- FOX drew a 3.1 overnight rating for regional MLB coverage featuring Red Sox/Yankees on Saturday. If the rating holds — unlikely, as most MLB telecasts see a drop from the overnight to the final rating — Saturday’s game would mark the highest rated regular season MLB telecast since ’07.
- The aforementioned Red Sox/Yankees series was a hit in the local TV ratings. In New York, the four-game series drew a 9.7 (Thu. on Ch. 9), 9.6 (Fri. on YES), 8.5 (Sat. on FOX) and 10.3 (Sun. on ESPN). The 9.6 for the Friday night game on YES is the second-highest rating in the history of the network. In Boston, Sunday night’s game on ESPN drew a 12.3.
- Through the first two quarters of 2009, ESPN has seen a 14% rise in viewership for live editions of SportsCenter during the 9 AM-3 PM timeslot. Tuesday marks the 1-year anniversary of the debut of the live, daytime editions of SportsCenter.
Ted Turner, whose cable business transformed TV sports, dies
Ted Turner, the media mogul and team owner whose TBS "SuperStation" helped pave the way the era of cable...
