Archive for August, 2012

The 2012-13 college football season got off to a strong start on ESPN.

For the second straight year, the number of U.S. television homes has declined.

With Auburn and Alabama having won the last three BCS national championships, it should be no surprise that Birmingham has continued its streak as the top college football television market for games on ESPN.

Contrary to what was speculated on this site earlier the year, the NHL on NBC “Game of the Week” will stay put on Sunday afternoons.

CBS Sports, which has not picked up TV rights for a non-NFL pro sports league in nearly a quarter-century, is apparently involved in the ongoing Major League Baseball negotiations.

While the new ESPN deal with Major League Baseball was largely a case of the network playing defense rather than offense, there are a few new wrinkles of note.

The 2012 PGA Tour FedEx Cup got off to a slightly better start in the overnights Sunday afternoon.

Though the numbers were not record-setting, Sunday’s NFL preseason game on NBC attracted strong numbers.

ABC hit a seven-year high in ratings for Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race from Bristol.

ESPN will remain part of the Major League Baseball television landscape for most of the next decade.