Archive for April 27th, 2012

The Chicago Bulls hit a fourteen-year high in local television ratings during the lockout-shortened season. In other news, the San Antonio Spurs averaged their second-best rating and the Philadelphia 76ers hit a seven-year high.

Despite facing competition from the Devils, the Rangers hit an eighteen-year high in local television ratings for Thursday’s Game 7 win over the Senators.

With the owners’ lockout forcing ESPN to air NBA games in some less-than-ideal timeslots, viewership for regular season games on the network declined from last year’s record.

The 2012 NFL Draft attracted a near-record audience on ESPN and the NFL Network.

The first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs averaged the highest viewership since at least the mid-1990s.

Despite being delayed and shortened by the owners’ five-month lockout, the 2011-12 NBA regular season was the highest rated and most-viewed ever on TNT.

The seventh and deciding game between the Capitals and Bruins was not just a hit locally.

Coverage of the 2012 NFL Draft earned strong numbers on ESPN.

The tenth straight season of NBA playoff coverage on ABC will begin with one of the highest-profile first round series in recent memory.