ESPN Finishes '11 In 99 Million Homes

ESPN is in 99 million U.S. homes in December, down slightly from the start of the year, when the net was in 99.8 million homes. ESPN had a six-month run from February-July when it was in more than 100 million homes, but it did not reach that mark again. The net's low point f ...

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ACC/Big Ten Challenge Audience Up From '10

The ACC/Big Ten Challenge averaged a 0.9 U.S. rating and 1.3 million viewers for eight games across ESPN and ESPN2 this year, up 29% and 26%, respectively, from a 0.7 rating and 1.0 million viewers for nine telecasts last year. The telecasts were solely on Tuesday and Wednesday nights this sea ...

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Overnight Nielsen Ratings

While the NFL and college football predictably dominated sports ratings over the weekend, golf and college basketball also made an December appearance. NBC earned a 2.6 overnight Nielsen rating for the final round of the Chevron World Challenge yesterday afternoon, which saw Tiger Woods win his fir ...

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Sprint Cup Audiences Up From '10

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series averaged a 3.8 U.S. rating and 6.5 million viewers for 33 telecasts across Fox, TNT, ABC and ESPN this season (rainouts excluded), up 6% and 10%, respectively, from 34 races last season and marking the Sprint Cup’s first year-over-year TV audience gains since '05. ...

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ESPN Films Wraps Up Fall Documentaries

ESPN Films wrapped up its fall slate of documentaries last week with “Roll Tide/War Eagle,” a film about the Alabama-Auburn football rivalry. The telecast averaged 1.7 million viewers on Nov. 8, marking the most-viewed of the fall films. In the context of “ 30 for 30” broadca ...

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Catching Up With Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski

Yahoo Sports columnist Adrian Wojnarowski has been one of the go-to sources for all things NBA over the past few years, with that role becoming even more amplified during the current lockout. Prior to joining Yahoo, Wojnarowski was with the Bergen Record, where he was twice voted the ...

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Overnight Nielsen Ratings

ESPN’s Nebraska-Penn State telecast on Saturday earned a 3.8 overnight Nielsen rating, marking the net’s highest-rated college football game in the 12:00pm ET window on record (dating back to ’01). The previous season-high had been a 3.6 overnight for the Oct. 15 Michigan-Michigan ...

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NFL Net Earns Most-Viewed "TNF" Opener

NFL Network earned a 3.3 U.S. rating and 5.3 million viewers for last night’s Raiders-Chargers “Thursday Night Football” matchup, marking the highest-rated and most-viewed "TNF" opener on the network since it began airing regular-season games in '06. The game is up 7% and 6%, respe ...

NFL Net In 57.4 Million Homes In November

NFL Network is in 57.4 million U.S. homes in November as it gets set for its sixth season of "Thursday Night Football" this week, marking the net's highest level of distribution since it first became rated in November '06. When regular-season games first aired on the net, it had a distribution of 37 ...

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Overnight Nielsen Ratings

The Breeders’ Cup Classic on ESPN from 6:30-7:15pm ET earned a 1.2 overnight Nielsen rating for Drosselmeyer’s win on Saturday, down 61% from last year’s race, which featured Zenyatta attempting to remain defeated. ESPN also earned a 1.1 overnight for Breeders’ Cup coverage ...

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