Recent sports TV ratings, including college football on ESPN and the UFL on Versus.
- Thursday’s Texas A&M/Oklahoma State game drew a 2.4 U.S. rating and 3.655 million viewers on ESPN, up 9% in ratings and 14% in viewership from Colorado/West Virginia last year (2.2, 3.218 mil), but down 43% in both from USC/Oregon State on the comparable week in ’08 (4.2, 6.456 mil). (pifeedback.com)
- NC State/Georgia Tech drew a 1.7 and 2.401 million viewers on ESPN last Saturday afternoon, up 13% in ratings and viewership from Michigan State/Wisconsin last year (1.5, 2.126 mil), but down 11% and 13%, respectively, from ECU/NC State in 2008 (1.9, 2.770 mil). Though up from last year, the game ranks as ESPN’s lowest rated, least-viewed Noon ET college football game this season. (Sports Business Daily)
- Thursday’s Locomotives/Tuskers UFL telecast earned a 0.1 U.S. rating and 104,000 viewers on Versus. The game drew just over half the viewership of Cubs/Padres on MLB Network earlier in the night (0.2, 205,000), which was blacked out in the home markets. (pifeedback.com)
