- Why the future of "Inside the NBA" rests on its cast https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/05/inside-the-nba-future-tnt-media-rights-ernie-johnson-kenny-smith-barkley-shaq 9 comments nba
- Raw TV ratings for Monday (5/6) 1,619,000 viewers, 0.53 demo https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/05/monday-5-6-sports-viewership-nba-pacers-knicks-wolves-nuggets-nhl-bruins/ 80 comments squaredcircle
- Smackdown: 2,272,000 (0.61 demo)| AEW Rampage: 364,000 (0.11 demo) https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/02/friday-2-23-sports-viewership-nba-espn-timberwolves-spring-training-nascar-golf/ 23 comments squaredcircle
- 2023 ratings wrap: NFL sweeps top 50 https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/01/most-watched-sports-2023-nfl-sweeps-top-50-college-football-nba-mlb/ 87 comments nfl
- Netflix Interested in NBA In-Season Tournament https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/11/netflix-nba-in-season-tournament-media-rights-rumors/ 9 comments nba
- Saturday’s Game 2 on FOX was the lowest rated and least-watched World Series game on record https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/10/world-series-ratings-lowest-ever-viewership-game-two-diamondbacks-rangers/ 241 comments baseball
- Major pro sports teams ranked by market size. Ranking the 115 U.S. based franchises in the “Big Four” professional sports leagues (NBA, NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball) by Nielsen TV market size. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/nba-market-size-nfl-mlb-nhl-nielsen-ratings/ 86 comments baseball
- KD’s historic Game 5 drew the largest crowd of the second round, despite being on TNT https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2021/06/nba-playoff-ratings-durant-bucks-nets-nhl-third-round-uefa-euro/ 69 comments nba
- NBA starts new season at three-year high in Ratings https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/12/nba-opening-night-ratings-tnt-lakers-nets-warriors/ 285 comments nba
- Yankees-Indians leads MLB Wild Card slate https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/10/mlb-wild-card-ratings-yankees-indians-espn-abc-tbs/ 14 comments baseball
- Game 1 of the NBA Finals was comfortably the lowest-rated and least-watched NBA Finals game on record (dates back to 1988). https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/10/nba-finals-ratings-record-low-audience-game-1/ 73 comments nba
- Stanley Cup ends with series-highs, but historic lows https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/09/stanley-cup-final-ratings-down-lightning-stars-playoffs/ 14 comments hockey
- Sunday Night Football ratings down 4% from last year's week 3 matchup, overall week 3 numbers down from last year https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/nfl-tv-ratings-viewership-2020-2019/ 72 comments nfl
- NBA holds its own, but NFL comes out ahead Thursday night https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/09/nba-nfl-ratings-battle-lakers-nuggets-tnf-dolphins-jaguars/ 44 comments nfl
- Lakers-Nuggets G4 scores 4.6 million viewers, holds own against TNF’s Jaguars-Dolphins (5.43 million) https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/09/nba-nfl-ratings-battle-lakers-nuggets-tnf-dolphins-jaguars/ 893 comments nba
- NFL Kickoff ratings decent enough despite drop https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/09/nfl-kickoff-game-ratings-down-competition/ 8 comments nfl
- Sunday’s Rockets-Lakers second round NBA playoff Game 2 averaged a 2.9 rating and 5.43 million viewers on ABC, marking the highest rated and most-watched NBA game since Christmas. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/09/nba-ratings-rockets-lakers-abc-viewership/ 70 comments nba
- [Paulsen] The season premiere of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” averaged 273,000 viewers Tuesday night, down 61% from last year (705K) and down 59% from 2018 (667K). It snapped a streak of 12-straight episodes — dating back to 2017 — to average at least 500,000” https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/08/mls-back-ratings-espn-pbc-hard-knocks-lpga/ 172 comments nfl
- Blockbuster numbers for “The Match”: Tiger/Manning/Mickelson/Brady charity match averages 5.8 million viewers on TV https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/05/match-ratings-tiger-phil-peyton-brady-most-watched-cable/ 101 comments nfl
- TV Ratings for all 8 of the ABC Primetime Games have declined (4 Down by more than 20%) https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/02/nba-ratings-down-abc-pga-tour-phoenix-college-hoops-nhl/ 91 comments nba
- [Sports Media Watch] NBA Christmas games mostly down, but not bad https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/12/nba-christmas-viewership-declines-espn-abc-lakers-clippers/ 53 comments nba
- Warriors-Rockets Games 1, 3 and 4 are now the 3 most watched games of this year’s overall postseason, but only 14 of 55 postseason games are up compared to last year https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/05/warriors-rockets-ratings-nba-playoffs/ 26 comments nba
- Clippers-Warriors becomes 3rd most watched game of the first round of the playoffs with 4.09 million viewers. The top two are also Clippers-Warriors games (Game 4: 6.29 million and Game 1: 4.83 million) https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/04/clippers-warriors-ratings-nba-playoffs-tnt/ 27 comments nba
- Outside of Leafs-Bruins, NHL playoffs on NBC/NBSN down in viewership & ratings year-over-year. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/04/bruins-leafs-ratings-nbc-stanley-cup/ 82 comments hockey
- Regular Season TV ratings Wrap-up: Viewership Flat on ESPN/ABC, Down on TNT https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/04/nba-regular-season-viewership-mixed/ 59 comments nba
- NHL regular season broadcasts on NBC & NBCSN third-lowest since 2011-12 season. Up 2% from last year. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/04/nhl-ratings-wrap-nba-mlb/ 37 comments hockey
- Duke-Michigan State becomes most watched basketball game outside of NBA Finals or Final Four since 2005, with 16.2 million viewers https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/04/msu-duke-ratings-high-cbs-elite-eight/ 17 comments nba
- ABC’s Saturday Primetime games finish 1% up over last year’s batch (3.41 million this year to 3.39 last year) https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/03/nba-saturday-primetime-ratings-abc/ 5 comments nba
- Not one NBA game managed to make the top 50 sports audiences for 2018 http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/01/top-sports-audiences-2018-list/ 35 comments nba
- Of the 22 NBA games on ESPN and TNT that can be compared to last year, 16 have declined in TV ratings http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/11/nba-ratings-nhl-nbcsn-nascar-xfinity/ 22 comments nba
- NFL Overnights: Cowboys, Pats, Hit Highs on FOX, NBC http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/09/nfl-week-3-ratings-cowboys-patriots-overnights/ 29 comments nfl
- NHL Game 4's hit the water on the Golf Channel. NJ-TBL down 23% & SJ-ANA down 40% versus year-over-year comparables. http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/04/stanley-cup-playoff-ratings-golf-channel/ 50 comments hockey
- Top Sports Audiences of 2017: NBA takes 4 of top 50 http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/01/top-sports-audiences-2017-nfl/ 5 comments nba
- Lowest opening night on NBCSN since 2011: Pens banner raising down http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2017/10/nhl-opening-night-ratings-nbcsn-penguins-blues-viewership/ 23 comments hockey
- The '2017 NBA All-Star Game' Ranks as Third Most Watched NBA AS Game in the Past 12 Years http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2017/02/nba-all-star-game-ratings-tnt-most-watched-four-years/ 41 comments nba
- The Week 3 Falcons/Saints MNF game earned a 5.7 overnight rating, down 36% from Chiefs/Packers last year (8.9) and down 38% from Bears/Jets in 2014 (9.2). Also likely the lowest in the history of MNF. http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2016/09/monday-night-football-ratings-presidential-debate-overnights-espn/ 67 comments nfl
- Downer NFL Preseason Ends on Higher Note http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2016/09/nfl-preseason-ratings-viewership/ 4 comments nfl
- NBC Hits Eight-Year NFL Preseason Low, With Caveat http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2016/08/nfl-preseason-ratings-down-nbc-least-watched-eight-years/ 18 comments nfl
- NHL Playoff TV ratings: Game 6 of Penguins vs. San Jose garners 3.7 preliminary overnight. Lowest rated Stanley Cup coronation broadcast in 10 years. Down 34% from TBvs.CHI last year. http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2016/06/stanley-cup-final-ratings-down-nbc-penguins-sharks-game-six-lowest-decade/ 23 comments hockey
- 18 of the 20 most-viewed 2013 NBA playoff games involved the Heat, including the top 16. http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013/06/2013-nba-playoffs-wrap-tv-ratings-for-every-game/ 26 comments nba