- Saturday’s LSU/Georgia game drew a 3.5 rating and 5.5 million viewers on CBS, up 52% and 54%, respectively, from last year’s comparable Tennessee/Auburn game (2.3, 3.6 mil). Through three games, CBS is averaging a 3.4 rating and 5.3 million viewers for college football coverage, up 31% in ratings from a 2.6 last year. (Sports Business Daily, ESPN.com)
- NBC drew a 2.9 rating for Saturday’s Washington/Notre Dame game, up 61% from a 1.8 for Purdue/Notre Dame last year, and the second-highest rated Notre Dame telecast on NBC in the past two years. Through three games, NBC is averaging a 2.3 rating for Notre Dame coverage, down 8% from a 2.5 last year, but up 10% from a 2.1 in ’07. (Sports Business Daily)
- Game 4 of the Mercury/Fever WNBA Finals drew a 6.4 rating in Indianapolis, the highest rating on record for a WNBA game on ESPN/ESPN2 in the market. The 6.4 is the second highest local rating ever for a WNBA game on the ESPN family of networks, behind only an 8.3 in Detroit for Sparks/Shock Game 3 in ’03. (ESPN, Indianapolis Star)
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