Christmas (12/25) sports ratings: NFL hits high, NBA hits low
The NFL dominated in the ratings on Christmas Day, while the NBA took a considerable hit from the competition.
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The NFL dominated in the ratings on Christmas Day, while the NBA took a considerable hit from the competition.
With Christmas Eve falling on a Sunday, the NFL was especially dominant on a day otherwise light on live sports.
As it usually does, the NFL topped the sports ratings charts for Saturday, December 23.
College football's Gasparilla Bowl topped the sports ratings charts for Friday, December 22. The Georgia Tech-UCF Gasparilla Bowl was the...
Thursday Night Football bounced back from last week's low with another double-digit increase.
College basketball delivered the three largest sports audiences of Wednesday night.
A pair of dramatic NBA games topped the sports viewership charts for Tuesday, December 19.
The first ever Monday Night Football flex worked out perfectly for ESPN/ABC.
Cowboys-Bills dominated television for Sunday, December 17, clearing the next-best NFL game by nearly ten million viewers.
On the first of five-straight NFL Saturdays, the league dominated the rest of the sports line-up.
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