Recent sports TV ratings news, including NFL postgame shows on ESPN and NFL Network, and college basketball on ESPN.
- ESPN earned a 1.3 U.S. rating and 2.240 million viewers for Sunday’s post-Super Bowl edition of NFL Primetime, down 28% in ratings and 31% in viewership from last year’s post-Super Bowl edition (1.8, 3.223M). NFL Network’s NFL Gameday Final drew a much smaller 0.2 and 501,000 viewers. (pifeedback.com)
- Saturday’s Kentucky/Florida Saturday Primetime game on ESPN drew a 1.4 U.S. rating and 2.097 million viewers, up 27% in ratings and 16% in viewership from last year (MSU/ILL: 1.1, 1.812M). Earlier in the evening, N.C. State/Duke drew a 0.9 and 1.296 million viewers. (pifeedback.com)
- In other college basketball action last Saturday, the Noon ET West Virginia/Villanova game drew a 0.8 and 1.002 million viewers on ESPN, down a third in ratings and 46% in viewership from last year (VILLA/GTOWN: 1.2, 1.855M). Later, the 2 PM ET Baylor/Texas A&M matchup earned a 0.7 and 929,000 viewers, down 50% and 55%, respectively, from last year (DUKE/BC: 1.4, 2.056M). The 4 PM Memphis/Gonzaga tilt drew a 0.8 and 1.159 million. (pifeedback.com)
