Recent sports TV ratings news, including a five-year high for college basketball on ESPN, a double-digit for the NHL’s Stars in Dallas-Ft. Worth, and record viewership for The Presidents Cup on The Golf Channel.
- MSU/UNC Hits Five-Year High on ESPN: The November 11 Michigan State/#1 North Carolina college basketball game, which took place atop an aircraft carrier with President Obama in attendance, earned 3.859 million viewers on ESPN — the largest audience for a regular season college basketball game on the network since #15 North Carolina/#4 Duke in March 2006 (4.702M). (espnmediazone3.com)
- Dallas Stars Ratings Down Double-Digits: Through twelve telecasts, Dallas Stars telecasts have averaged a 0.5 rating on Fox Sports Southwest in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market, down 44% from the comparable period last year (0.9). The five Stars telecasts on local independent affiliate KTXA have also averaged a 0.5. (Dallas Morning News)
- Record Audience For Presidents Cup: The first day of golf’s Presidents Cup drew 1.268 million viewers on The Golf Channel Wednesday night, the largest audience ever for the first day of the event. Coverage of the event gave The Golf Channel the largest primetime audience in the history of the network. (nbcumv.com)
