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Ratings for the ESPN debut of ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ were down from the same slot last year
The Pat McAfee Show's linear debut on ESPN Thursday averaged 228,000 viewers, lower than what SportsCenter averaged in that slot last year.
Ratings are down for FS1’s revamped ‘Undisputed’ so far
By Wednesday, Undisputed was all the way down to 78,000 viewers.
VAB CEO Sean Cunningham claims Nielsen changes greatly favor Amazon over other networks
"The changes Nielsen wants to force into NFL currency next week are greatly favoring a single NFL publisher (Amazon) with single-digit share of live sports programming, through an opaque process that essentially builds a walled garden with favorable fundamentals for Amazon in the NFL, in one of the most competitive, highly valued properties in US marketing."
Nielsen blasts Video Advertising Bureau around Thursday Night Football measurement controversy
"We believe that our principled, transparent and open approach to integrating first-party data requires all publishers to play by the same rules and will accelerate the industry’s move toward a streaming-first world."
Little League World Series most-watched since 2015
The championship game was also the most-watched since 2019.
CBS’ Sean McManus and VAB’s Sean Cunningham blast proposed Amazon measurement changes
"Anything that is not impartial and unbiased is unacceptable to us. I must say that we think it's extremely odd and unfortunate that different rules are suddenly applying to one platform."
While some say dynasties are bad for sports, the ratings say otherwise
There’s no solid evidence from a viewership standpoint to suggest that dynasties and dominance are bad for the game.
Heat-Celtics Game 7 was TNT’s most-watched Eastern Conference Finals broadcast ever
An average of 11.9 million people watched Monday's Game 7.
Three months later, Super Bowl LVII becomes most-watched U.S. broadcast ever thanks to Nielsen correction
It turns out Fox did set that record after all.
Overall NFL Draft viewership up double digits over 2022
At any given point in time, an average audience of six million people were watching draft coverage on the NFL's broadcast and digital platforms.
Kings-Warriors draws largest first-round audience on any network in 21 years for ABC
The ABC broadcast of Kings-Warriors Game 4 Sunday averaged 7.5 million viewers.
Masters final round draws highest golf audience in five years
This was the most-viewed round of golf on any network since the 2018 Masters final round.
Warriors-Lakers draws largest non-Christmas NBA regular season audience in four years
The NBA did quite well on Sunday.
XFL viewership falls in Week 2, but is level with USFL Week 2 last year
XFL viewership slid, but Week 3 will be a key barometer for the league going forward.
LIV Golf CW broadcasts drew under 300,000 viewers both Saturday and Sunday
Per Nielsen, LIV Golf's inaugural Saturday and Sunday broadcasts on The CW averaged 286,000 and 291,000 viewers respectively.
NFL-commissioned Nielsen survey reports big reach and audience gains for Super Bowl LVII
This survey suggests a gain from the previous Nielsen numbers on reach (from 182.6 million to 200 million viewers, a nine percent bump) and average minute audience (from 113.1 million to 136 million viewers, a 20 percent rise).
First four XFL windows drop more than half from 2020 equivalents
The XFL's first four games fell 54 to 65 percent from comparable 2020 XFL windows.
