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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 12.19-12.25.2022

Posted December 28, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 19 through Sunday December 25, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted July 22, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 20 and Sunday July 21, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   ESPN had good results from The British Open (or The Open, if you prefer), up […]

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SKEDBALL: Sochi Winter Olympic Ratings

Posted February 9, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The first Saturday of Winter Olympic coverage averaged a 6.5 adult 18-49 rating from 8:30-11:00 pm last night on NBC.  This must be slightly disappointing for the network, as last night was a a few notches below the comparable night from Turin in 2006, after seeing a Friday Opening Ceremony number (8.7 rating) closer to […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted March 31, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 30, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball NCAA Men’s Tournament: Elite 8 Round 9.0 rating CBS 5:00 pm Sunday #8-Kentucky vs […]

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WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Ratings for Final USA Match as Round of 16 Ends

Posted July 2, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings for Tuesday’s ESPN matches have been added to the table below.  The 3:30 pm telecast of Belgium vs USA averaged 13,440,000 persons 2+, just behind the 13,774,000 for USA vs Portugal on Sunday June 22 at 6 pm, a much better time period.  The streaming viewership had to be around a few million,  so […]

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SKEDBALL: March Madness through Final Four

Posted April 7, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Chart updated with persons 2+ audiences for the four games played Saturday April 4, 2015 (the Final Four Round): Telecast 65: TBS/TNT/TRU Saturday 6:00 pm #1-Duke 81 #7-Michigan State 61 (Duke up 36-25 at half) Telecast 66: TBS/TNT/TRU Saturday 9:00 pm #1-Wisconsin 71 #1-Kentucky 64 (Tied 36-36 at half) The early Saturday game on TBS/TNT/TRU (telecast 65) averaged 15,307,000 persons 2+ across the […]

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SKEDBALL: World Series Game 1

Posted October 28, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

World Series Game 1 on FOX (New York Mets at Kansas City Royals 10.27.2015) averaged a 4.6 adult 18-49 rating and 15.3 million viewers 2+ in the fast nationals for the prime time portion of the game.  Of course, last night’s game went well beyond 11 pm ET: a 14 inning affair that lasted over […]

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SKEDBALL: March Madness 2016 through Sunday 3.27

Posted March 29, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament continues to lag prior years.  Heading into the Final Four this weekend, March Madness is down -10% in total viewers 2+ across the four network partners and down -23% with men 18-34. This past weekend (the Regional Finals and the end of the Elite Eight Round) should be approaching 15 […]

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