- The 2007 NBA All Star Game drew a 5.1 overnight rating on TNT, up 6% from the previous year. Last year’s All Star Game in Houston ended with a 5.2 cable rating (5.2 percent of television homes with cable tuned into the game) and a 4.3 final Nielsen rating.
- As mentioned before, the Daytona 500 drew a 10.2 final rating on FOX; the final rating was above the metered market rating, which was a 9.4.
- Sidney Crosby v. Alex Ovechkin was not a ratings bonanza for NBC; the game drew a 1.0 overnight rating, beaten in its 3:30-6:00 PM timeslot by ABC’s presentation of figure skating (1.7).
- Golf’s Nissan Open drew a hefty 3.7 overnight rating for CBS, up 32 percent from a 2.8 for the same event last year on ABC.
Murdoch: Fox will not renegotiate NFL deal until closer to ’29 opt-out
Fox Corporation will not renegotiate its NFL rights deal ahead of schedule, its CEO Lachlan Murdoch said on a...
