Category: Television (Page 5 of 73)

      Cavs/Celtics draws near record viewers

      May 15, 2010 /

      Per Multichannel News…

      ESPN’s exclusive telecast of the Eastern Conference semifinal Game 6 on May 13 averaged a 6.6 household rating and 8.93 million viewers, according to Nielsen data, the second most ever for the network with a basketball game. Celts-Cavs trailed only the 6.9 rating and 9.88 million watchers ESPN averaged with its Game 4 coverage of the 2009 Western Conference finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets.

      The Cleveland/Boston telecast is now ESPN’s highest-rated and most-viewed conference semifinal to date, surpassing last year’s Game 6 between the Lakers and Houston Rockets, which posted a 5.4 rating and 7.35 million viewers.

      ESPN officials said the May 13 telecast is the worldwide leader’s third most-viewed program of 2010 and the fifth most-watched NBA playoff game in cable history among households and viewers.

      Now that LeBron has been eliminated from the postseason, it will be interesting to see if his pending free agency overshadows what is shaping up to be a pretty competitive NBA final four.

      External Sports, Fantasy Basketball, NBA, News, Television

      Sports Illustrated lists its Top 20 all-time sportscasters

      May 15, 2010 /

      Sports Illustrated put out this list of what it believes to be the Top 20 all-time sportscasters. Some of these guys are before my time, but unfortunately, most of them are not. Anyway, here is the list and a snappy comment or two, as well as who they missed and who I’m glad is not on here:

      1. Jim McKay—The Bob Costas of his time. McKay hosted ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” as well as The Olympics. It’s hard to argue with putting him on top here, but it’s also easy to argue for a few of these others to be #1.

      2. Vin Scully—If I hear ol’ Vin doing a game on TV, and with the MLB package it’s nice to still hear him doing Dodgers’ games, I don’t care who is playing….I stop and watch, and listen. It’s just comforting to hear the guy’s voice, which was made for broadcasting baseball.

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      Barstool Debates, External Sports, Television

      Running diary of March Madness: Thursday

      March 18, 2010 /

      I’ll be doing a running diary of the first day of March Madness, so feel free to comment or ask questions throughout the day.

      8:38 AM (PT): We’re tipping off with two good matchups (Notre Dame/Old Dominion, BYU/Florida) and a probable snoozer (Villanova/Robert Morris). Jeff Sagarin says that Old Dominion is a really tight matchup, but his numbers don’t take into account how well the Irish are playing of late. Ken Pomeroy’s ratings show BYU to be a top 10 team, so it will be interesting to see how they fare against an SEC team that got new life on Sunday. When I saw BYU play UNLV in the MWC semis, I wasn’t very impressed, but in all fairness, it was essentially a road game for the Cougars. The numbers say they are highly efficient offensively and defensively.

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      College Basketball, March Madness, Television

      Couch Potato Alert (3/13)

      March 13, 2010 /

      Look at this list of games slated for Championship Saturday…

      (All times ET.)

      1 PM: #2 Kentucky/#13 Tennessee – ABC
      1 PM: #17 Temple/Rhode Island – CBS CS
      1:30 PM: #4 Duke/Miami – ESPN
      1:40 PM: #7 Ohio St./Illinois – CBS
      3 PM: #23 Vanderbilt/Mississippi St. – ABC
      3:30 PM: Richmond/Xavier – CBS CS
      4 PM: #5 Purdue/Minnesota – CBS
      6 PM: #1 Kansas/#9 Kansas St. – ESPN
      6 PM: Washington/California – CBS
      7 PM: San Diego St./UNLV – VS
      9 PM: #6 West Virginia/#22 Georgetown – ESPN

      Every team listed is either a tourney team or a bubble team, save for Miami, who are hoping to get an automatic bid by winning the ACC tournament. There are two future #1 seeds (Kansas and Kentucky) along with five wannabes (Duke, Ohio State, West Virginia, Kansas State and Purdue).

      It should be a fun Saturday indeed.

      College Basketball, March Madness, Television

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