Posts Tagged ‘skedball’
 

 

SKEDBALL: March Madness Day 2 of “First Four”

The second and final night of the “First Four” play-in games of the NCAA Basketball Tournament were right on target versus past years.  The 6:30 pm game on TRU TV Wednesday night was almost identical to same time p...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL Special Report: The 6 Top-Rated Non-US World Cup Nations

With the end of group play at the World Cup, let’s take a closer look at the countries, other than the US, that are earning the highest ratings to date on ABC and ESPN during the tournament.   Group Stage Ratings by ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL Weekend Sports TV Ratings: New & Improved (Update)

Our weekly round-up of weekend sports ratings is moving from Monday mornings to Tuesday mornings in a new and improved format.  Instead of reporting only household ratings from the 56 largest TV markets with local Nielsen mete...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 21 and Sunday December 22, 2013. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 2.7-8.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 7 and Sunday February 8, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popula...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings Bowl

SUNDAY SPORTS.  The second game of an NBA doubleheader on ABC drew decent ratings Sunday (Lakers at Heat), hitting a 5.0 household rating and 10 share in the 54 markets which were able to be measured over the weekend.  (The b...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 1 and Sunday June 2, 2013.  (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.) ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 1.31-2.1.2015

Scroll down for the complete round-up of Super Bowl Sunday (pre-game and post-game), as well as other sports over the weekend in the normal SKEDBALL weekly format.  But first, Super Bowl tracks for metered market overnight rat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD 2/21/14

  NBC:  See Mitch Metcalf’s Skedball post for detailed analysis and charts of WINTER OLYMPICS ratings.  Last night’s 3.5 (which may adjust up to 3.6 if the network ran the 8PM half-hour without commercials) w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings Bowl

The final week of the NFL season, Week 17, is unusual in a few ways.  First, all 32 teams play (no byes), and all 16 games are on Sunday (no Thursday night game on NFL Network and no Monday Night game on ESPN).  Additionally,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Friday December 27, Saturday December 28 and Sunday December 29, 2013. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: World Series Game 2 Ratings Back Down to Earth After a Game 1 to Remember

World Series Game Track.  Game 2 of the 2015 World Series was down about -10% from Game 1, versus the normal pattern of Game 2 ratings almost exactly matching Game 1 in various demographics on average in the past decade.  Th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 11 and Sunday January 12, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popula...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Semifinals 2 of 2

UPDATE: The ratings for the Saturday July 5 match on ABC are in (along with the rest of last week’s broadcast ratings outside of prime time, which always take a while).  The Argentina vs Belgium Quarterfinal match averag...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD 2/17/14

  UPDATE: Per expectations, the WINTER OLYMPICS adjusted to a 5.6 rating on Monday (Nielsen is still behind, recovering from the horror of dealing with a regular national holiday).  ALMOST HUMAN gained 0.1 to hit 1.7, tying t...
by Mitch Salem