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‘College GameDay’ celebrates most-watched regular season ever
After adding Nick Saban this year, ESPN's College GameDay is celebrating the best season in the thirty-year-plus history of the show.
ACC reportedly exploring ratings-based payments, which might alter college sports, but could keep Florida State and Clemson
‘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.
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.
Giant men’s basketball number fits with overall impressive Sunday Olympics viewership for NBC
The U.S.-Serbia men's basketball clash beat the U.S. team's gold-medal game in Tokyo, as well as an NBA Finals game this year.
Caitlin Clark’s impact shown in latest WNBA ratings, but other players are also making an impact
The WNBA ratings rise is about more than just Clark.
Caitlin Clark-Olympics discourse on marketing misses the point
NBA Finals Game 1 blowout slips to three-year viewership low
11.04 million viewers (including 43,000 on ESPN Deportes and 10.99 million on ABC) watched Boston's 18-point win.
Iowa-LSU averages 12.3 million viewers, most-watched women’s college basketball game ever
Iowa-LSU set incredible viewership numbers for ESPN.
The NCAA Tournament’s first full day was its most-watched in a decade
Led by Oakland's upset of Kentucky, March Madness' first full day drew strong numbers.
NCAA Tournament First Four viewership up double digits from 2023
The First Four set the 2024 NCAA Tournament off to a hot start.
Fox’s Christmas Day Giants-Eagles broadcast set network high, saw huge year-over-year jump
This was the most-watched Christmas Day broadcast of any kind ever on Fox.
ABC’s Christmas Day Ravens-49ers broadcast draws historic ratings
This was the second-most-watched Monday Night Football game since 1996.
Raiders-Chiefs, with lots of Taylor Swift shots, drew NFL’s best Christmas rating since…1989
This was the highest-rated Christmas Day broadcast ever on CBS.
‘Thursday Night Football’ Saints-Rams clash sees ratings rebound, return of double-digit year-over-year growth
This season has seen year-over-year double-digit growth in TNF ratings for 13 of 14 games.
ESPN sets viewership records for NCAA women’s volleyball semifinals
ESPN saw 52 percent year-over-year growth for their NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship semifinals broadcasts.
‘College GameDay’ and ‘Big Noon Kickoff’ both (again) claim ratings victory, but gap’s closing
Smackdown women power strong ratings again, showing they’ll be just fine without Roman Reigns for now
Smackdown viewership and ratings were level this week, showing that the women will do just fine keeping interest without Roman Reigns around.
NBC Sports’ NASCAR ratings up across the board from 2022
NBC boasted viewership and ratings gains across the board for its coverage of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Should you care about World Series ratings?
World Series ratings have reached historic lows. Should sports fans care about the predicament or just enjoy the show?
Wisconsin-Nebraska volleyball outdraws Huskers’ football team on BTN
This match drew 612,000 viewers, more than the Northwestern-Nebraska football lead-in (560,000).
Around Aaron Rodgers’ injury, Bills-Jets sets ESPN viewership record for ‘Monday Night Football’
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.