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bases: College baseball Postseason play is bringing hefty ratings gains Jun 25, 2009 Much like a lot of sports these days, college baseball has seen ratings pick up over last year, perhaps because cash-strapped consumers are staying home and watching television instead of going out. Or maybe the College World Series is just proving to be an exciting matchup between the No. 1-ranked LSU Tigers and the Texas Longhorns, who fell to the Tigers in the first of a best-of-three matchup on Monday in an exciting 11-inning game. LSU beat Texas 7-6. After the Longhorns rebounded to take game two, the Tigers wrapped up their sixth CWS title, and first since 2000, with a win last night. Ratings have been good for ESPN and ESPN2 for most games in the NCAA postseason. For four games, ESPN was up 11 percent in households, to a 1 rating, based on ESPN’s analysis of Nielsen ratings. Its household audience was up 8 percent, to 976,000 homes. And its total audience was up 11 percent, to an average 1.28 million viewers. ESPN2 for eight games has seen bigger increases over last year. It was up 14 percent in households, to a 0.8 rating, while its household audience was up 19 percent, to 821,000 homes. ESPN2’s total audience for the NCAA games was up nearly 18 percent, to just over 1 million viewers. Meanwhile, both ESPN and ESPN2 pulled decent ratings last week, although well off the strong ratings generated for the recently concluded NBA post season. For the week ending Sunday, June 21, ESPN ranked No. 15 among all cable networks in total viewers with 1.1 million viewers. ESPN2 was No. 17 with just under 1.1 million people tuning in. In 18-49s, ESPN was No. 18 and ESPN2 ranked No. 24 with 441,000 and 387,000 viewers, respectively. *** In cable ratings for the week ended June 21:
TOP 25 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE NETWORKS
Rank
Primetime
Total Day
Net
(000)
Net
(000)
1
2850
NICK
1725
2
TNT
1766
1390
3
FOXN
1617
1263
4
1484
TNT
1052
5
TBSC
1193
ADSM*
1040
6
DISC
1053
FOXN
951
7
HGTV
1037
TOON
899
8
AEN
959
TBSC
694
9
TOON
932
DISC
619
10
LIF
929
ESPN
606
11
TLC
899
AEN
595
12
ESPN
893
TRU
580
13
FOOD
880
FOOD
565
14
HIST
879
HIST
556
15
ESP2
833
SPK
555
16
FX
831
HGTV
549
17
FAM
788
LIF
542
18
SPK
785
FX
505
19
TRU
768
CNN
479
20
BRAV
715
AMC
473
21
SCIF
711
TVLD
469
22
AMC
694
FAM
462
23
HALL
678
TLC
452
24
CMDY
663
HALL
444
25
MSNB
598
CMDY
418
* Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day.
TOP 25 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE PROGRAMS
Rank
Program
Net
(000)
1
The Closer
TNT
4782
2
Royal Pains
4516
3
Burn Notice
4108
4
WWE Entertainment
4040
5
Sprint Cup Racing/Sonoma
TNT
3906
6
NASCAR Post Race Show
TNT
3788
7
NCIS
3729
8
WWE Entertainment
3689
9
NCIS
3619
10
NCIS
3556
11
NCIS
3475
12
NCIS
3300
13
WWE Entertainment
2984
14
TNT
2901
15
iCarly
NICK
2871
16
The Real Housewives of
BRAV
2864
17
NCIS
2857
18
In Plain Sight
2842
19
iCarly Movie:iDate a Bad Boy
NICK
2830
20
NCIS
2769
21
Mr. Troop Mom
NICK
2704
22
NCIS
2702
23
The Penguins Of
NICK
2660
24
NCIS
2655
25
Raising The Bar
TNT
2635
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research data
TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE NETWORKS
Rank
PRIME TIME
TOTAL DAY
Net
(000)
Net
(000)
1
745
ADSM*
465
2
TBSC
506
388
3
373
NICK
325
4
TNT
372
308
5
SPK
371
TBSC
292
6
FX
348
TNT
254
7
DISC
338
SPK
234
8
CMDY
319
FX
199
9
TLC
310
ESPN
193
10
AEN
307
DISC
192
* Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day.
TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE SHOWS
Rank
PROGRAM
NET
(000)
1
WWE Entertainment
1504
2
The Real Housewives Of
BRAV
1460
3
Royal Pains
1418
4
WWE Entertainment
1380
5
Family Guy
ADSM
1198
6
Family Guy
ADSM
1186
7
Jon & Kate Plus 8
TLC
1113
8
Family Guy
ADSM
1104
9
Family Guy
ADSM
1103
10
Family Guy
TBSC
1065
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research data
TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE NETWORKS
Rank
PRIME TIME
TOTAL DAY
Net
(000)
Net
(000)
1
1702
702
2
TNT
974
678
3
TBSC
926
ADSM*
625
4
DISC
803
TNT
614
5
691
NICK
531
6
SPK
664
TBSC
531
7
FX
659
DISC
424
8
AEN
639
SPK
398
9
TLC
571
FX
371
10
FOOD
565
AEN
368
* Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day.
TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE SHOWS
Rank
PROGRAM
NET
(000)
1
WWE Entertainment
2942
2
Royal Pains
2825
3
WWE Entertainment
2746
4
NASCAR Post Race Show
TNT
2513
5
Burn Notice
2483
6
The Real Housewives Of
BRAV
2455
7
Sprint Cup Racing/Sonoma
TNT
2429
8
Deadliest Catch
DISC
2399
9
WWE Entertainment
2129
10
NCIS
1926
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research data
TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE NETWORKS
PRIME TIME
TOTAL DAY
Rank
Net
(000)
Net
(000)
1
1868
750
2
TNT
1094
TNT
661
3
TBSC
841
559
4
DISC
797
TBSC
465
5
AEN
634
NICK
439
6
FOOD
601
ADSM*
422
7
SPK
596
DISC
414
8
HIST
588
AEN
368
9
588
TRU
363
10
FX
587
SPK
344
* Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day.
TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE SHOWS
Rank
PROGRAM
NET
(000)
1
NASCAR Post Race Show
TNT
3046
2
Royal Pains
2977
3
Sprint Cup Racing/Sonoma
TNT
2935
4
WWE Entertainment
2869
5
WWE Entertainment
2785
6
Burn Notice
2765
7
The Closer
TNT
2594
8
Deadliest Catch
DISC
2508
9
NCIS
2330
10
The Real Housewives Of
BRAV
2276
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research data
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