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RATINGS RAT RACE: Big Turnout For Kobe-LeBron Showdown

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 27, 2010 @ 12:50pm PSTTags: ABC Ratings, Ratings Rat Race, TV, TV Ratings, TV Sports Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

The much hyped  faceoff between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James delivered big ratings for ABC. The Christmas Day game between Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers drew a 6.4 fast national rating. This was a 45% increase vs. last year’s Christmas Day Kobe-LeBron matchup (Cleveland/L.A. Lakers – 4.4 rating), and the network’s highest rating for an NBA regular season game since Christmas Day in 2004. That 2004 game (7.3 rating) also featured Miami Heat and LA Lakers and was highlighted by another rivalry – between Kobe and teammate-turned enemy Shaquille O’Neal. In Miami, the Saturday game delivered a 15.5 metered market rating, ABC’s highest-rated NBA regular season game ever. In Los Angeles, the game earned a 15.0 rating, ABC’s highest-rated NBA regular season game locally since the Miami-LA game in 2004 (17.0 rating). Overall, the NBA Christmas Day games lineup on ABC and ESPN delivered its highest cumulative audience ever. Compared to last year’s slate of games, household ratings on ESPN were up 20% (1.8 vs. 1.5).

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RATINGS RAT RACE: NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’ Down Slightly But Still Dominates

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday September 20, 2010 @ 8:51am PDTTags: ABC Ratings, CBS Ratings, NBC Ratings, NBC Sunday Night Football, Ratings, Sunday Night Football, The Gates, TV Ratings, TV Sports Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

‘Twas the night before Premiere Week, when all through the broadcast nets, not much was stirring besides football. An NFL overrun on CBS and Week 2 of NBC’s Sunday Night Football easily dominated a night filled with reruns and the season finale of ABC’s The Gates. SNF‘s telecast of “Manning Bowl II” between Peyton Manning’s Indianopolis Colts and Eli Manning’s New York Giants drew 15.2 overnight rating/24 share, down 8% from the sports program’s record-breaking premiere last week. If vs. “Manning Bowl I” in 2006, it was up 3%. A 43-minute football overrun on CBS boosted Read More »

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Record Ratings For Final Game; World Cup Finishes As The Most Watched Ever

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 12, 2010 @ 2:20pm PDTTags: 2010 World Cup, 2010 World Cup Final, Ratings, TV Ratings, TV Sports Ratings, Univision
Nellie Andreeva

2010_logo_largeHave Americans finally embraced the biggest sporting event in the world, the FIFA Men’s World Cup? It looks that way. Yesterday’s 2010 FIFA World Cup Final on ABC, in which Spain won over the Netherlands with an extra-time goal – was … Read More »

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