NBC. NBC earned a 14.3 final rating and 23.424 million viewers for Sunday’s Eagles/Falcons game, up 4% in ratings and 1% in [...]

Overnight ratings dropped by nearly 20% for the second week of Monday Night Football on ESPN. Monday’s Week 2 Rams/Giants game earned an 8.8 overnight rating on ESPN, down 17% from last year (NO/SF: 10.6), [...]

FOX earned strong numbers for the Week 2 NFL singleheader window. NFL action featuring Bears/Saints in 38% of markets earned a 13.6 overnight rating on FOX Sunday afternoon, up 11% from last year (CHI/DAL*: 12.3), [...]