Recent sports TV ratings news, including an eight-year high for the Flyers on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, an over 800% increase for the Dubai Desert Classic on The Golf Channel, and a record pace for the NBA on TNT.
- The Flyers’ win over the Lightning Tuesday night earned a 3.7 rating on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, the highest rating for a Flyers telecast on the network in over eight years. CSN Philadelphia’s Flyers ratings in the month of February are up 22% from the full season average. (Comcast)
- Final round coverage of the Dubai Desert Classic earned 1.054 million viewers on The Golf Channel Sunday, up a whopping 834% from last year. (Fang’s Bites)
- TNT is averaging a 1.5 U.S. rating and 2.416 million viewers for NBA coverage through February 10, up 32% in ratings and 36% in viewership from the same point last year (1.2, 1.774M), and on pace for the network’s most-viewed NBA season ever. The net’s top season came in 1995-96, when it averaged 1.885 million viewers. (Turner Sports)
