NBA starts rights deal with most-watched Opening Week since ’17
The new NBA media rights deal paid early dividends in the Opening Week of the season.
Ratings
The latest sports TV ratings news, covering every league from the NFL to the WNBA. Check the SMW "Sports Ratings Tracker" for numbers as they are reported.
Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series off to healthy start in U.S.
If below last year's best-case matchup of New York and Los Angeles, the World Series got off to a healthy...
How will the presence of a Canadian team impact World Series viewership?
For the first time since 1993, the Fall Classic is north of the border. What will that mean for viewership...
NBA sees big jump on second night of season as well
After a strong start on Opening Night, the second night of the NBA season delivered big gains of its own...
“MNF” hits Week 7 high in final doubleheader week
ESPN/ABC hit a Week 7 high for the first half of what may be its final "Monday Night Football" doubleheader.
NBA’s return to NBC hits Opening Night high
The NBA returned to NBC in a big way Tuesday night.
ALCS Game 7 nears nine million; NLCS takes hit from sweep
For the second time this postseason, nearly nine million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch the Mariners in a winner-take-all...
Baker’s Bucs attract one of season’s largest audiences
NBC and CBS can both claim to have delivered the largest NFL audience in Week 6 of the season.
WNBA Finals sweep down from last year’s full-length series
Going from the maximum games last year to the minimum this year, the WNBA Finals was unsurprisingly less of a...
Marathon Tigers-Mariners Game 5 nears nine million mark
The Tigers and Mariners delivered a classic on the field and an outsized audience on television.
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