- Friday night’s Heat/Lakers game, won by the Lakers on a game winner by Kobe Bryant, drew a 1.6/4 U.S. rating and 2.5 million viewers on ESPN. Numbers for last year’s comparable Raptors/Jazz game were unavailable. Earlier in the night, Bulls/Cavaliers drew as 1.2/2 U.S. rating and 1.9 million viewers, up 20% and 28%, respectively, from Blazers/Celtics last year (1.0, 1.5 mil). (pifeedback.com)
- The incessant coverage of Tiger Woods and his various personal issues did not translate to bigger numbers for his tournament. NBC drew a 1.0 overnight rating for final round coverage of the Chevron World Challenge on Sunday, down 29% from a 1.4 last year, and down a whopping 52% from a 2.1 in ’07. Third round coverage on Saturday drew a 0.6, down 54% from last year, and 73% from ’07. (Sports Business Daily)
- Saturday’s Kentucky/North Carolina game, the first college basketball game of the season on CBS drew a 1.6 overnight rating. Last year, CBS opened its season with a double-header, drawing overnight ratings of 1.3 and 1.5. (Sports Business Daily)
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