Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Sports Media Digest- October 16, 2013

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SEC Football Fairing Well on CBS

CBS Sports reports today that through five games its series of SEC football games is averaging a 4.6 rating and 7.3 million viewers, the highest rated and most watched games since CBS began its SEC-only schedule in 2001.
The 4.6 rating and 7.3 million viewers are 48% and 49% above 2012′s numbers.

Fox Still Seeing Strong Numbers for ALCS

Fox Sports announced today that through three games of the American League Championship Series, the network is averaging a 4.4 rating and 6.9 million viewers, a 26% increase over the network’s coverage of the NLCS in 2012.  The rating is also the highest for the ALCS on Fox since the 2009 series between the Yankees and Angels.
Tuesday’s game three had a rating of 3.7 and an audience of  5.6 million viewers, up 37% from the NLCS of 2012.

TBS Seeing Viewership Gains for NLCS

Turner Sports reports that TBS’ coverage of the National League Championship Series is seeing viewership gains over the last time the network covered the NLCS in 2011.
Through four games TBS  is averaging a 3.2 rating and five million total viewers, up 23% and 22% compared with a 2.6  rating and 4.1 million total viewers for the same number of games in 2011.

NFL Action Still Ruling the Roost

The NFL is still the top draw in the television ratings world.  For the past week NFL games were the number one rated program in 28 of the 30 NFL markets:
Week of 10/7-10/13 

HH
HH
RTG
MarketGame
Date
RTG
SHR
Rank
New OrleansSaints at Patriots10/13/201352.873
1
Kansas CityRaiders at Chiefs10/13/201342.172
1
MilwaukeePackers at Ravens10/13/201340.975
1
DenverJaguars at Broncos10/13/201340.375
1
PittsburghSteelers at Jets10/13/201335.765
1
DallasRedskins at Cowboys10/13/201335.352
1
BostonSaints at Patriots10/13/201335.162
1
SeattleTitans at Seahawks10/13/201334.466
1
Washington, DCRedskins at Cowboys10/13/201333.352
1
CincinnatiBengals at Bills10/13/201332.457
1
BuffaloBengals at Bills10/13/201332.162
1
ClevelandLions at Browns10/13/201330.859
1
BaltimorePackers at Ravens10/13/201328.652
1
MinneapolisPanthers at Vikings10/13/201327.563
1
ChicagoGiants at Bears**10/10/201327.342
1
NashvilleTitans at Seahawks10/13/201326.843
1
HoustonRams at Texans10/13/201324.650
1
PhiladelphiaEagles at Buccaneers10/13/201324.551
1
CharlottePanthers at Vikings10/13/201324.148
1
PhoenixCardinals at 49ers10/13/201323.146
1
AtlantaJets at Falcons*10/07/201321.633
1
San Fran-OaklandCardinals at 49ers10/13/201321.356
1
TampaEagles at Buccaneers10/13/201319.942
1
JacksonvilleJaguars at Broncos10/13/201319.834
1
San DiegoSaints at Patriots10/13/201317.841
1
IndianapolisPackers at Ravens10/13/201316.333
1
New YorkSteelers at Jets10/13/201313.633
1
MiamiSaints at Patriots10/13/201313.425
1

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