Recent sports TV ratings news, including local ratings for the Women’s World Cup and MLB All-Star Game, and double-digit increases for the Texas Rangers on Fox Sports Southwest.

Sunday’s Women’s World Cup match between the United States and Brazil hit a twelve-year high in viewership on ESPN. The United States/Brazil Women’s World Cup quarterfinal earned a 2.3 U.S. rating and 3.890 million viewers [...]

ESPN hit a near-record for Sunday’s United States/Brazil Women’s World Cup match. Coverage of the Women’s World Cup quarterfinal between the United States and Brazil earned a 2.6 overnight rating on ESPN Sunday afternoon, the [...]

Recent sports TV ratings news, including the NASCAR Nationwide Series on ESPN, Cubs ratings on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, and the U-17 World Cup on Galavision.

Ratings and viewership for the 2011 Women’s World Cup have increased dramatically compared to 2007. Through Sunday’s matches, ESPN and ESPN2 have averaged a 0.44 U.S. rating and 637,000 viewers for coverage of the Women’s [...]

Recent sports media notes, including a multi-year deal between CBS Sports Network and the Patriot League, a change in timeslot for college football’s Red River Rivalry, and a traveling studio for the Women’s World Cup [...]

First, the results of last week’s predictions Sport Game/Event Net Prediction Rating World Cup Spain/Netherlands ABC 7.7 8.2 Univ. 3.2 – The Spain/Netherlands World Cup Final drew an 8.2 final rating on ABC last Sunday [...]

Idle Note: A Christmas Day game between LeBron James‘ Heat and the two-time defending champion Lakers is a “strong possibility,” according the Miami Herald, with Heat/Magic “among other options if the NBA opts for a [...]

Ratings Game: The 2010 FIFA World Cup was watched by 7.4 million unique viewers on ESPN3.com, with each viewer watching more than two hours of coverage on average. The site’s simulcast of the Spain/Germany semifinal [...]

Overnight ratings for sporting events on broadcastFinal ratings for these events may already be available. Overnight ratings for events on FOX were not available. Soccer Sport Game/Event Date Time Net Rating World Cup Spain/Netherlands Sun., [...]