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Tough class: Hoops ratings decline
Published March 20, 2006
Fox Sports Net scored the only ratings gain this season over last year with its Pac-10 package among networks with national men’s college basketball coverage. Networks are listed below by average rating posted.
Network |
Change |
2005-06 Avg. rating/share (No. of HHs) |
No. of telecasts* |
2004-05 Avg. rating/share (No. of HHs) |
2003-04 Avg. rating/share (No. of HHs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBS | -10.5% |
1.7/4 |
30 |
1.9/5 |
1.8/4 |
| ABC | -25.0% |
1.2 (1,358,000) |
5 |
1.6/4 |
1.7/4 |
| ESPN | 0.0% |
1.1 (965,000) |
110 |
1.1 (966,000) |
1.0 (847,000) |
| ESPN2 | 0.0% |
0.5 (423,000) |
124 |
0.5 (425,000) |
0.5 (407,000) |
| FSN: | |||||
| ACC | -26.6% |
0.47 (339,000) |
20 |
0.64 (483,000) |
0.60 (473,000) |
| Pac-10 | +9.7% |
0.34 (259,000) |
14 |
0.31 (212,000) |
0.25 (191,000) |
Notes: Ratings presented here are for regular-season coverage and do not include conference tournament games.
* Because of regional coverage, the ABC and CBS figures represent the number of windows in which the networks aired men’s basketball.
Source: Networks
Research by Katherine Johnson-Reid, SportsBusiness Daily
