Archive for November 19th, 2011

Recent news involving sports media personalities, including ESPN’s Lee Corso apologizing for an on-air expletive, NESN’s Heidi Watney leaving the Red Sox for the Lakers, and former Red Sox manager Terry Francona considering a possible [...]

Recent sports TV ratings news, including a five-year high for college basketball on ESPN, a double-digit for the NHL’s Stars in Dallas-Ft. Worth, and record viewership for The Presidents Cup on The Golf Channel.

In primetime for the second time this season, Notre Dame was not much of a draw for NBC last week. Last week’s Maryland/Notre Dame game earned a 1.3 final rating and 2.077 million viewers on [...]

Last week’s clash between Auburn and Georgia was down significantly from last year’s game between the same two teams, when the former was in the national championship hunt. CBS earned a 2.6 final rating and [...]

Coming off of a record low, ABC’s Saturday Night Football bounced back with strong numbers last week. Last week’s edition of Saturday Night Football, pitting #7 Oregon against #4 Stanford, earned a 5.4 final rating [...]

For just the fifth time in fourteen telecasts, the NFL on CBS had an increase in ratings and viewership Sunday. The Week 10 NFL singleheader window earned an 11.5 final rating and 19.003 million viewers [...]

Though down from last year, Sunday’s NFL national window earned the fourth-largest audience of the season. The Week 10 NFL national window, featuring Giants/49ers in 70% of TV markets, earned a 15.6 final rating and [...]