sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com - 11/11/2008
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ABC and CBS drew impressive ratings for college football coverage on Saturday.
While the highest profile game of the day may have been #1 Alabama's clash with #16 LSU, ABC drew the highest rating. Saturday Night Football, featuring Oklahoma State/Texas Tech or Cal/USC, drew a solid 5.9 ...
usatoday.com - 11/11/2008
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usatoday.com —
Conference commissioners and Barry Frank of IMG have
been meeting in Chicago since Sunday. Most of the...
commissioners left on Monday, but the ACC's John Swofford, this year's BCS coordinator, stayed behind to iron out details, according to several ...
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BCS discussing possible move from Fox to ESPN
sportsontheair.blogspot.com - 11/14/2008
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sportsontheair.blogspot.com —
Costa Mesa, CA (Nov 13, 2008) - There
were four news "events" this week related to the...
rights ownership of broadcast sports properties. First, you had what some called the "Heidi game" of NASCAR . The second was news that the Bowl Championship Series ...
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The Cablization of Television Sports Properties - Part I
hamptonroads.com - 11/10/2008
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hamptonroads.com —
We all know Jimmie Johnson is set for
his third title in a row, so with the...
drama all but gone from NASCAR, ABC moved the race to ESPN2 late in the event for ... "America's Funniest Home Videos.'' Yes, NASCARnation you've got to feel good that people ...
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Why people getting hit in the crotch is better than ...
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... medalist Michael Phelps. Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union looks at this week's college football TV schedule. And Pete has a look at next week's college football TV schedule. Roger van der Horst of the Raleigh News & Observer has the ACC football TV schedule for the next two weekends. The Dallas Morning News' Barry Horn looks at the ratings for last Saturday's Texas Tech-Oklahoma State game. The Sports Media Watch says college football on ABC and CBS scored on Saturday. The SMW also looks at the overnight ...
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Saturday Night Football ratings up 19%.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/10/2008 — After a year of higher ratings, Saturday Night Football ended the season with a double-digit decline.
The last Saturday Night Football telecast of the season, the Big 12 Championship Game between Missouri and Oklahoma, drew a 5.5/10 final rating and ...
More strong numbers for Saturday Night Football.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/4/2008 — Another big time Big 12 battle drew impressive ratings on ABC last Saturday.
Oklahoma's 61-41 win over Oklahoma State drew a 5.7/10 final rating and 9.5 million viewers on ABC Saturday night, the fifth highest rating of the season for a college ...
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NASCAR ratings down.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 11/13/2008 — Ratings dropped for ABC's abbreviated NASCAR coverage on Sunday.
The Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 drew a 3.6/7 final rating and 5.7 million viewers on ABC Sunday afternoon, down 5% and 6% respectively from a 3.8/7 and 6 million for the same race ...
Big 12 Scores In Top Ten Rated College Games in 2008
sportsontheair.blogspot.com 12/13/2008 — Athens, GA (Dec 12, 2008) - While the 2008 SEC Championship had its highest rating ever, as well as the highest rating this season, the Big 12 was dominant over the course of the 2008 season. According to Nielsen, the Big 12 took 7 of the remaining ...
More on NBA Christmas ratings.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/27/2008 — ABC got just what it wanted for Christmas.
The network's Christmas Day NBA doubleheader, featuring Spurs/Suns and Celtics/Lakers, averaged a 4.3 rating and 7.9 million viewers, up 30% and 43% respectively from a 3.3 with 5.5 million for last year's ...
Rose Bowl ratings up.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — The lone BCS bowl on ABC saw a bump in the ratings.
USC's win over Penn State in the Rose Bowl drew an 11.7/21 final rating and 20.6 million viewers on ABC last Thursday, up 5% and 8% respectively from an 11.1/19 and 19.0 million for Illinois/USC ...
Big blowouts garner big ratings.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 11/25/2008 — A tripleheader of uncompetitive blowouts still drew strong ratings on ABC Saturday afternoon.
Ohio State's 42-7 romp of Michigan drew a 5.1 overnight rating from 12-3:30 PM Saturday, down 20% from a 6.4 for the same matchup a week earlier in 2007. ...
ABC News
abcnews.go.com 2/5/2009 — ABC News
College football notes.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 2/12/2009 — The college football season may be months away, but rematches of last season's two highest-rated regular season games have already been slotted for national TV.
The September 12 rematch between USC and Ohio State will air in prime time, but not on ...
