Archive for November 26th, 2012

News Corporation has acquired a major stake in the YES Network.

The South Carolina/Clemson rivalry was the top draw on ESPN over the long weekend.

With the eyes of the college football world focused elsewhere, Saturday’s Stanford/UCLA game on FOX was a terrible draw.

It was an ugly holiday weekend for the SEC on CBS.

The NFL singleheader window put up middling — for the NFL — numbers on CBS.

Despite getting saddled with another blowout at the Meadowlands Sunday night, NBC had a modest improvement in overnight ratings for “Sunday Night Football.”

Sunday’s NFL playoff rematch between the 49ers and Saints scored the best overnight rating of the holiday weekend.

The long-rumored 24-hour Fox Sports cable channel has yet to be announced, but a launch date appears to be in sight.