In what many deem as one of the greatest college basketball games ever played, it was a highly competitive contest between the West region winner Gonzaga Bulldogs and the East region winner UCLA Bruins in the national semifinal of the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament on Apr. 3 from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. […]
Thursday night’s (March 18) First Four coverage of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship drew a gross audience of 7.6 million viewers (according to Nielsen Media Research) consuming the games across TBS, truTV, NCAA March Madness Live and TV Everywhere platforms. This marks an all-time high for the preliminary round of four play-in […]
ESPN’s exclusive coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship begins on Sunday, March 21 with first round games available for the first time on ABC, along with ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Tournament action continues throughout the month of March, culminating in the NCAA Women’s Final Four live from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas […]
ESPN is the exclusive home of the 2021 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), with the first round (March 17-20), quarterfinals (March 25), semifinals (March 27) and championship (March 28) set to air on ESPN or ESPN2. First round games and quarterfinals will originate from Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas, and UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas, with […]
For the first time in two years, we can finally proclaim: Let the March Madness begin! March 14 was Selection Sunday as 68 teams, their seedings and regions were announced for the upcoming annual tournament to ultimately determine the men’s Division I college basketball national champion. A total of 67 tournament games will be televised […]
Ahead of the official NCAA Tournament bracket reveal, 22 conference champions will punch their tickets to the NCAA Division I Tournament. “Champ Week” on ESPN will include more than 370 hours of men’s college basketball programming, featuring full television coverage of the ACC Tournament, Big 12 Championship and SEC Tournament. SEC Network is set to […]
Super Bowl LV marked the ninth consecutive year the Big Game has declined among the key adults 18-49 demographic. Its 26.48 A18-49 rating marked an 12 percent decline from last year (30.13) and its lowest rating since at least 1992. CBS’ preview of the reboot of crime solver “The Equalizer” starring Queen Latifah on Sunday […]
CBS was a modest runner-up to ABC in prime time, thanks to the annual event on Super Bowl eve, “NFL Honors” (0.641m A18-49). This year’s edition — dipping to a new low for the ceremony since its 2011 inception — was off 18 percent from Feb. 1, 2020 which had aired on Fox. In late-night, […]
ABC was the lead network in prime time among adults 18-49 with original airings of “Shark Tank” (0.78 A18-49 rating) and “20/20” (0.64 A18-49 rating). Compared to the last time their Friday nights had all-original programming (Jan. 15), ABC grew 2 percent (0.69 vs. 0.67 A18-49 rating) CBS was the total viewer leader but in […]
