Archive for October 11th, 2011

Recent sports TV ratings notes, including overnight ratings for Game 2 of the Tigers/Rangers ALCS on FOX, overnights for Saturday’s Notre Dame game on NBC, and final numbers for Thursday and Friday college football action [...]

ESPN scored impressive numbers for Monday’s Bears/Lions clash, but could not avoid yet another decline. The Week 5 edition of Monday Night Football, pitting the Bears against the Lions, earned an 11.3 overnight rating on [...]

One week after setting multi-year highs, the NFL singleheader window on FOX fell back toward earth on Sunday. The Week 5 NFL singleheader, featuring Eagles/Bills in 29% of TV markets, earned a 10.7 overnight rating [...]

For the first time all season, CBS had an increase in overnight ratings for NFL coverage. The Week 5 NFL national window, featuring Jets/Patriots, earned a 15.6 overnight rating on CBS Sunday — up 7% [...]

Sunday’s Packers/Falcons game performed well for NBC. Final ratings and viewership for the game are already available, but first here are the overnights. The Week 5 edition of Sunday Night Football, pitting the Packers against [...]

ESPN2 earned mixed numbers for the final two games of the 2011 WNBA Finals. The Lynx’ series-clinching Game 3 win over the Dream in the WNBA Finals, quite possibly the final professional basketball game of [...]

Versus got off to a strong start for the 2011-12 NHL season. Thursday’s Flyers/Bruins NHL Opening Night game earned 874,000 viewers on Versus, up 20% from last year (PHI/PIT: 730K), up 75% from 2009 (WSH/BOS: [...]

After Sunday’s Game 1 earned the worst numbers ever for a League Championship Series game, Monday’s Game 2 between the Cardinals and Brewers sunk to new lows. Game 2 of the Cardinals/Brewers NLCS earned a [...]

Recent sports TV ratings news, including overnight ratings for Major League Baseball’s League Championship Series and college football games on CBS (Florida/LSU) and ABC (Texas/Oklahoma and more).