- Thursday’s Lakers/Celtics Game 4 drew a 28.3 rating in the Los Angeles market, up slightly from Tuesday’s Game 3 (28.0). In Boston, the game drew a 23.0 rating, also up slightly from Game 3 (22.8) (Sports Business Daily 1, 2)
- Not surprisingly, ratings for the 2010 NBA Finals are down in Orlando. Through four games, the Lakers/Celtics series is averaging a 10.4 rating and 199,000 viewers in the Orlando market, down from a 25.3 and 571,000 for the first four games of last year’s series — which involved the Orlando Magic. (Orlando Sentinel)
- MLB Network averaged a 0.4 U.S. rating (0.8 cable) for Tuesday’s Pirates/Nationals game, featuring Nationals P Stephen Strasburg‘s debut. Ratings peaked at a 0.6 from 7:45-8 PM. The MLB Network telecast was blacked out in Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh. (Sports Business Daily)
Twins-Yankees opener nears MLB Network high
The Yankees helped MLB Network to its second-largest audience on record.
