Recent sports media news, including FOX Soccer Channel and Major League Soccer extending their television deal, additional details on Jim Gray‘s confrontation with Dustin Johnson‘s caddy, and a four-year high in ratings for the Pacers [...]

Packers/Steelers wasn’t the only football telecast to set a viewership record on Super Bowl Sunday.Sunday’s Chelsea/Liverpool English Premier League match earned a 0.25 U.S. rating (0.74 cable rating) and 418,000 viewers on FOX Soccer Channel, [...]

Recent sports media news, including FOX reportedly giving consideration to playing music during live game action, FOX agreeing to an extension of its UEFA Champions League deal, and ESPN relocating to Fort Worth for Super [...]

Regional MLB action featuring Rays/Yankees drew a 2.2 overnight rating on FOX Saturday afternoon, up 22% from coverage featuring Mets/Braves last year (1.8). (Sports Business Daily) Sunday’s IndyCar Honda Indy Toronto drew a 1.0 overnight [...]

The Indianapolis 500 was the top draw in the Milwaukee market on a busy sports weekend. Sunday’s race drew a 6.1 rating on WISN-TV, beating all three Brewers games over the weekend (4.8 Saturday, 4.6 [...]

Overnight ratings for sporting events on broadcastFinal ratings for some of these events may already be available. Events on cable: Magic/Celtics Game 3 on ESPN drew a 4.4 overnight on Saturday, Lakers/Suns Game 3 on [...]

Game 3 of the Lakers/Suns series drew a 6.1 overnight rating on TNT Sunday night, down 8% from Cavaliers/Magic Game 3 last year (6.6), but up 39% from Lakers/Spurs Game 3 in ’08 (4.4). The [...]

Third and final round coverage of the Valero Texas Open drew a 1.3 final rating on CBS Sunday, down 24% from last year (1.7). On Saturday, second round coverage — pushed back from Friday due [...]

The series premiere of The Michael Vick Project drew 1.7 million viewers on BET Tuesday night. The telecast finished among the top 10 cable programs of the night among Adults 18-49 and 25-54, and Women [...]

The Celtics’ home opener against the Bobcats last Wednesday drew a 4.7 rating on Comcast SportsNet New England, the network’s highest rating ever for a Celtics home opener. The previous high was a 3.9 for [...]