Recent sports TV ratings news, including an increase for college football on ABC, a decline for college football on ESPN, and massive increases for the Blackhawks in Chicago.
- Regional college football action featuring Michigan State/Iowa drew a 3.3 final rating and 5.154 million viewers on ABC last Saturday, up 3% in ratings and 8% in viewership from last year (MIA/WF*: 3.3, 4.781 mil), but down 35% in both compared to 2008 (OKST/TX*: 5.1, 7.971 mil). (Sports Business Daily)
- ESPN’s Noon ET Miami/Virginia game drew a 1.7 U.S. rating and 2.431 million viewers last Saturday, down 39% in ratings and viewership from last year (IND/IOWA: 2.8, 4.014 mil), and down 6% and up 1%, respectively, from 2008 (TTU/KU: 1.8, 2.412 mil). (pifeedback.com)
- Blackhawks telecasts averaged a 2.82 rating on Comcast SportsNet Chicago during the month of October, up 77% from last October (1.59), up 191% from October ’08 (0.97), and up 588% from October ’07 (0.41). (blackhawks.nhl.com)
