Archive for November 4th, 2011

ESPN scored strong numbers for a pair of Big Ten college football games last weekend. Saturday’s #15 Wisconsin/Ohio State college football game earned a 2.7 U.S. rating and 4.547 million viewers on ESPN, up 59% [...]

NASCAR’s Chase For the Cup is heating up on ESPN. Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Tums Fast Relief 500 from Martinsville, the seventh race of the Chase for the Cup, earned a 3.1 U.S. rating and [...]

Recent sports TV ratings notes, including Wednesday’s Temple/Ohio game on ESPN (compared to last year’s NBA Opening Week coverage), MLS regular season and playoff ratings on ESPN2, and a strong start for the NHL’s Sabres.

For only the second time this season, ratings and viewership for ESPN’s Monday Night Football increased from last year. The Week 8 Chargers/Chiefs Monday Night Football game earned a 7.9 U.S. rating and 12.032 million [...]

Despite the lopsided outcome, Sunday’s game between the Cowboys and Eagles was up on NBC. The Week 8 Cowboys/Eagles Sunday Night Football game earned a 13.8 final rating and 22.994 million viewers on NBC, up [...]