Once again, NBC wins Tuesday night in all key figures, thanks to “America’s Got Talent”. Upcoming USA Network competition “Snake in the Grass” got an early sample viewing on NBC following “AGT”. The not-so-great news: “Snake” lost 56 percent of its “AGT” lead-in, based on adults 18-49. The not-so-bad news: “Snake” was on-par with the […]
YES Network, the regional sports network of the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Nets based in the New York market, has recently bucked the trend of viewer erosion from linear television and reached multi-year viewing highs for each of their teams’ broadcasts. The Blue Jays-Yankees game from Apr. 1 averaged 543,000 Total Viewers on […]
YES Network is averaging 126,000 Total Viewers — according to Nielsen Media Research — for its New York Yankees Spring Training games so far this spring (thru Mar. 18), putting the network on pace to have its best Spring Training since 2009, when the network averaged 134,000 Total Viewers for its full Spring Training slate. […]
Amidst an era of declining ratings on linear television, one rare bright spot occurred in the New York TV market this past Sunday, Feb. 28: in a sign that sports fans there are hungry for baseball, the YES Network telecast of the spring training game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees […]
New York Yankees announcer and sports talk radio host Michael Kay provided commentary on the July 23 edition of his “The Michael Kay Show” (his ESPN New York radio show, simulcast on the YES Network) on the recent 50 percent staff reduction at the newspaper, the New York Daily News. Kay, once himself a Daily […]
Monday night’s Atlanta Braves-New York Yankees game on regional sports network YES averaged a 5.84 TV household rating and 557,000 total viewers, making it the day’s top-rated and most-viewed primetime program in the New York TV market. YES was the highest-rated TV station in New York for each quarter hour between 8:00 pm and 11:00 […]
What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s broadcast network telecasts on Tuesday, May 8: Roseanne (ABC, 8:00 PM, 30 min.) – 10.291 million viewers – 6.3/12 HH – 2.6/13 A18-49 (3.0/14 F18-49, 2.3/12 M18-49) – 1.5/10 A18-34 (1.7/10 F18-34, 1.3/9 M18-34) – 3.7/14 A25-54 (4.2/15 F25-54, 3.1/13 M25-54) The […]
What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s broadcast network telecasts on Thursday, March 29: Thursday’s New York Yankees-Toronto Blue Jays Season Opener game averaged a 5.34 TV household rating in the New York TV market, making it YES Network’s highest-rated Yankees Season Opener in seven years, since 2011. The […]
The 2018 MLB regular season has arrived in North America. Coming off their franchise’s first-ever world championship, the Houston Astros will open the season in Arlington, Tex. to take on their American League West division and in-state rival Texas Rangers. The first game, taking place in the afternoon of Thursday, Mar. 29, will be televised […]
