ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball held up well against the NBA Finals. In other news, MLB on FOX fell double-digits over the weekend, and the U.S. men’s soccer team returned from hiatus with an increase. Cards-Cubs Holds Up Well Opposite NBA Despite facing a highly rated NBA Finals game, Cardinals-Cubs earned a 1.1 final rating and [...]
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Despite airing on a full-day tape delay, the BIG3 debuted with one of FS1’s largest basketball audiences. In other news, MLB on FOX had a weak outing over the weekend, and ESPN posted declines for Sunday and Monday Night Baseball. Nearly 400K For Delayed BIG3 Debut Airing on a one-day tape delay, the television debut [...]
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The Confederations Cup final plummeted on Fox Sports 1. In other news, Yankees-Astros gave FOX a double-digit boost last weekend, and ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball eked out a slight increase. Huge Declines For Confederations Cup Final on FS1 Fox Sports 1 earned a 0.5 final rating and 800,000 viewers for last Sunday’s Germany-Chile FIFA Confederations [...]
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Cardinals-Cubs delivered a big increase on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. In other news, the same matchup posted a modest decline on Fox Sports 1, and Real Madrid-Manchester United scored a big jump of its own. Cards-Cubs Up Big on SNB Cardinals-Cubs earned a 1.3 rating and 2.1 million viewers on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball last [...]
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Usain Bolt‘s final 100m did not move the needle much. In other news, ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball could not overcome the presence of the Mets, and FS1 posted one of its top audiences of the season for Cardinals-Royals. Bolt Farewell Not As Big As One Would Expect Coverage of the World Track & Field Championships [...]
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The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry helped YES Network to a multi-year high. Elsewhere, the Cardinals-Pirates LLWS special delivered double-digit gains on Sunday Night Baseball, and Top Rank Boxing did better in its latest outing on ESPN. Yankees-Red Sox Big For YES Friday’s Yankees-Red Sox Major League Baseball game earned a 5.78 rating and 571,000 viewers on [...]
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The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry delivered once again for ESPN. Red Sox-Yankees delivered a 1.2 rating and 2.0 million viewers on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball last weekend, up 100% in ratings and 107% in viewership from Nationals-Mets last year (0.6, 947K) and up a tick and 10% respectively from Pirates-Cardinals in 2015 (1.1, 1.8M). The Yankees’ [...]
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The two best teams in the National League delivered some of MLB’s worst national TV numbers in years. Regional Major League Baseball action featuring Dodgers-Nationals in 81% of markets had a 0.7 rating and 1.05 million viewers on FOX Saturday, down 42% in ratings and 38% in viewership from last year (1.2, 1.7M) and down [...]
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The MLB regular season tied a record-low rating on FOX, but the network’s season finale posted a double-digit increase. In other news, viewership tanked for the final day of the MLB season on TBS, and the WNBA Finals delivered mixed results over the weekend. MLB Regular Season Ties Record-Low Rating on FOX The MLB regular [...]
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The best team in the American League delivered the biggest local ratings of the regular season. In other news, NBA TV scored its top preseason audience in six years, and a Top 25 matchup delivered big gains on ESPN Thursday night. Indians Lead Local MLB Ratings Race Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball games averaged an [...]
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A revamped schedule put a damper on MLB’s Opening Week ratings. Opening Week of the Major League Baseball season averaged 756,000 viewers across ESPN and FS1, down 32% from the first seven days of last season (1.1M). This season was the first to begin on a weekday since 2012, with Opening Day moving up from [...]
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Recent sports TV ratings, including strong numbers for Yankees-Red Sox, Thursday’s Stanley Cup playoff games, and declines for last weekend’s auto racing. Yankees-Red Sox Ratings Up Double-Digits Wednesday’s Yankees-Red Sox Major League Baseball game drew a 0.35 rating and 568,000 viewers on MLB Network, up 13% in ratings and 18% in viewership from last year [...]
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Yankees-Red Sox ratings were big locally and nationally this week. In other news, Phillies ratings have taken a hit with the Sixers and Flyers both back in the playoffs, and Premier League ratings were a mixed bag in the penultimate week of the season. Yanks-Sox Big Locally and Nationally Wednesday’s Red Sox-Yankees Major League Baseball [...]
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The Winnipeg-Vegas matchup continues to surprise.
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The Sunday Night Baseball ratings slump continues, with all ten games this season down from last year. Red Sox-Astros scored a 0.9 rating and 1.4 million viewers on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball last weekend, down 18% in ratings and 19%in viewership from last year (Cardinals-Cubs: 1.1, 1.8M) but up a tick and 6% respectively from [...]
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FOX MLB ratings hit the 2.0 mark for the first time in five years. Regional Major League Baseball action featuring Cubs-Cardinals in 50% of markets had a 2.0 rating and 3.1 million viewers on FOX last Saturday, up 25% in ratings and 22% in viewership from last year (ft. Cubs-Pirates: 1.6, 2.5M) and up a [...]
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NBA free agency got off to a stronger start.
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Viewership sank by 30 percent for the World Cup third-place match.
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With Tiger Woods back in the field, British Open viewership hit a three-year high Thursday. In other news, last weekend’s John Deere Classic also hit a three-year high, MLB drew its top weeknight audience since Opening Day, and the NBA Summer League Final sank against the MLB All-Star Game. Open Opens With Three-Year High Not […]
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WNBA viewership is trending at a six-year high on ESPN2. In other news, FOX nearly hit an MLB season-low and NASCAR’s Xfinity Series posted another decline. WNBA Viewership at Six-Year High on ESPN2 Entering the All-Star break, WNBA regular season games have averaged 247,000 viewers on ESPN2 — up 38% from the same number of […]
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