NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage on ESPN led Sunday’s cable sports landscape both in total viewers and adults 18-49. This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched alphabetically by Network. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster way to go if you’re looking for something specific. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Sunday November 9, 2014:
Cable Sports TV Ratings for Saturday November 8, 2014
Georgia vs. Kentucky college football was the most-watched cable sporting event on Saturday and Oregon vs. Utah (also on ESPN) fared the best with adults 18-49. This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched alphabetically by Network. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster way to go if you’re looking for something specific. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Saturday November 8, 2014:
Baylor-Oklahoma Is Fox Sports 1’s Most-Watched Game This Season with 2.05 Million Viewers
via Fox Sports 1 press notes: BAYLOR-OKLAHOMA IS FOX SPORTS 1’s MOST-WATCHED GAME THIS SEASON; SETS DEMO RECORD – Baylor came into Saturday’s Big 12 match-up against No. 16 Oklahoma ranked 10th in the nation. After a decisive 48-14 victory, the Bears moved up to No. 6, while knocking the Sooners out of the Top 25. The game, its lopsided score notwithstanding, attracted 2,048,000 viewers on FOX Sports 1, America’s…
ESPN (of course) dominates sports networks for week ending November 9, 2014
Not much new under the sun when it comes to ESPN. More interesting perhaps to focus on how unhappy NBC Sports Network must be that it’s losing to NBA TV. If you lean to half full rather than half empty glasses you can focus on how happy NBA TV must be that it’s besting NBC Sports Network. Primetime: Net Viewers (000) Viewers 18-49 (000) ESPN 3,049 1,367 NFLN 1,261 557…
Alabama/LSU Overtime Thriller Averages 9.1 Million Viewers on CBS
Alabama’s dramatic victory over LSU on Saturday night averaged 9.109 million viewers and a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating for CBS. That easily surpassed Ohio St. vs. Michigan State in head-to-head competition. The Big 10 game averaged 6.825M viewers and a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating for ABC.
Cable Sports TV Ratings for Friday November 7, 2014
LeBron and the Cavaliers vs. Nuggets led ESPN to the top of cable sports on Friday. With numerous networks and telecasts I’m playing around with the sort format. This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched by Network. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster way to go if you’re looking for something specific. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Friday November 7, 2014:
“Iron Bowl” (Auburn at Alabama) to air on ESPN November 29, 2014 at 7:45p
via ESPN: College Football: Auburn at Alabama “Iron Bowl” Highlights ESPN’s Remaining SEC Schedule
Alabama-LSU SEC draws a 5.3 Household Rating in CBS Primetime; Texas A&M/Auburn a 4.5 HH Rating
Note: in preliminary non-Timezone adjusted Nielsen Fast Nationals, Alabama/LSU averaged 8.4 million viewers. But the meat of the game — the fourth quarter and overtime — went well past primetime. While the metered market numbers below are timezone adjusted, it appears they too are only for the 8-11p portion of the game (translation: final numbers likely much, much better). CBS press notes: