For the first time in five years, the Arena Football League will return to broadcast television.
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AFL-CIAO: NFL Network Preempted AFL Playoffs For NFL Offseason
The NFL Network canceled two previously scheduled live football telecasts this weekend in favor of offseason NFL coverage. NFL... -
Potpourri: Nearly 800,000 Viewers For Brazil/USA Soccer Match
Recent sports media news, including ratings for Tuesday’s Brazil/USA soccer friendly and Kurt Warner calling Arena... -
The Ratings Game
ESPN2 drew a 0.2 U.S. rating and 197,000 viewers for Thursday’s Dynamo/Toronto F.C. MLS match, easily the smallest...
The June 20 Iowa Corn Indy 250 drew a 0.2 U.S. rating and 400,000 viewers on Versus, not surprisingly down from last year’s race on ABC (1.130 mil), and the second-least viewed IndyCar race of [...]
Read more ›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 [...]
Read more ›The NFL season may be over, but live football will return to NFL Network as soon as April. NFL Network is set to sign a one-year deal to televise games from the new Arena Football [...]
Read more ›The Arena Football League is unlikely to return from its one year hiatus. Citing sources, NBC’s Pro Football Talk reports that the AFL is set to shut down permanently, with a press conference expected before [...]
Read more ›After three years of obscurity on NFL Network, the Texas Bowl is moving to ESPN. The ’09 Texas Bowl will air on ESPN New Year’s Eve at 3:30 PM ET. This marks the latest date [...]
Read more ›2008 was a difficult year for the Arena Football League. The year started out well enough. Attendance during the 2008 season was up 4%, while ESPN2 saw a 17% increase in viewership for regular season [...]
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