LCS off to positive start on Fox, TBS
Both series are doing better than last season's disastrous efforts.
Ratings News
Dodgers-Giants was by far the biggest viewership draw of the MLB Division Series
Dodgers-Giants masked middling performances by the other three Division Series matchups.
Cardinals-Dodgers produces TBS’ second-highest Wild Card Game audience ever
The game averaged 6.7 million viewers.
Yankees-Red Sox sets new AL Wild Card Game viewership record, is most-watched MLB game on ESPN since 1998
The ESPN audience averaged 7.11 million, with an average of 583,000 more watching on ESPN2 and 144,000 more watching on ESPN Deportes.
Bucs-Patriots was second-most watched Sunday Night Football game ever, most-watched since 2012, with highest share ever
The total average audience here was 28.5 million viewers, with 1.3 million of those watching on streaming.
ESPN’s ManningCast ratings inch upward but total audience percentage dipped
ManningCast will take a few weeks off until Week 7.
NASCAR’s SVP of Media Brian Herbst talks L.A. Coliseum Clash and increasing ratings
NASCAR will race inside the L.A. Coliseum the week before the Super Bowl.
Cowboys-Buccaneers was most-watched NFL Kickoff Game since 2015, up 20 percent from last year’s kickoff game
The game averaged 26.0 million viewers across TV and streaming.
CFL Week Two action saw the league’s TSN audience up 32 percent versus 2019
The average English-language audience for Week Two this year was 574,500.
“Field of Dreams” game averaged 5,903,000 viewers across Fox and Fox Deportes
This game wound up drawing very, very well for Fox, and it looks like it may become a regular thing.
More people watched Seattle NHL expansion draft on ESPN2 than Cubs-Cards on ESPN, despite advance reporting of picks
These are certainly decent numbers for an expansion draft, especially on ESPN2 and especially one where many picks were reported in advance.
NBA Finals Game 1 ratings were predictably way lower than in 2019
Many expected a drop compared to Game 1 in 2019, when it was played in June, but 35 percent was still a pretty big drop.
Phil Mickelson’s PGA Championship win drives solid Sunday viewership for CBS
Mickelson chasing history drew big crowds on the course and at home.
