Highlights include: Sunday, January 29 NFL Pro Bowl, 7 p.m. ET — NBC Monday, January 30 NBC SportsTalk, LIVE from the Super Bowl, 4-7 p.m. ET — NBCSN Tuesday, January 31 NBC SportsTalk, LIVE from the Super Bowl, 4-7 p.m.…
1/24 – HBO’s Real Sports’ New Season Premieres Tonight
Entering its 18th season, Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel presents more enterprising features and reporting when its 178th edition, available in HDTV, debuts TUESDAY, JAN. 24 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT & 9:00 p.m. CT). Segments include: Toradol in the NFL. Real…
1/24 – NBC’s Caps/Pens Up Slightly From Last Year
NBC earned a 1.1 overnight rating for the Capitals/Penguins NHL regular season game on Sunday, up a tick from last year (PHI/CHI: 1.0), but down 15% from 2010 (PIT/PHI: 1.3), according to Sports Business Daily.
1/24 – NBA TV Earns Largest Ever Regular Season Audience
The January 14 Lakers/Clippers NBA regular season game drew 756,000 viewers on NBA TV, the largest audience ever for a regular season NBA game on the network. Keep in mind NBA TV has only been a Nielsen-rated network for two…
1/24 – FOX Earns 0.9 Overnight For Manchester United/Arsenal
Sunday’s Manchester United/Arsenal English Premier League match, the first ever live EPL telecast on U.S. broadcast television, earned a 0.9 overnight rating on FOX — lower than the overnights for the network’s previous three EPL telecasts this season, which each…
1/24 – USA TODAY Acquires Big Lead Sports Digital Property and Fantasy Sports Ventures
The USA TODAY Sports Media Group announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Fantasy Sports Ventures (FSV) and Big Lead Sports, the largest independent digital sports property in North America. USA TODAY’s parent company, Gannett Co. Inc., was…