- Last week’s BCS Selection Show drew a 5.8/9 final rating and 9.3 million viewers on FOX, down 8% in ratings and 11% in viewership from a 6.3/10 and 10.5 million last year. The 5.8 rating is the lowest for the Selection Show since ’05 (1.7). Ratings for the Selection Show have declined every year since ’06, when the show drew a record-high 8.4 rating. (pifeedback.com)
- The Blackhawks have set another ratings record on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. Last Wednesday’s Rangers/Blackhawks game drew a 3.03 rating on CSN Chicago, the highest rating ever for a regular season Blackhawks game on the network. The 3.03 rating tops the previous record of 2.70, set earlier this season by an Oilers/Blackhawks game. (Comcast)
- NBC drew a 0.8 final rating for final round coverage of last week’s Chevron World Challenge. Final ratings for last year’s tournament were unavailable. In ’07, the last year Tiger Woods played in the event, final round coverage drew a 1.9 rating. (Sports Business Daily)
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...
