Recent sports TV ratings news, including the Cavaliers on Fox Sports Ohio, Onion SportsDome on Comedy Central, and the U.S. Figure Skating Championship on NBC.
- Fox Sports Ohio is averaging a 4.1 rating for Cavaliers games this season, according to Crain’s Cleveland Business. Last season, Cavaliers games averaged a 8.6 on the network. Though down from last year, the Cavaliers’ average rating is the fifth-best for NBA teams on a FOX RSN — behind, among others, LeBron James‘ Heat on Sun Sports (5.4). (Crain’s Cleveland Business)
- The fourth episode of Comedy Central’s Onion SportsDome hit series lows in ratings (0.6), viewership (909K), adults 18-49 (0.5) and men 18-34 (1.0) on Tuesday night. The episode was down 25% in ratings and 37% in viewership from the previous week (0.8, 1.443M). (pifeedback.com)
- Coverage of the U.S. Figure Skating Championship earned a 2.5 final rating and 3.918 million viewers on NBC Saturday night, down 27% in ratings and viewership from last year (3.4, 5.387M), and down 7% and 4%, respectively, from 2009 (2.7, 4.094M). Last year’s telecast took place weeks before the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics. (Sitcoms Online)
