Viewership dropped slightly for the American Athletic title game. In other news, the Pac-12 championship plunged on Fox Sports 1, and a Monday NBA doubleheader sank on ESPN.
AAC Title Game Down Slightly
- Sunday’s Connecticut/Memphis American Athletic Tournament final had 1.5 million viewers on ESPN, down 1% from SMU/Connecticut last year (1.6M) and down 9% from Louisville/Connecticut on a Saturday night in 2014 (1.7M). On Saturday, the Connecticut/Temple semifinal had 589,000 on ESPN2 (+51%) and Memphis/Tulane just 223,000 (-70%). (via ShowBuzz Daily)
Pac-12 Title Game Low on FS1
- The Oregon/Utah Pac-12 Tournament final had just 388,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1, down 79% from Arizona/Oregon on ESPN last year (1.9M) and down 43% from Arizona/UCLA on FS1 in 2014 (680K). Unlike previous years, when coverage followed another college basketball game, this year’s final had a lead-in from Supercross. (via ShowBuzz Daily)
NBA Down on ESPN Monday
- Monday’s Cavaliers/Jazz NBA regular season game had a 1.0 final rating and 1.4 million viewers on ESPN, down a tick in ratings and 11% in viewership from Lakers/Warriors last year (1.1, 1.6M) and flat and down a fraction of a percent, respectively, from Clippers/Nuggets in 2014 (1.43M to 1.42M). Pistons/Wizards drew a 0.6 and 893,000 earlier in the day, down 54% in ratings and 53% in viewership from Cavaliers/Heat last year (1.3, 1.9M) and down 40% and 41%, respectively, from Thunder/Bulls in ’14 (1.0, 1.5M). (via Programming Insider)
