Post Tagged with: "WNBA on ESPN/ABC"

TV Ratings: Royals Set Another Ratings Record (Also: UFC on FOX, WNBA Draft)

The Kansas City Royals broke a two-week old ratings record on Fox Sports Kansas City.

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Idle Notes: CBSSN to Air Super Bowl Postgame (Also: BracketBusters, WNBA Draft)

With CBS airing the game, CBS Sports Network plans to provide dozens of hours of Super Bowl coverage this year.

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WNBA Finals: Final Games of Fever/Lynx Down on ESPN2

After viewership hit a seven-year high in Game 2, the 2012 WNBA Finals finished on a lower note on ESPN2 over the weekend.

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WNBA Finals: After Dud Opener, Game 2 Earns Best Audience in Years

Getting prime exposure on regular ESPN, the second game of the 2012 WNBA Finals earned the largest audience in nearly a decade.

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TV Ratings: Week 6 College Football Overnights on ESPN/ESPN2 (Also: WNBA Playoffs on ABC)

ESPN and ESPN2 saw huge gains for both Northwestern/Penn State and Arkansas/Auburn on Saturday afternoon. In other news, viewers tuned in to watch Georgia fall to South Carolina, but tuned out Florida State’s upset at [...]

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More Ratings: Ryder Cup Sets Record on ESPN (Also: Baylor/WVU, WNBA on ESPN)

Coverage of the Ryder Cup set a cable television record on Friday. In other news, Saturday’s Baylor/West Virginia thriller was outdrawn by Penn State/Illinois, and WNBA regular season ratings held steady on the ESPN family [...]

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TV Ratings: USA Basketball Viewership Up Big From 2008 (Also: WNBA on ESPN, Nationwide Series)

The second USA men’s basketball exhibition game had another big increase in viewership from 2008. In other news, WNBA ratings are up on the ESPN family of networks, and Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series had a [...]

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WNBA Opens With Strong Start on ABC; Mercury/Lynx Ties Ten-Year High

The WNBA season got off to the strongest start on broadcast since NBC held the rights in 2002.

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TV Ratings: WNBA Draft Down 35% on ESPN2 (Also: Bulls/Heat on TNT, Rangers Trouncing Mavs)

Viewership dropped by more than a third for Monday’s WNBA Draft. Elsewhere, Bulls/Heat was a slightly smaller draw Thursday night than a week before, and ratings for the Texas Rangers during the early part of [...]

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WNBA to Make Sporadic Appearances on ESPN2 This Season

ESPN has apparently given up on programming a consistent night of WNBA telecasts, instead spreading a pittance of games across any given night of the week. The ESPN family of networks will combine for just [...]

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