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UPDATED: WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Day 14 and ABC Ratings from Sunday

Ratings for Wednesday’s matches on ESPN and ESPN2 have arrived and the two on ESPN2 are the lowest-rated matches of 2014 so far (ranking #43 and #44), while the 3:30 pm telecast on ESPN (Ecuador and France in a fascinatin...

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The Sked: Cable Ratings May 22-28

On the cable front this past seven days, only the NBA could stop History’s rampaging Hatfield & McCoys. On Monday night, Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals (Boston Celtics at Miami Heat) averaged a 4.1 rating ...

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The Sked: Thursday Official Nationals with Cable Ratings

The ratings for most network programs came back down to Earth in the official nationals (with the NFL preseason games filtered out of the early ratings, as we explained this morning). As expected, Big Brother was least impa...

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THE SKED: Cable Ratings September 13-19

> On cable this past week, NFL football was again the top-rated program, and Jersey Shore was in second place, as usual. But tying for second was the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen, which aired 30 minutes after the...

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WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Day 15 & Group Stage Summary

Ratings for Thursday’s matches on ESPN and ESPN2 are in and of course the Germany vs USA match was the highest-rated match of the day, but only the third-highest USA match in World Cup 2014 because ESPN rated 187 minutes...

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The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS May 28

NBC dominated the broadcast networks on the first Monday of the summer season with a 1.9 rating from 8-11 pm, although NBC will come in behind ESPN which aired Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics ...

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SKEDBALL: MLB Homerun Derby Clears the Fences

ESPN and MLB tinkered with the Homerun Derby format this year, adding a clock and moving to a bracket format. It all worked, with the best persons 2+ audience for the ESPN special (7.1 million) since 2009 (8.25 million). Th...

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WORLD CUP SKEDBALL — Days 3 & 4

World Cup 2014 built more momentum over the weekend on ESPN, with the 5:30 pm matches on Saturday and Sunday the highest-rated contests so far on ESPN this year. Further, even the lowest-rated ESPN match so far in 2014 is abo...

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

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 m...

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The Sked: Cable Ratings May 1-7

The NBA Playoffs continue to dominate the top of the weekly cable ratings chart, with two games hitting a 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 (Oklahoma City at Dallas on Thursday and the L.A. Lakers at Denver on Sunday, both on TNT an...

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SKEDBALL: The New Year’s Eve Fiasco for the College Football Playoff

After years of suffering through the unsatisfying BCS system, college football fans were treated to a vast improvement: the College Football Playoff system, starting on New Year’s Day 2015 to settle the 2014 NCAA season. ...

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The Sked: CABLE RATINGS September 27-October 3

>Sports dominate the top of the weekly cable ratings chart. ESPN’s NFL Monday Night Football was #1 again in the cable world, although down from a 7.2 demo rating last week when the more attractive Dallas-Washington...

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WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Complete Round of 16 Ratings (Updated with ABC)

Ratings are now complete for the Round of 16, the eight matches that start the Knockout Stage, as the Saturday June 28 ratings for ABC have sauntered in. Two solid matches on that Saturday, ranking #7 and #8 overall (out of 5...

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The Sked: Cable Ratings May 29-June 4

The highest rated program on cable the past week was Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on ESPN, a very good 4.9 rating with Adults 18-49 Sunday night. (Boston tied the series 2-2 with a 93-91 overtime victory over t...

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SKEDBALL: College Football Playoffs Survive the NYE Challenge

The College Football Playoff Semifinal games on New Year’s Eve provided some welcome news for ESPN and Disney, with both games up versus last year’s low levels (especially the afternoon window which was up +23% from last y...

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UPDATED: WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Day 14 and ABC Ratings from Sunday

The Sked: Cable Ratings May 22-28

The Sked: Thursday Official Nationals with Cable Ratings

THE SKED: Cable Ratings September 13-19

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Day 15 & Group Stage Summary

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS May 28

SKEDBALL: MLB Homerun Derby Clears the Fences

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL — Days 3 & 4

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

The Sked: Cable Ratings May 1-7

SKEDBALL: The New Year’s Eve Fiasco for the College Football Playoff

The Sked: CABLE RATINGS September 27-October 3

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Complete Round of 16 Ratings (Updated with ABC)

The Sked: Cable Ratings May 29-June 4

SKEDBALL: College Football Playoffs Survive the NYE Challenge

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