Recent sports media news, including lower ratings for Thursday’s Miami/Pittsburgh game on ESPN, Stanford/Oregon hosting both College Gameday and Saturday Night Football and comedian Seth Meyers returning to the ESPY Awards.
- The Ratings Game: Thursday’s Miami/Pittsburgh college football game drew a 2.3 U.S. rating and 3.520 million viewers on ESPN, down 26% in ratings and 25% in viewership from Mississippi/South Carolina last year (3.1, 4.717 mil) and down 15% and 12%, respectively, from West Virginia/Colorado on the comparable week in ’08 (2.7, 4.018 mil). (TV By The Numbers)
- Idle Note: The October 2 Stanford/Oregon game has been moved from 11:15 PM on ESPN to 8 PM on ABC as part of the network’s Saturday Night Football coverage. ESPN’s College Gameday will take place from the site of the game. (oregonlive.com)
- Big Name: Comedian Seth Meyers will host the 2011 ESPY Awards, ESPN announced earlier this week. This will be the second year in a row Meyers has hosted the ESPN awards show. (ESPN)
