Recent sports TV ratings news, including local ratings for the NBA’s Thunder in Oklahoma City and the NHL’s Sabres in Buffalo, and numbers for Wednesday’s Nets/Knicks game on ESPN.
- Sunday’s Trail Blazers/Thunder game drew a combined 7.7 rating on ESPN and FOX Sports Oklahoma in the Oklahoma City market. The game outdrew the Oklahoma’s loss in the Women’s NCAA Tournament on ESPN (ND/OK: 4.6), but trailed two Men’s NCAA Tournament games on CBS affiliate KWTV (VCU/KU: 10.4; UK/UNC: 9.7). (newsok.com)
- ESPN earned a 1.1 U.S. rating and 1.490 million viewers for the Knicks’ win over the Nets Wednesday night. Ratings for last year’s comparable Warriors/Jazz game, which aired in a later timeslot, were not available. (TV By the Numbers)
- The Sabres’ Wednesday night win over the Rangers earned a 10.3 rating on MSG in the Buffalo market, the highest rated regular season Sabres game on the network since December 2008. Since Terry Pegula bought the team on February 22, Sabres games have averaged an 8.3 rating on MSG. (sabres.nhl.com)
