The 50th anniversary of the “U.S. Open” tennis tournament got off to a solid start on ESPN2 in prime time, averaging 889,000 viewers (0.60 household rating) and approximately 245,000 adults 18-49. This marks increases of 46 percent (in viewers) and 28 percent (in demo) from last year (609,000 viewers; 192,000 adults 18-49). Also, it is […]
The networks of ESPN has exclusive live coverage of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Open, tennis’ fourth and final Major of the 2018 calendar year. The tournament, hailing from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows (Queens) in New York City, begins August 27 and culminates with the Women’s Championship […]
What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s broadcast network telecasts on Saturday, July 7: America’s Funniest Home Videos (R) (ABC, 8:00 PM, 60 min.) • 2.634 million viewers • 1.6/4 HH • 0.4/3 A18-49 (0.5/3 F18-49, 0.4/2 M18-49) • 0.2/2 A18-34 (0.3/2 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34) • 0.6/3 A25-54 (0.6/3 […]
The Championships – Wimbledon, tennis’ most popular major tournament of the year, will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN+, ABC and streaming on the ESPN app beginning Monday, July 2. There’ll be 140 hours of television plus 1,500 hours of streaming of the first-ball-to-last-ball tournament coverage that includes more than 500 matches from the […]
The French Open, tennis’ second major tournament of the year and the lone tennis major to feature clay courts, will be broadcast on the networks of NBC. The first round from the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France will begin Sunday, May 27 at noon ET on NBC. Live coverage culminates with the women’s final […]
What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s broadcast network telecasts on Wednesday, January 24: The Goldbergs (ABC, 8:00 PM, 30 min.) – 6.088 million viewers – 3.6/6 HH – 1.7/7 A18-49 (1.9/7 F18-49, 1.4/6 M18-49) – 0.8/5 A18-34 (0.9/5 F18-34, 0.7/4 M18-34) – 2.2/7 A25-54 American Housewife (S) (ABC, […]
The Australian Open, tennis’ first major tournament of the year, will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 and streaming on the ESPN app beginning Sunday, Jan. 14. There’ll be more than 100 hours of television plus 1,400 hours of streaming of tournament coverage, culminating with the Women’s and Men’s Championships on January 27 and 28, […]
2017 saw our nation’s three major sports leagues — NBA, NFL and MLB — become the top ratings focus on television. A major sport of generations ago (boxing) sparked a slight increased interest on cable. And the female sides of tennis and golf resulted in solid showings for their respective events. Here are the top […]
CBS remained as Friday night’s most-watched network. On this night, the network averaged 3.39 million viewers. The education special “EIP Presents: XQ Super School Live” drew a combined 7.67 million viewers across ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox Coverage of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean as it approached Florida had The Weather Channel as TV’s No. […]
