First Take took 4 of the top 5 spots with Sunday’s Fantasy Show taking the other. First Take has plenty of haters, but…if numbers never lie (as opposed to His & Hers which was formerly Numbers Never Lie and still listed as such in the table below)…
NFL local market rankings for the week of November 10-16, 2014
Milwaukee again ranked #1 among local market ratings for the week ending November 16, 2014 for the Eagles vs. Packers game. Just because Milwaukee is #1 in the list below and New York is dead last, don’t take that to mean more people watched the Eagles/Packers game in Milwaukee than watched the 49ers/Giants game in NY. That isn’t the case.
Cable Sports TV Ratings for Tuesday November 18, 2014
Technically, the 19 minute pregame for Kansas vs. Kentucky led all the cable sports networks on Tuesday, but the two-hour and ten minute Kansas vs. Kentucky blowout led “real” sports followed by Michigan St vs. Duke. Table is sorted from most-viewed to least-viewed today and it looks like the data received today didn’t include anything that “scratched” (too few Nielsen panelists for Nielsen to validate the numbers). Below the first table…
Cable Sports TV Ratings for Monday November 17, 2014
The Steelers/Titans Monday Night Football matchup on ESPN easily led the sports networks (and all of cable, for that matter) in total viewership and with adults 18-49. This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched. 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 Monday November 17, 2014:
Cable Sports TV Ratings for Sunday November 16, 2014
NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage on ESPN led Sunday’s cable sports landscape both in total viewers and adults 18-49. This is sorted alphabetically by Network then from most-watched to least-watched. 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 16, 2014:
Cable Sports TV Ratings for Saturday November 15, 2014
The Auburn vs. Georgia game on ESPN led all cable sports network viewing on Saturday in both total viewers and adults 18-49. This is sorted alphabetically by Network and then from most-watched to least-watched. 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 15, 2014:
Respectable growth in ‘Grantland Basketball’s” 2nd telecast
‘The Grantland Basketball Hour’ debuted on ESPN on Thursday October 23 at 7p to 549,000 viewers. After a 3 week break, it returned for its second episode last Thursday (also on ESPN at 7p) having perked up to 702,000 viewers. Not wildly fantastic, but not shabby either.
ESPN (of course) still dominates sports networks for week ending November 16, 2014
Not much new under the sun when it comes to ESPN. If it seems like these rankers never change from a relative ranking perspective that’s because they usually don’t. NFL Network will fade once it has no more games to air, but that’s still weeks into the future. Primetime for the week ending November 16: Net Viewers (000) Viewers 18-49 (000) ESPN 3,048 1,398 NFLN 1,183 541 ESP2 836 287…