- ESPN2 averaged a 0.2 U.S. rating and 254,000 viewers for its first two MLS Playoff telecasts. In particular, Dynamo/Sounders on October 29 drew a 0.2 and 274,000, while Galaxy/Chivas USA on November 1 drew a 0.1 and 233,000. ESPN Deportes averaged 63,000 viewers for the same two games, including 86,000 for Dynamo/Sounders and 39,000 for Galaxy/Chivas USA. (ESPN)
- Tuesday’s Lakers/Thunder game drew a 3.9 rating on FS Oklahoma, the highest rating ever for a Thunder telecast on the network, “and three times last season?s average.” Last year’s high was a 2.8 for Celtics/Thunder early in the season. (NewsOK.com)
- Thursday night’s Virginia Tech/ECU game drew a 1.6/3 U.S. rating and 2.3 million viewers on ESPN, even in ratings but down 2% in viewers from a 1.6 and 2.4 million for South Florida/Cincinnati last year. The past two Thursday night games on ESPN have been the two lowest rated, least-viewed Thursday games of the season. (pifeedback.com)
WNBA viewership continues to rise heading into stretch run
WNBA viewership is comfortably ahead of last year's pace entering the final weeks of the regular season.
