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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernandez celebrates with shortstop Miguel Rojas

Multiple Game 5s lead to most-watched MLB Division Series in 7 years

The Division Series captured an average of 3.56 million viewers across 18 games

By Drew Lerner OnOct 14, 2024 1
Minnesota Lynx players celebrating after winning Game 1 of the WNBA Finals over the Liberty

Game 1 of WNBA Finals tops 1 million viewers, ranks as most-watched Game 1 ever

1.14 million viewers tuned into Thursday's Game 1 matchup between the Lynx and the Liberty.

By Reice Shipley OnOct 11, 2024 0
Panthers center Sam Bennett crashes against Boston Bruins goaltender Joonas Korpisalo

NHL Opening Night saw sharp viewership decline

The league was beat out by both MLB and the WNBA on Tuesday.

By Drew Lerner OnOct 11, 2024 1
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott scrambles against the Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 5 spells ratings slump for NFL

A weather-delayed 'Sunday Night Football' contributes to smaller audience for Week 5.

By Drew Lerner OnOct 9, 2024 1
Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback Malachi Singleton celebrates after scoring a touchdown

SEC notches another week of strong viewership on ABC

Fortunately for Alabama fans, their game was not Nielsen rated.

By Drew Lerner OnOct 9, 2024 0
New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu celebrates after defeating the Las Vegas Aces

WNBA playoffs continue to set viewership records

Game 3 of the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces was the most-watched WNBA semifinal game in 22 years.

By Drew Lerner OnOct 8, 2024 0
New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor greets teammates before game

Marquee teams deliver strong viewership for MLB divisional series

Led by a number of brand-name teams, Fox's broadcasts of NLDS games have seen strong bumps compared to last season.

By Drew Lerner OnOct 8, 2024 0
SEC on ABC is delivering the network's best ratings since 2016 through five weeks of the season, highlighted by last week's Georgia-Alabama game. Photo Credit: ABC

SEC on ABC delivering network’s highest ratings since 2016

The SEC clearly remains king when it comes to viewership across college football.

By Reice Shipley OnOct 5, 2024 0
Trick Williams on "WWE NXT" on The CW on Oct. 1, 2024.

WWE NXT’s debut on The CW leads to their best audience since Oct. 2023

This debut definitely worked out for The CW. We'll see if the WWE NXT numbers remain this strong.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 3, 2024 0
NFL viewership graphic through the first four weeks of the 2024-25 NFL season

NFL viewership in September reached highest marks since 2015

Through four weeks, NFL viewership is up four percent over last season.

By Reice Shipley OnOct 2, 2024 1
Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry

NFL’s Week 4 ratings a mixed bag compared to last season

NBC's Sunday Night Football was down 16.5% versus last season.

By Drew Lerner OnOct 1, 2024 0
New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu (20) reacts to a play against the Las Vegas Aces during game one of the 2024 WNBA Semi-finals at Barclays Center.

WNBA scores most-watched semifinal game in two decades

Sunday's Las Vegas Aces-New York Liberty semifinal game averaged 929,000 viewers per Nielsen.

By Drew Lerner OnOct 1, 2024 0
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott meeting with Daniel Jones after their Week 4 Thursday Night Football matchup.

‘Thursday Night Football’ viewership hits record high for Cowboys-Giants

A record-high 16.22 million average viewers tuned into the Cowboys' victory over the Giants on TNF.

By Reice Shipley OnSep 27, 2024 4
Eduardo Pérez, David Cone, and Karl Ravech in the broadcast booth during a regular season Sunday Night Baseball game.

ESPN’s ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ puts up best viewership numbers since 2019

SNB averaged 1,505,000 viewers across the 25 broadcasts.

By Reice Shipley OnSep 24, 2024 0
Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Week 3 of Thursday Night Football

‘Thursday Night Football’ ratings up over 20 percent from 2023-24 season through Week 3

An average of 13.37 million viewers tuned into Thursday Night Football in Week 3.

By Reice Shipley OnSep 20, 2024 2
Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins celebrating his victory on Week 2 of Monday Night Football

ESPN’s Week 2 ‘Monday Night Football’ ratings down from season debut, but strong for non-ABC simulcast

Just over 15 million viewers tuned into the Week 2 MNF broadcast.

By Reice Shipley OnSep 18, 2024 0
Smackdown

‘Friday Night Smackdown’ earns high ratings in USA Network debut

WWE Friday Night Smackdown debuted on USA Network last Friday night with 1.7 million viewers watching the Friday night spectacle.

By Chris Novak OnSep 18, 2024 0
Kansas City Chiefs place kicker Harrison Butker (7) celebrates after kicking the game-winning field goal as time expires in the fourth quarter of the NFL Week 2 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. The Chiefs took a 26-25 win with a go-ahead field goal as time expired.

NFL Week 2 ratings: CBS, Fox, NBC off to best starts in years

CBS is off to its best two-week start to the season since 1998-1999.

By Sean Keeley OnSep 17, 2024 1
Brock Purdy alongside Aaron Rodgers embracing after their Monday Night Football matchup.

Week 1 ‘Monday Night Football’ broadcast delivers impressive ratings for second straight year

20.5 million viewers tuned into Monday's Jets-49ers game across Disney/ESPN networks.

By Reice Shipley OnSep 10, 2024 1
Sep 8, 2024; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence (90) forces a fumble on Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) during the second half at Huntington Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images

NFL Week 1 ratings: Everyone’s a winner as networks draw huge numbers

Every network had something to celebrate in Week 1 of the NFL season thanks to soaring ratings on almost every platform that televised games.

By Matt Yoder OnSep 10, 2024 1
Chiefs Patrick Mahomes alongside Xavier Worthy

NBC’s Ravens-Chiefs broadcast most-watched season opener ever

An average of 28.9 million viewers tuned in to Thursday's season opener.

By Reice Shipley OnSep 7, 2024 1
Nick Saban, Pat McAfee, and Johnny Manziel on College GameDay

‘College GameDay’ posts third-highest viewed regular-season episode ever from Texas A&M

Week 1 saw College GameDay's most-watched regular-season episode since November 2016.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 4, 2024 0
USC's Woody Marks carries against LSU's Harold Perkins Jr.

ABC records best CFB Week One numbers since 2016

The LSU-USC game here was a big part of overall ABC ratings success.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 2, 2024 0
"College GameDay" in Ireland for Week 0 of the 2024 season.

Big Week 0 numbers for ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ and Georgia Tech-Florida State may boost that week further

The numbers for both College GameDay and Georgia Tech-Florida State were strong.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 27, 2024 1
Denny Hamlin

NASCAR exec says they prefer later race start times due to better television viewership

The impact of earlier start times on NASCAR viewership often goes underreported.

By Joe Lucia OnAug 22, 2024 7

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