Recent sports TV ratings news, including the NBA preseason outdoor game on TNT, college football on ESPN2, and Major League Soccer on ESPN2.
- TNT drew a 0.4 U.S. rating and 548,000 viewers for last Saturday’s Mavericks/Suns NBA preseason outdoor game. Ratings for previous outdoor games were unavailable. To put the numbers in perspective, NBA TV — in far fewer homes than TNT — drew 500,000 viewers for Pistons/Heat several days earlier. (pifeedback.com)
- Elsewhere Saturday night, ESPN2 drew a 1.2 U.S. rating and 1.980 million viewers for Auburn/Kentucky. The game aired opposite Florida/LSU on ESPN (3.1, 5.321 mil) and regional action on ABC (3.1, 5.053 mil). (pifeedback.com)
- ESPN2 averaged 253,000 viewers for Major League Soccer telecasts through October 3, down 16% from last year. (Sports Business Journal)
