- Friday’s Team USA/Finland Olympic Men’s Hockey semifinal drew 6.0 million viewers on NBC, up slightly from the USA/Switzerland quarterfinal on the network two days earlier (5.9 mil). Friday’s game aired live in all time zones. (Puck The Media)
- John Wall is proving to be a star attraction. Last Saturday’s Kentucky/Vanderbilt game drew a 1.9 U.S. rating and 3.0 million viewers on ESPN, tied as the second-highest rated college basketball game of the season on ESPN — and ranking as the week’s highest rated, most-viewed non-Olympic sporting event on cable. (Sports Business Daily)
- CBS drew a 1.4 final rating for regional college basketball action last Sunday (Ohio St./Michigan St. or Villanova/Pittsburgh), down 13% from a 1.6 for coverage on the comparable date last year. The previous day, another slate of regional matchups (Florida/Mississippi or UNC/Boston College) drew a 0.9, down 18% from a 1.1 last year. (Sports Business Daily)
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.
