Recent sports TV ratings news, including big local ratings for the Texans and Rams and numbers for last Friday’s TCU/SMU game.
- Sunday’s Cowboys/Texans game drew a 32.0 rating on Houston FOX affiliate KRIV, the second-highest rating ever for a Texans game in the market. The previous second-place holder was Texans/Washington one week earlier (27.3). The highest rated Texans game ever in Houston was the franchise’s debut against the Cowboys in 2002 (44.2). (Houston Chronicle via Fang’s Bites)
- The Rams’ win over Washington drew a 27.5 rating on St. Louis FOX affiliate KTVI Sunday afternoon, the highest for a Rams telecast in the market since Week 2 in 2006. Rams telecasts are averaging a 25.5 local rating through Week 3, up 48% from last year (17.2), and the highest average through this point of the season since ’06. (stltoday.com via Fang’s Bites)
- ESPN drew a 1.7 U.S. rating and 2.676 million viewers for TCU/SMU Friday night, up a tick in ratings and 13% in viewership from Missouri/Nevada last year (1.6, 2.365 mil) and up 42% and 61%, respectively, from Baylor/Connecticut on ESPN2 during the comparable week last year (1.2, 1.665 mil). (TV By The Numbers)
