Awful Announcing
While the Game of Thrones premiere didn't pass big NFL games or many Winter Olympics nights, it did come awfully close to MLB and NBA final-game ratings in 2018, and beat the Kentucky Derby, the Masters and more.
ESPN PR put out a release that Michael Kay's show "beats" Mike Francesa's. But that's only if you count ESPN's streaming and discount WFAN's.
With the constant worrying over the long decline of NASCAR ratings on American television over the last several...
The NCAA Tournament ratings have been up so far, but how much of that is from fans only interested in Zion Williamson and Duke? We'll find out in the Final Four.
Francesa's old partner, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, will be appearing on ESPN New York instead of WFAN in the final day of the ratings book battle.
Sunday's third-game window, featuring Duke's narrow win over UCF, drew an 11.9/24 household rating/share.
The lower number continues the trend of lower ratings for the NBA this season
The Virginia-Duke audience peaked at 4,980,000 viewers for the final minutes, a nice lead-in to the UFC Fight Night prelims.
Two overtime games give CBS and Fox ratings wins on Sunday.
The 8.3 average rating was the third-lowest on record, and the average viewership of 14.13 million viewers (on linear Fox) was the fourth-lowest.
NBC was quick to point out the difference in World Series games in its ratings
The numbers look particularly good next to 2016's poor matchups, but they're also a rise over last year's solidly-rated NL coverage.
It's just a data point, but MLB ratings on ESPN went up in 2018, and that could be very good news for MLB going forward.
Unsurprisingly, a close game between the Yankees and Red Sox drew an impressive audience.
