Recent sports TV ratings news, including the final round of the PGA Championship in the Milwaukee market, ratings for The T.O. Show and Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch on VH1, and the Visa Gymnastics Championships on NBC.
- Sunday’s final round of the PGA Championship drew a 9.3 rating in Milwaukee, up 29% from last year (7.2). Despite the increase, the final round finished well behind Saturday’s Browns/Packers NFL preseason game in the market (17.5). (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
- The latest edition of The T.O. Show drew a 0.5 U.S. rating and 805,000 viewers on VH1 Sunday, even in ratings and viewership compared to the first of two episodes last week (0.5, 803,000), but down 17% and 6%, respectively, from the second (0.6, 852,000). Meanwhile, Sunday’s episode of Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch drew a 0.5 and 702,000 viewers, up 25% and 9%, respectively, from last week (0.4, 663,000). (TV By The Numbers)
- NBC drew a 1.5 final rating and just under 2.3 million viewers for coverage of the Visa Gymnastics Championships on Saturday night, down 12% and 10%, respectively, from last year (1.7, 2.530 mil). The telecast was tied as the third-least viewed primetime program of the night on the Big Four broadcast networks, ahead of only Bachelor Pad and Rookie Blue on ABC. (Sitcoms Online)
