Archive for November 17th, 2011

For the eighth time in eleven telecasts this season, ratings and viewership dropped for ESPN’s Monday Night Football. The Week 10 Vikings/Packers Monday Night Football game drew an 8.7 U.S. rating and 14.188 million viewers [...]

The latest edition of Sunday Night Football was basically on par with last year. The Week 10 Patriots/Jets Sunday Night Football game earned a 12.9 final rating and 20.918 million viewers on NBC, up 1% [...]

NFL Network opened its limited NFL slate on an uptick last week. The Week 10 Raiders/Chargers Thursday Night Football game drew a 3.3 U.S. rating and 5.277 million viewers last week, up 6% in ratings [...]

As the 2011 NASCAR season comes to a close, ratings and viewership for the Chase For the Cup continue to trend above last year’s record-low numbers. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Kobalt Tools 500 from Phoenix, [...]

A record audience tuned in for Saturday’s game between Nebraska and scandal-tainted Penn State. ESPN earned a 3.6 U.S. rating and 5.426 million viewers for #19 Nebraska/#12 Penn State Saturday afternoon, up 125% in ratings [...]

In the 2011-12 NBA lockout, management has one often under-reported advantage over labor. There are only six corporations controlling most of the media Americans consume, and the NBA has lucrative rights deals with four. Disney [...]