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Red Sox-Yankees Provide Solid Ratings, Boston Tops New York in Local Viewership Shares
The three-game series between the American League’s two best teams — the Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees — on May 8-10 was, unsurprisingly, a ratings winner in the respective teams’ home markets. In the New York market, the Red Sox-Yankees game from May 8 on the YES Network averaged a 6.76 TV Household Read more... → Read More
Daily Programs of MLB Network All Enjoying Rises in Ratings to Start 2018 Regular Season
All seven daily programs of MLB Network enjoyed the first four weeks of the 2018 Major League Baseball regular season (March 29 to April 26). Compared to their respective viewerships from the same time period in 2017, the following shows saw increases: “High Heat with Christopher Russo” up 52 percent; morning talk show “MLB Central” Read more... → Read More
The Masters Were Also a Big Ratings Boon for Golf Channel
Both CBS and ESPN had already proclaimed large year-over-year viewership increases for its coverage of the 2018 Masters golf tournament for Apr. 5-8. Also enjoying a significant boost that week was Golf Channel. Its reports of the tournament from Augusta, Ga. helped propel the outlet to be the week’s second most-watched cable sports network for Read more... → Read More
Ratings: Early Results for ESPN's New Morning Show 'Get Up' Were Not Positive
It may be too early to definitively label the status of ESPN’s “Get Up” which debuted on Apr. 2. After just four telecasts, however, the new ESPN morning program has not improved upon its previous time slot occupant which were three live hours of “SportsCenter.” So far… Get Up (ESPN, Apr. 2-5) – 0.246 million Read more... → Read More
NHRA Chief Content Officer Ken Adelson talks changes for 2018, relationship with Fox Sports
Since Fox Sports’ acquisition of NHRA drag racing in 2016, the sport has experienced a rise in viewership from from the years with its previous broadcast partner, ESPN. They averaged at least 600,000 total viewers for each of the past two years, up double-digit percentages from 2015. With a new NHRA season beginning on February 8 in Read more... → Read More
Ratings: NFL Pro Bowl and WWE RAW Each Draw Respective Three-Year Viewer Highs
Ratings News and Notes Despite airing in the afternoon and at a rain-soaked Orlando, Fla. on Sunday, Jan. 28, the 2018 Pro Bowl’s average audience of 8.6 million viewers across ABC and ESPN is a 15 percent increase from the 7.5 million viewers in 2017. It is the most-viewed Pro Bowl game in the last Read more... → Read More
FS1 closed the gap on ESPN2 in average total day viewership during 2017
Amidst a declining number of its households, the ESPN flagship network was still able to see year-to-year viewer gains in 2017; up 0.5 percent in total day and up 6 percent in prime time, thanks to growth from “Sunday Night Baseball” and its NBA coverage (including Summer League). But the positives did not extend to its Read more... → Read More
Ratings: San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers Each Rise on Fox Sports Regional Networks
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes The good news for the UFC: the 26th Fox broadcast network edition of “UFC Fight Night” featuring Rafael dos Anjos’ unanimous decision over Robbie Lawler, attracted an Read more... → Read More
Ratings: Golden State Warriors Continue to Be a Top Draw on NBA TV
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes It is the start of a new NBA season but the Golden State Warriors remain the league’s top ratings draw. Their 120-117 victory over the Washington Wizards Read more... → Read More
Raings: World Series on Fox Dominated in Non-MLB Markets of Sacramento and Portland
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes There’s no surprise that the first five games of the “World Series” between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Fox had ruled the week Read more... → Read More
Ratings: National Women's Soccer League Concludes Season on Lifetime on a High Note
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes The Portland Thorns’ 1-0 victory over the North Carolina Courage in the “2017 National Women’s Soccer League Championship” on Oct. 14 averaged 132,000 viewers on Lifetime. This Read more... → Read More
Ratings: Yankees-Indians ALDS Game 2 Scores MLB Network Record for Peak Audience
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes MLB Network’s telecast of the 13-inning Game Two thriller in the “American League Division Series” between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians on Friday, Oct. 6 Read more... → Read More
Ratings: 'Speak For Yourself' on FS1 Reaches its Best Week in Four Months; Second-Best Week in 2017 To-Date
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes After a slight dip in recent weeks, the FS1 daily afternoon sports talk show “Speak for Yourself” with hosts Colin Cowherd and Jason Whitlock averaged its most-watched Read more... → Read More
ESPN Ratings: Twins-Yankees on ESPN Delivers Fourth-Best MLB Wild Card Game Audience To-Date
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes ESPN topped the night of Tuesday, Oct. 3 among adults 18-34 (1.92 rating from 8 p.m.-12:05 a.m.) thanks to their telecast of Major League Baseball’s “2017 American Read more... → Read More
ESPN Ratings: 'Outside the Lines' Posts its Best Week in Eight Months
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes It was the first night of the 2017-18 traditional TV season on Monday, Sep. 25 and the winning network on the night was still ESPN, with the Read more... → Read More
ESPN Ratings: 'SC6' Remains Steady Amid Jemele Hill Controversy
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes With the controversy surrounding ESPN anchor Jemele Hill as she described Donald Trump as a “white supremacist” via several tweets on Monday, Sep. 11 and the White Read more... → Read More
Ratings: Golf Channel Sees Viewer Gains for Several Labor Day Weekend Tournaments
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes <li The recent winning streak of the Arizona Diamondbacks has lifted the TV ratings for its games in the Phoenix market. An Aug. 30 victory over the Read more... → Read More
Ratings: Yankees-Tigers Brawl Game Draws Best YES Network Encore Rating in Eight Years
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes <li The evening YES Network encore of the afternoon New York Yankees-Detroit Tigers game on Thursday, Aug. 24, which featured the infamous bench-clearing brawls that got Miguel Read more... → Read More
Ratings: Mayweather-McGregor Related Coverage Boosts Fox Sports' Boxing Telecasts
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes Fox Sports’ boxing coverage on Aug. 25-26 saw notable gains from comparable telecasts last year as well as from their average viewership this year. The prelims for Read more... → Read More
ESPN Ratings: U.S. Open Tennis Series Tournaments Each Grow Double-Digits from Last Year
If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. Ratings News and Notes The entire three weeks of the “Little League World Series” on ESPN and ESPN2 from Aug. 7-12, 17-24 and 27 averaged 684,000 viewers, down 24 percent from Read more... → Read More