Ratings have dropped slightly for the 2012 NCAA Tournament entering the Final Four. Coverage of the NCAA Tournament averaged a combined 5.7 U.S. rating on CBS, TNT, TBS and TruTV through Sunday’s games, down 5% from last year (6.0), but…
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3/28 – MLB Network Will Now Air A’s-Mariners Live From Japan on Thursday, March 29
MLB Network has decided to air Thursday’s second game from the Tokyo Dome between the Mariners and A’s live at 5 a.m. ET/2 a.m. PT. MLB Network will have a replay of Thursday’s game immediately following its conclusion and then…
3/28 – MLB Network Announces First Live Game Schedule for 2012 Season, Other Programming
With Opening Day less than two weeks away, MLB Network today announced its live game schedule for the 2012 regular season through Friday, May 4. The schedule features the return of 30 Games, 30 Clubs, 30 Days, a package of…
3/28 – “Sportfolio” on Bloomberg TV Takes A Look At “Baseball By The Numbers” March 28
Sportfolio, the weekly sports business show hosted by Rick Horrow on Bloomberg Television, spent several days in and around the first ever Society For American Baseball Research (SABR) Convention two weeks ago in Mesa, Arizona, and will present a special…
3/28 – Golf Channel Announces Three-Year TV Rights Extension to Kraft Nabisco Championship
Golf Channel and the LPGA Tour have agreed to an exclusive three- year extension of the network’s exclusive rights to the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the season’s first major championship. The joint announcement was made this week by LPGA Tour Commissioner…
3/28 – DC Sports TV & Radio Schedule
MLB Seattle vs. Oakland — Root Sports Northwest, 6 a.m. (live)/MLB Network, 9 a.m. (same day coverage) New York Yankees vs. Atlanta — ESPN, 1 p.m. Washington vs. New York Mets — SNY, 1 p.m./MLB Network, 4 p.m. Texas vs.…
3/27 – Kogod Added to Washington Post’s Sports Bog
Sarah Kogod, a writer for sites like Deadspin and NBC Washington, is being added to the Washington Post’s Sports Bog starting March 26. The Sports Bog, which is authored by writer Dan Steinberg, will now introduce a daily morning roundup…
3/27 – NFL Announces Cowboys-Giants to Open 2012 Season
The Super Bowl champion New York Giants will host the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium in the 2012 season-opening NFL Kickoff game on Wednesday, September 5 (NBC, 8:30 PM ET), the NFL announced today. NBC will televise the game at…
3/27 – Over 600,000 Viewers Watch ESPN First Take Special
ESPN drew a 0.50 U.S. rating and 603,000 viewers for a special, primetime edition of ‘ESPN First Take’ on Friday. While that is far from an impressive audience, the show did outdraw recent events such as the NFL Combine on…
3/27 – Auto Club 500 Earns Lowest Overnight In Years
Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Auto Club 500 from Fontana drew a 3.4 overnight rating on FOX, down 17% from the same race last year (4.1), and down 19% from the comparable Food City 500 in 2010 (4.2). The 3.4 overnight…