ESPN scored its best baseball rating in New York since 2011. In other news, overnights were flat for the Premier League on NBC, and the second edition of the Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV was not much of a draw.
ESPN’s Mets/Yankees Game Hits 4-Year High in N.Y.
- The Mets/Yankees Sunday Night Baseball game drew an 8.4 rating on ESPN in New York, the market’s highest MLB rating on the network since 2011. Nationally, the game earned a 1.9 overnight rating — up 36% from Red Sox/Orioles last year (1.4). (ESPN Media Zone)
Premier League Flat on NBC; Arsenal/Chelsea Up Big on NBCSN
- NBC earned a 0.7 overnight rating for the Manchester City/Aston Villa English Premier League match Saturday afternoon, even with Manchester United/Norwich last year, and tied with ten other matches as the network’s third-lowest rated telecast of the season in the metered markets. NBCSN drew the same overnight for Arsenal/Chelsea on Sunday, up 75% from Crystal Palace/Manchester City in the same window last year (0.4). (via ShowBuzz Daily)
Latest Edition of PBC on Spike Sheds Viewers
- Friday’s edition of the Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV drew 569,000 viewers, down 35% from the network’s first PBC telecast in March (869K). The telecast ranks as the least-watched PBC event since the series debuted in March (five telecasts). (via ShowBuzz Daily)
