- Wednesday’s Florida St./Duke game drew a 0.9 U.S. rating and 1.5 million viewers on ESPN. There was no college basketball game in the comparable timeslot last year. Earlier in the night, Villanova/Notre Dame drew a 0.6 U.S. rating and 932,000 viewers, down 65% and 63%, respectively, from last year’s comparable Duke/Wake Forest game. (pifeedback.com)
- ESPN2 drew a 0.9 U.S. rating and 1.3 million viewers for coverage of the Australian Open Wednesday night (9:30 PM ET through 1:30 AM). (pifeedback.com)
- Entering Thursday’s doubleheader, TNT is averaging a 1.2 U.S. rating and 1.8 million viewers for NBA coverage, up 9% and 8%, respectively, from last year (1.1, 1.6 mil). (TV By the Numbers)
On the Air: Wembanyama and the sports debate ‘villain’ playbook
On the latest "On the Air," Armand Broady examines the negative turn in perceptions of Victor Wembanyama and the...
