Archive for June, 2012

Divisive ESPN anchor Chris Berman will call NFL play-by-play for the first time later this year.

A new college football playoff will likely result in a lengthy and lucrative television deal. In other news, NFL Network will launch a morning show next month, and NBC Sports Network will keep the Tour [...]

MSNBC host Willie Geist will be one of three anchors for Olympic coverage on NBC Sports Network. In other news, ESPN NBA analyst Jalen Rose could be adding college basketball duties, and ESPN college basketball [...]

For the third straight week, ratings and viewership increased for NASCAR on TNT — albeit slightly.

Ratings and viewership jumped by nearly a third for the quarterfinal round of the Euro 2012 soccer tournament.

Though down from last year, the 2012 NBA Playoffs did well for the league’s national broadcast partners.

Overnight ratings soared by 50% for the Italy/England Euro 2012 semifinal. In other news, overnights held steady for the track & field Olympic Trials on NBC, and the PGA Tour had another increase on CBS.

Facing less formidable competition than usual, ‘Baseball Night in America’ surged to a season-high in the overnights.

Though up from last year’s afternoon coverage, ‘Baseball Night in America’ had another disappointing run in the ratings last week.

The shortest NBA Finals in three years was not surprisingly down from both last year and 2010.