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awhom111
09-05-2018, 12:32 AM
The Army game averaged 503,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .13
F18-49: .09
M18-49: .18
18-34: .07
F12-34: .04
M12-34: .08
25-54: .19
50+: 26

awhom111
09-11-2018, 09:33 PM
The Northwestern game averaged 337,000 viewers.

awhom111
09-18-2018, 09:34 PM
The Baylor game averaged 291,000 viewers.

awhom111
10-02-2018, 09:33 PM
The Virginia Tech game averaged 723,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .21
F18-49: .15
M18-49: .28
18-34: .15
F12-34: .09
M12-34: .17
25-54: .24
50+: .36

awhom111
11-07-2018, 12:46 AM
The Miami game averaged 620,00 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .17
F18-49: .11
M18-49: .24
18-34: .12
F12-34: .11
M12-34: .15
25-54: .21
50+: .30

bullettoothtony
11-07-2018, 08:23 PM
Do we know Duke-Kentucky ratings yet?

awhom111
11-08-2018, 12:54 AM
Do we know Duke-Kentucky ratings yet?

Ratings usually come out shortly after 4pm ET.

I usually post them when I get the chance at night.


The Kentucky game averaged 2,849,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: 1.23
F18-49: .59
M18-49: 1.87
18-34: 1.25
F12-34: .43
M12-34: 1.65
25-54: 1.18
50+: .94

bullettoothtony
11-08-2018, 11:12 AM
^ thank you

JasonEvans
11-08-2018, 01:34 PM
The Kentucky game averaged 2,849,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: 1.23
F18-49: .59
M18-49: 1.87
18-34: 1.25
F12-34: .43
M12-34: 1.65
25-54: 1.18
50+: .94

awhom, can you post the numbers for the Kansas-MSU game? Also, was there a fifteen minute or half hour breakdown of the Duke-Kentucky ratings? I am betting the first half was significantly higher than the second as the game was clearly a blowout and it was late at night. I would imagine KY fans and even some Dukies chose to go to sleep rather than watch what was clearly tremendous mismatch.

I know that this Duke-KY was very similar to last year's Champion's Classic versus MSU (which averaged 2,967,000 viewers) but I suspect the numbers were a lot higher if we only look at the first half or so.

-jk
11-08-2018, 03:07 PM
awhom, can you post the numbers for the Kansas-MSU game? Also, was there a fifteen minute or half hour breakdown of the Duke-Kentucky ratings? I am betting the first half was significantly higher than the second as the game was clearly a blowout and it was late at night. I would imagine KY fans and even some Dukies chose to go to sleep rather than watch what was clearly tremendous mismatch.

I know that this Duke-KY was very similar to last year's Champion's Classic versus MSU (which averaged 2,967,000 viewers) but I suspect the numbers were a lot higher if we only look at the first half or so.

Not sure about sleep... I had two screens going - the big one for the game and the little one for that other business.

-jk

awhom111
11-08-2018, 09:52 PM
awhom, can you post the numbers for the Kansas-MSU game? Also, was there a fifteen minute or half hour breakdown of the Duke-Kentucky ratings? I am betting the first half was significantly higher than the second as the game was clearly a blowout and it was late at night. I would imagine KY fans and even some Dukies chose to go to sleep rather than watch what was clearly tremendous mismatch.

I know that this Duke-KY was very similar to last year's Champion's Classic versus MSU (which averaged 2,967,000 viewers) but I suspect the numbers were a lot higher if we only look at the first half or so.

I have not seen breakdowns. ESPN would usually be the one to publicize that sort of thing themselves, but they probably are not motivated to do so in this case.

Kansas-Michigan State (1,996,000 viewers):
18-49: .76
F18-49: .40
M18-49: 1.13
18-34: .78
F12-34: .29
M12-34: .94
25-54: .72
50+: .81

Football Rankings Show (2,892,000 viewers):
18-49: 1.17
F18-49: .62
M18-49: 1.73
18-34: 1.16
F12-34: .47
M12-34: 1.50
25-54: 1.13
50+: 1.02

Pghdukie
11-11-2018, 12:58 PM
After the Kty game - it will be interesting to see how Duke hoops match up to the NFL ratings !

awhom111
11-13-2018, 09:47 PM
The Army game (basketball edition) averaged 658,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .24
F18-49: .13
M18-49: .35
18-34: .19
F12-34: .14
M12-34: .23
25-54: .28
50+: .24

awhom111
11-21-2018, 01:24 AM
The Clemson game averaged 2,452,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .63
F18-49: .43
M18-49: .84
18-34: .49
F12-34: .27
M12-34: .65
25-54: .81
50+: 1.27

The San Diego State game averaged 850,000 viewers,

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .31
F18-49: .14
M18-49: .48
18-34: .29
F12-34: .11
M12-34: .41
25-54: .29
50+: .34

A replay of the game on ESPNU at 1am ET also made the top 150 in cable broadcasts among viewers 18-49 so we also found out it averaged 61,000 viewers.

awhom111
11-22-2018, 01:21 AM
The Auburn game averaged 2,167,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .79
F18-49: .42
M18-49: 1.15
18-34: .76
F12-34: .38
M12-34: .89
25-54: .87
50+: .87

hallcity
11-26-2018, 10:22 AM
From Sports Media Watch (http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/11/nfl-thanksgiving-ratings-lebron-duke/):

The Gonzaga-Duke Maui Invitational Championship earned a 1.7 overnight rating on ESPN Wednesday afternoon, the highest for the title game since 2010. Overnights for last year’s final were not available.

Tuesday’s Duke-Auburn semifinal had 2.17 million viewers, up 422% from last year’s first semifinal, which aired in the early afternoon (Marquette-Wichita State: 415K). It ranks as the second-most watched college basketball game this season, pending final results for Wednesday’s final. The top spot belongs to Duke-Kentucky in the Champions Classic (2.85M).

Aided by the strong lead-in, Gonzaga-Arizona had 1.26 million (+153%).

I don't understand why they played the championship game at 5:00 EST. It would have drawn far more viewers if it had been played at 9:00 EST even if they had moved it to ESPN2.

arnie
11-26-2018, 12:28 PM
From Sports Media Watch (http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/11/nfl-thanksgiving-ratings-lebron-duke/):

The Gonzaga-Duke Maui Invitational Championship earned a 1.7 overnight rating on ESPN Wednesday afternoon, the highest for the title game since 2010. Overnights for last year’s final were not available.

Tuesday’s Duke-Auburn semifinal had 2.17 million viewers, up 422% from last year’s first semifinal, which aired in the early afternoon (Marquette-Wichita State: 415K). It ranks as the second-most watched college basketball game this season, pending final results for Wednesday’s final. The top spot belongs to Duke-Kentucky in the Champions Classic (2.85M).

Aided by the strong lead-in, Gonzaga-Arizona had 1.26 million (+153%).

I don't understand why they played the championship game at 5:00 EST. It would have drawn far more viewers if it had been played at 9:00 EST even if they had moved it to ESPN2.

Cavs - Lakers/Lebron at 8 that night. Moving to the deuce wouldn’t work as the two games would compete for b-ball viewers.

awhom111
11-27-2018, 12:35 AM
The Gonzaga game averaged 2,296,000 and the day was an overall winner for ESPN.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .72
F18-49: .33
M18-49: 1.11
18-34: .66
F12-34: .32
M12-34: .90
25-54: .79
50+: .98

awhom111
11-29-2018, 10:52 PM
The Indiana game averaged 1,590,000 viewers. The ESPNEWS portion of the broadcast averaged 172,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .60
F18-49: .30
M18-49: .90
18-34: .53
F12-34: .22
M12-34: .66
25-54: .64
50+: .63

awhom111
12-04-2018, 09:40 PM
The ESPN2 portion of the Stetson game averaged 297,000 viewers.

awhom111
12-06-2018, 09:52 PM
The Hartford game averaged 708,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .28
F18-49: .16
M18-49: .41
18-34: .32
F12-34: .13
M12-34: .38
25-54: .25
50+: .25

awhom111
12-12-2018, 12:55 AM
The Yale game averaged 1,134,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .41
F18-49: .23
M18-49: .60
18-34: .37
F12-34: .17
M12-34: .45
25-54: .12
50+: .45

awhom111
12-20-2018, 12:48 AM
The Princeton game averaged 554,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .21
F18-49: .13
M18-49: .29
18-34: .18
F12-34: .11
M12-34: .20
25-54: .23
50+: .19

awhom111
12-21-2018, 09:35 PM
The Texas Tech game averaged 1,553,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .51
F18-49: .28
M18-49: .74
18-34: .49
F12-34: .22
M12-34: .60
25-54: .50
50+: .71

awhom111
12-29-2018, 12:51 AM
The Temple game averaged 1,801,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .39
F18-49: .18
M18-49: .60
18-34: .31
F12-34: .10
M12-34: .42
25-54: .53
50+: 1.08

Pghdukie
01-07-2019, 09:31 PM
Very, very curious about the tv numbers for the Clemson game - opposite NFL game.I hope I can count on awhom as always.
Thanks in advance.

awhom111
01-09-2019, 12:44 AM
The Clemson game averaged 1,260,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .47
F18-49: .30
M18-49: .64
18-34: .43
F12-34: .23
M12-34: .47
25-54: .48
50+: .51


Very, very curious about the tv numbers for the Clemson game - opposite NFL game.I hope I can count on awhom as always.
Thanks in advance.

The football game itself averaged 29,377,000 viewers.

awhom111
01-09-2019, 11:48 PM
The Wake Forest game averaged 1,304,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .49
F18-49: .33
M18-49: .67
18-34: .39
F12-34: .22
M12-34: .44
25-54: .55
50+: .50

awhom111
01-16-2019, 12:43 AM
The Florida State game averaged 2,275,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .69
F18-49: .39
M18-49: .99
18-34: .56
F12-34: .24
M12-34: .69
25-54: .78
50+: 1.09

The Syracuse game averaged 2,116,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .71
F18-49: .33
M18-49: 1.08
18-34: .58
F12-34: .25
M12-34: .81
25-54: .75
50+: .91

hallcity
01-20-2019, 01:27 PM
Just saw that the Duke-U.Va game had a 2.6 overnight rating, tied for the highest ESPN CBB rating since 2014.

awhom111
01-24-2019, 12:05 AM
The Virginia game averaged 3,764,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: 1.18
F18-49: .74
M18-49: 1.63
18-34: .95
F12-34: .58
M12-34: 1.06
25-54: 1.32
50+: 1.70

awhom111
01-25-2019, 01:25 AM
The Pitt game averaged 1,436,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .60
F18-49: .28
M18-49: .92
18-34: .65
F12-34: .23
M12-34: .84
25-54: .50
50+: .50

awhom111
01-30-2019, 12:42 AM
The Notre Dame game averaged 1,248,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .43
F18-49: .24
M18-49: .61
18-34: .39
F12-34: .18
M12-34: .46
25-54: .45
50+: .55

awhom111
02-06-2019, 12:48 AM
The St. John's game averaged 1,349,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .48
F18-49: .23
M18-49: .73
18-34: .38
F12-34: .18
M12-34: .42
25-54: .53
50+: .57

For fun ratings, Kyrie's Uncle Drew premiered on HBO over the weekend. The first showing Saturday night averaged 1,083,00 viewers with these ratings:
18-49: .40
F18-49: .35
M18-49: .45
18-34: .17
F12-34: .18
M12-34: .15
25-54: .49
50+: .40

A Sunday airing opposite the Super Bowl averaged 368,000 viewers with these ratingsL'
18-49: .13
F18-49: .10
M18-49: .16
18-34: .07
F12-34: .07
M12-34: .06
25-54: .16
50+: .14

awhom111
02-07-2019, 01:11 AM
The Boston College game averaged 1,023,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .34
F18-49: .18
M18-49: .51
18-34: .30
F12-34: .13
M12-34: .36
25-54: .39
50+: .45

Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
02-07-2019, 06:16 AM
Just curious... My assumption is that our views for average games are up because of the public's interest in Zion. Do the numbers back this up?

awhom111
02-08-2019, 12:49 AM
Just curious... My assumption is that our views for average games are up because of the public's interest in Zion. Do the numbers back this up?

They do appear to be that way at this point, especially among younger viewers. It is a bit of a chicken or egg scenario as we have had a lot more ESPN games than usual, which naturally gives higher viewership than ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
02-08-2019, 07:01 AM
They do appear to be that way at this point, especially among younger viewers. It is a bit of a chicken or egg scenario as we have had a lot more ESPN games than usual, which naturally gives higher viewership than ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Yes. This season seems the antidote to the Grayson Allen narrative. ESPN and other media can't stop talking about Zion. In a good way.

HereBeforeCoachK
02-08-2019, 07:57 AM
Yes. This season seems the antidote to the Grayson Allen narrative. ESPN and other media can't stop talking about Zion. In a good way.


I know, and it's so delicious.....because it's driving the long time haters batshot crazy.........and watching Zion is of course their secret sin, guilty pleasure....they can't help it....:D

awhom111
02-13-2019, 12:44 AM
The Virginia game averaged 3,318,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: 1.05
F18-49: .55
M18-49: 1.55
18-34: .96
F12-34: .40
M12-34: 1.30
25-54: 1.14
50+: 1.52

awhom111
02-13-2019, 11:49 PM
The Louisville game averaged 1,875,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: 64
F18-49: .45
M18-49: .84
18-34: .53
F12-34: .27
M12-34: .62
25-54: .73
50+: .84

brevity
02-14-2019, 12:13 AM
The Louisville game averaged 1,875,000 viewers.

Interesting.

Days, weeks, months, and years from now, when about 10 million people will swear that they watched this game live, we'll know that 8,125,000 of them were, on average, lying.

NSDukeFan
02-14-2019, 08:38 PM
Interesting.

Days, weeks, months, and years from now, when about 10 million people will swear that they watched this game live, we'll know that 8,125,000 of them were, on average, lying.

Hey, I was in Canada and wasn’t included in those numbers. (Mind you I only watched the first half live and finished watching the next morning, if that affects viewership.)

MChambers
02-14-2019, 08:44 PM
Interesting.

Days, weeks, months, and years from now, when about 10 million people will swear that they watched this game live, we'll know that 8,125,000 of them were, on average, lying.

If you recorded it and watched it the next day, how does that count? Asking for a friend who doesn't like to stay up late.

JNort
02-14-2019, 08:51 PM
If you recorded it and watched it the next day, how does that count? Asking for a friend who doesn't like to stay up late.

I was under the impression recording it counted as a view even if you never play it later.

NSDukeFan
02-14-2019, 08:54 PM
If you recorded it and watched it the next day, how does that count? Asking for a friend who doesn't like to stay up late.

Thanks for asking for me MChambers. I appreciate it. 😀

sagegrouse
02-14-2019, 08:54 PM
Interesting.

Days, weeks, months, and years from now, when about 10 million people will swear that they watched this game live, we'll know that 8,125,000 of them were, on average, lying.

I'd like to see the ratings by half-hour, in order to understand whether the Louisville fans who tuned in matched the Duke fans who said, "Enough!"

awhom111
02-14-2019, 11:47 PM
Interesting.

Days, weeks, months, and years from now, when about 10 million people will swear that they watched this game live, we'll know that 8,125,000 of them were, on average, lying.

Well if nobody watched the 1st hour and 45 minutes and then 10 million people watched the rest of the game then I guess the math would work.


Hey, I was in Canada and wasn’t included in those numbers. (Mind you I only watched the first half live and finished watching the next morning, if that affects viewership.)

We can give you a pass since you're even further out timezone-wise. In most countries, ratings are counted the same way. A person who watched half of the broadcast would count as half a person in the final viewership. Basically the total minutes viewed is estimated by how many minutes the people in the sample watched and then divided by the length of the broadcast to determine average viewership.


If you recorded it and watched it the next day, how does that count? Asking for a friend who doesn't like to stay up late.

The number that I usually post here is live viewing and recorded viewing until 3am local time. Generally speaking, the percentage of people who don't watch sports live is very small.


I was under the impression recording it counted as a view even if you never play it later.

Not for these ratings. Some people may have set top boxes that communicate that sort of information to their provider or to third party data collectors, but I have never seen that sort of information made public.


I'd like to see the ratings by half-hour, in order to understand whether the Louisville fans who tuned in matched the Duke fans who said, "Enough!"

That would be nice, but ESPN is probably the only entity that has all of that level of detail and this probably was not a big enough deal for them to tout in a press release. Some of the ratings departments at other networks are much more likely to share interesting tidbits.

JNort
02-15-2019, 10:05 AM
Interesting! So how does it works for a bar? Only 4 or 5 tv's have the game on but 50 people watching?

awhom111
02-16-2019, 12:42 AM
Interesting! So how does it works for a bar? Only 4 or 5 tv's have the game on but 50 people watching?

Traditional ratings take no measurements of its sample outside of their households so bar viewing is not included in these numbers. Remember that the main use of ratings is to price advertising so advertisers have always been fine with lower ratings and research suggests that people watching in bars pay even less attention to commercials than people watching at home. The use of ratings as positive publicity is more of a secondary benefit, which is why channels like HBO that do not have advertisements do order numbers so that they can talk about how popular Game of Thrones is while also getting data to help them schedule their movies.

Understandably sports is often viewed outside of the home so ESPN finally convinced some advertisers to pay based on totals including out of home viewership so they paid Nielsen more money to collect that information and now other channels pay for those measurements as well. Generally, the only time that we get the information is when the channels themselves put it press releases. It increases the total of course, but not by extreme amounts based on what we have seen.

BandAlum83
02-16-2019, 11:40 AM
I don't follow this thread, so maybe this has been talked about upthread, but I saw something that caught my attention on Coach Ks television show this morning.

K was talking about how February is so important for college basketball and how teams get desperate, coaches work to keep jobs, and individual players position for NBA attention. All that is to say, they come gunning for the big dogs (Duke) and it gets crazy.

But then he also mentioned it is sweeps month for TV as well.

It made me wonder if TV has affected the ACC schedule. Is this the reason we play Carolina so late in the season now? Has television determined that?

arnie
02-16-2019, 11:56 AM
I don't follow this thread, so maybe this has been talked about upthread, but I saw something that caught my attention on Coach Ks television show this morning.

K was talking about how February is so important for college basketball and how teams get desperate, coaches work to keep jobs, and individual players position for NBA attention. All that is to say, they come gunning for the big dogs (Duke) and it gets crazy.

But then he also mentioned it is sweeps month for TV as well.

It made me wonder if TV has affected the ACC schedule. Is this the reason we play Carolina so late in the season now? Has television determined that?

The answer to your question I’m sure is yes. More unbelievable, we’re going to be involved in ESPN Game Day again next Saturday at Syracuse. That will be 3 times, and the 4th will surely be at the Cheats.

sagegrouse
02-16-2019, 12:03 PM
I don't follow this thread, so maybe this has been talked about upthread, but I saw something that caught my attention on Coach Ks television show this morning.

K was talking about how February is so important for college basketball and how teams get desperate, coaches work to keep jobs, and individual players position for NBA attention. All that is to say, they come gunning for the big dogs (Duke) and it gets crazy.

But then he also mentioned it is sweeps month for TV as well.

It made me wonder if TV has affected the ACC schedule. Is this the reason we play Carolina so late in the season now? Has television determined that?

Arnie has the right answer. Let's talk calendar. College hoops has its greatest exposure from the end of the Super Bowl, first Sunday in February, through the Final Four, usually the first weekend in April (this year April 6-8). That's two months. The networks want the best games to be shown during this time.

I think it's great, and I am happy there is a time of year when the overall sports calendar helps college basketball reach peak popularity. The timing is really pretty good. The NFL is done. April marks the beginning of playoffs for the NBA and the NHL, plus the Masters golf tournament (a CBS showing like the Final Four) and the beginning of the baseball season (which usually begins the week of the Final Four).

jv001
02-16-2019, 12:49 PM
Arnie has the right answer. Let's talk calendar. College hoops has its greatest exposure from the end of the Super Bowl, first Sunday in February, through the Final Four, usually the first weekend in April (this year April 6-8). That's two months. The networks want the best games to be shown during this time.

I think it's great, and I am happy there is a time of year when the overall sports calendar helps college basketball reach peak popularity. The timing is really pretty good. The NFL is done. April marks the beginning of playoffs for the NBA and the NHL, plus the Masters golf tournament (a CBS showing like the Final Four) and the beginning of the baseball season (which usually begins the week of the Final Four).

The Masters usually is the time I begin getting what's left of my golf game ready for the year. As I've grown older, I have begun to hate winter almost as much as I hate the cheats. Well, maybe not that bad.:cool: GoDuke!

awhom111
02-21-2019, 01:21 AM
The North Carolina State game averaged 1,859,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .57
F18-49: .37
M18-49: .77
18-34: .47
F12-34: .28
M12-34: .49
25-54: .66
50+: .90

hallcity
02-21-2019, 11:39 AM
"Last night’s marquee college basketball game between No. 8 North Carolina and No. 1 Duke (9 p.m. ET, ESPN) delivered a 3.2 overnight rating, making it the third highest-rated regular season college basketball game* on ESPN. The historic rivalry game is now highest rated college basketball game of the season across all networks."
https://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2019/02/north-carolina-duke-third-highest-rated-regular-season-college-basketball-game-on-record-for-espn/

And, it wasn't much of a game. And lots of people were watching the ACC Network broadcast instead of the ESPN broadcast. BTW, after the real ACC Network starts, will there be a second broadcast feed for Duke-UNC?

awhom111
02-21-2019, 11:53 PM
The ESPN broadcast averaged 4,343,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: 1.73
F18-49: .93
M18-49: 2.53
18-34: 1.68
F12-34: .74
M12-34: 2.01
25-54: 1.75
50+: 1.65

It will probably be a while before we can measure the impact of the ACC Network broadcast on NBC's ratings in the Triangle.

hallcity
02-22-2019, 02:33 PM
North Carolina’s win against Duke delivered a Nielsen reported audience of 4,343,000 viewers, making it the most-viewed weeknight men’s college basketball game in ESPN history*, surpassing the previous record of 4,140,000 viewers, which was set by another UNC-Duke matchup on February 18, 2015.

The Rivalry Week matchup ranks as the fifth most-watched college basketball game in ESPN history, and is the most-watched college basketball game on ESPN since 2014 (Duke at Syracuse).

Season-to-date, men’s college basketball on ESPN is up 15 percent year over year. ESPN networks have aired the 82 most-viewed games on cable, including four of the top five across all networks.
https://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2019/02/north-carolina-duke-most-watched-weeknight-college-basketball-game-in-espn-history/#.XHAYRhxSVMU.twitter

uh_no
02-22-2019, 03:01 PM
North Carolina’s win against Duke delivered a Nielsen reported audience of 4,343,000 viewers, making it the most-viewed weeknight men’s college basketball game in ESPN history*, surpassing the previous record of 4,140,000 viewers, which was set by another UNC-Duke matchup on February 18, 2015.

The Rivalry Week matchup ranks as the fifth most-watched college basketball game in ESPN history, and is the most-watched college basketball game on ESPN since 2014 (Duke at Syracuse).

Season-to-date, men’s college basketball on ESPN is up 15 percent year over year. ESPN networks have aired the 82 most-viewed games on cable, including four of the top five across all networks.
https://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2019/02/north-carolina-duke-most-watched-weeknight-college-basketball-game-in-espn-history/#.XHAYRhxSVMU.twitter

Some good advertising for Nike, then!

awhom111
02-23-2019, 12:46 AM
Around 25 percent of the television homes in the Triangle were watching the game on average (not counting the online feeds). Slightly more were watching the ACC Network feed than the ESPN feed on average, but that did not affect the national NBC ratings too much (if the NBC affiliate in Charlotte had picked up the ACC Network it probably would have had a noticeable overall impact).

awhom111
02-27-2019, 01:03 AM
The Syracuse game averaged 2,980,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .93
F18-49: .57
M18-49: 1.28
18-34: .76
F12-34: .40
M12-34: .96
25-54: 1.02
50+: 1.39

awhom111
02-28-2019, 12:22 AM
The Virginia Tech game averaged 1,665,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .55
F18-49: .29
M18-49: .81
18-34: .49
F12-34: .24
M12-34: .59
25-54: .59
50+: .76

hallcity
02-28-2019, 08:49 AM
Last Saturday’s Duke-Syracuse men’s college basketball game delivered a 1.8 rating and 2.98 million viewers on ESPN, up 64% in ratings and 71% in viewership from the same matchup last year (1.1, 1.74M) and up 125% and 116% respectively from 2017 (Kansas-Texas: 0.8, 1.38M).

The Blue Devils’ win ranks as the sixth-most watched college basketball game of the season, with Duke having played in four of the top six, five of the top eight, and nine of the top fifteen.
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/02/duke-ratings-college-basketball-espn-cbs/

awhom111
03-06-2019, 12:56 AM
The Miami game averaged 2,115,000 viewers.

awhom111
03-07-2019, 01:15 AM
The Wake Forest game averaged 1,376,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .43
F18-49: .28
M18-49: .58
18-34: .35
F12-34: .24
M12-34: .41
25-54: .48
50+: .63

hallcity
03-12-2019, 04:14 PM
From Sports Media Watch (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/03/duke-unc-ratings-increase-espn/):

Ratings fell short of their much-hyped first meeting this season, but Duke-UNC still delivered for ESPN.

Saturday’s Duke-North Carolina men’s college basketball game scored a 2.5 rating and 4.16 million viewers on ESPN, up 25% in ratings and 24% in viewership from the rivals’ second meeting last season (2.0, 3.37M). Compared to their second meeting in 2017, ratings increased a tick, but viewership fell a fraction of a percent (from 4.164M to 4.162M).

The Tar Heels’ win delivered the second-largest audience of the college basketball season, behind only the first UNC-Duke game last month (2.7, 4.34M).

Duke has now played in the four most-watched games this season, five of the top seven and six of the top nine.

-jk
03-12-2019, 04:18 PM
From Sports Media Watch (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/03/duke-unc-ratings-increase-espn/):

Ratings fell short of their much-hyped first meeting this season, but Duke-UNC still delivered for ESPN.

Saturday’s Duke-North Carolina men’s college basketball game scored a 2.5 rating and 4.16 million viewers on ESPN, up 25% in ratings and 24% in viewership from the rivals’ second meeting last season (2.0, 3.37M). Compared to their second meeting in 2017, ratings increased a tick, but viewership fell a fraction of a percent (from 4.164M to 4.162M).

The Tar Heels’ win delivered the second-largest audience of the college basketball season, behind only the first UNC-Duke game last month (2.7, 4.34M).

Duke has now played in the four most-watched games this season, five of the top seven and six of the top nine.

No surprise ESPN2 was launched with a Duke-unc game...

-jk

awhom111
03-13-2019, 12:47 AM
From Sports Media Watch (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/03/duke-unc-ratings-increase-espn/):

Ratings fell short of their much-hyped first meeting this season, but Duke-UNC still delivered for ESPN.

Saturday’s Duke-North Carolina men’s college basketball game scored a 2.5 rating and 4.16 million viewers on ESPN, up 25% in ratings and 24% in viewership from the rivals’ second meeting last season (2.0, 3.37M). Compared to their second meeting in 2017, ratings increased a tick, but viewership fell a fraction of a percent (from 4.164M to 4.162M).

The Tar Heels’ win delivered the second-largest audience of the college basketball season, behind only the first UNC-Duke game last month (2.7, 4.34M).

Duke has now played in the four most-watched games this season, five of the top seven and six of the top nine.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: 1.23
F18-49: .77
M18-49: 1.70
18-34: 1.03
F12-34: .64
M12-34: 1.16
25-54: 1.40
50+: 2.03

hallcity
03-14-2019, 11:40 AM
From Steve Wiseman’s twitter feed:


Per ESPN, Duke games averaged 2.143 million viewers this season, a 30 percent increase over last season.

JetpackJesus
03-14-2019, 03:31 PM
Stephen Wiseman @stevewisemanNC 4h (https://twitter.com/stevewisemanNC/status/1106221407925661697)
Most-watched (regular season) college basketball games on ESPN this season:
UNC at Duke: 4.47 million viewers
Duke at UNC: 4.15M
UVa at Duke: 3.84M
Duke at UVa: 3.38M
Tenn at UK: 3.06M
Duke at Syracuse: 3.03M

JasonEvans
03-14-2019, 06:39 PM
From Steve Wiseman’s twitter feed:


Per ESPN, Duke games averaged 2.143 million viewers this season, a 30 percent increase over last season.

The Zion effect...

awhom111
03-16-2019, 12:46 AM
The ESPN portion of the Syracuse game averaged 2,449,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: .93
F18-49: .47
M18-49: 1.39
18-34: .81
F12-34: .33
M12-34: 1.02
25-54: 1.01
50+: .98

hallcity
03-16-2019, 10:35 AM
Last night's Duke-North Carolina game was the highest-rated game during ESPN's Championship Week all-time, with a 3.0 rating.

It out-drew the 2009 Big East title game between Syracuse and Louisville from 2009 (2.5 rating).

#DukeMBBStats

WV_Iron_Duke
03-16-2019, 03:00 PM
And would guess the ESPN number does not include the viewers on Raycom Sports.

awhom111
03-18-2019, 10:14 PM
Last night's Duke-North Carolina game was the highest-rated game during ESPN's Championship Week all-time, with a 3.0 rating.

It out-drew the 2009 Big East title game between Syracuse and Louisville from 2009 (2.5 rating).

#DukeMBBStats

The ESPN broadcast of the game averaged 4,150,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: 1.54
F18-49: .83
M18-49: 2.26
18-34: 1.39
F12-34: .63
M12-34: 1.73
25-54: 1.64
50+: 1.66

The Raycom broadcast, primarily in Charlotte, but also a few other markets, rated well enough to severely dent CBS's national ratings for Blue Bloods (a popular choice for entertainment on Friday nights for older viewers).

hallcity
03-19-2019, 02:33 PM
From Sports Media Watch (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/03/selection-show-ratings-duke-players-nascar/):

Duke-Florida State scored a 2.8 overnight rating in Saturday’s ACC Tournament final, up 35% from last year, and the highest overnight on record for the event. The 2.8 is also the second-highest for any Championship Week game on ESPN, behind a 3.0 for Duke-North Carolina on Friday night.

The game comfortably topped Warriors-Thunder on ABC’s NBA Saturday Primetime head-to-head (2.1).

In other Championship Week action, Sunday’s Michigan State-Michigan Big Ten Tournament final had a 2.5 overnight on CBS — up 19% from last year, when the tournament took place a week before Championship Week (Michigan-Purdue: 2.1).

Saturday’s Tennessee-Kentucky SEC Tournament semifinal had a 2.1 on ESPN, tying the tournament’s highest overnight since the 2010 final (Kentucky-Mississippi State: 2.7). Overnights for this year’s final were not immediately available.

awhom111
03-20-2019, 01:06 AM
From Sports Media Watch (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/03/selection-show-ratings-duke-players-nascar/):

Duke-Florida State scored a 2.8 overnight rating in Saturday’s ACC Tournament final, up 35% from last year, and the highest overnight on record for the event. The 2.8 is also the second-highest for any Championship Week game on ESPN, behind a 3.0 for Duke-North Carolina on Friday night.

The game comfortably topped Warriors-Thunder on ABC’s NBA Saturday Primetime head-to-head (2.1).

In other Championship Week action, Sunday’s Michigan State-Michigan Big Ten Tournament final had a 2.5 overnight on CBS — up 19% from last year, when the tournament took place a week before Championship Week (Michigan-Purdue: 2.1).

Saturday’s Tennessee-Kentucky SEC Tournament semifinal had a 2.1 on ESPN, tying the tournament’s highest overnight since the 2010 final (Kentucky-Mississippi State: 2.7). Overnights for this year’s final were not immediately available.

The ESPN broadcast averaged 4,063,000 viewers.

Here is more information for various demographic groups (rating is percentage of that group watching the game on average):
18-49: 1.21
F18-49: .76
M18-49: 1.67
18-34: 1.02
F12-34: .58
M12-34: 1.24
25-54: 1.41
50+: 1.94

bullettoothtony
03-25-2019, 10:12 AM
Ratings info in yet?

awhom111
03-25-2019, 09:36 PM
The North Dakota State game averaged 6,223,000 viewers.

On average, 1.4% of people 18-34, 1.7% of people 18-49, and 2.0% of people 25-54 were watching.


Ratings info in yet?

The really accurate information for Sundays does not come out until Tuesday.

hallcity
03-25-2019, 09:41 PM
The North Dakota State game averaged 6,223,000 viewers.

On average, 1.4% of people 18-34, 1.7% of people 18-49, and 2.0% of people 25-54 were watching.



The really accurate information for Sundays does not come out until Tuesday.

That’s far higher than the audience for Duke-UNC. That’s why CBS pays so much to broadcast the NCAA Tournament.

awhom111
03-27-2019, 12:43 AM
The UCF game averaged 12,888,000 viewers.


That’s far higher than the audience for Duke-UNC. That’s why CBS pays so much to broadcast the NCAA Tournament.

...and Turner pays even more just to get some games thrown their way.

brevity
03-27-2019, 01:47 AM
The UCF game averaged 12,888,000 viewers.

That is insane!

Sports Media Watch: Nearly 13 Million For Duke-UCF, An Opening Weekend High (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/03/duke-ucf-ratings-ncaa-tournament/)


The Blue Devils’ narrow win ranks as the highest rated and most-watched opening weekend NCAA Tournament game under the current television format (dates back to 2011). The previous highs were a 7.5 and 12.13 million for Kentucky-Wichita State in 2014.

Outside of the Final Four, Duke-UCF delivered the eighth-largest tournament audience under the current format, behind seven Elite Eight games.

Or to put this another way:

1. One and a half times as many people watched UCF basketball Sunday (12.89 million) than watched UCF football against LSU in the Fiesta Bowl (8.47 million).
2. The UCF-Duke game did almost as well as Michigan-Ohio State football Thanksgiving weekend (13.2 million) or the Texas-Georgia Sugar Bowl (13.3 million). The only other college football games to draw more viewers: the SEC championship, the Rose Bowl, and the three CFP games.

With few exceptions, the Zion Effect is bigger than college football.

awhom111
03-28-2019, 12:50 AM
That is insane!

Sports Media Watch: Nearly 13 Million For Duke-UCF, An Opening Weekend High (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/03/duke-ucf-ratings-ncaa-tournament/)



Or to put this another way:

1. One and a half times as many people watched UCF basketball Sunday (12.89 million) than watched UCF football against LSU in the Fiesta Bowl (8.47 million).
2. The UCF-Duke game did almost as well as Michigan-Ohio State football Thanksgiving weekend (13.2 million) or the Texas-Georgia Sugar Bowl (13.3 million). The only other college football games to draw more viewers: the SEC championship, the Rose Bowl, and the three CFP games.

With few exceptions, the Zion Effect is bigger than college football.

Technically it's not quite the same since football games are longer and thus more commercials can be sold for them, but CBS is certainly not complaining about their ratings so far (except for Kentucky winning too easily on Thursday).

bullettoothtony
03-31-2019, 08:27 AM
Ratings in yet for Va. Tech?

NSDukeFan
03-31-2019, 12:26 PM
Ratings in yet for Va. Tech?

I would give it an 8.5.

hallcity
03-31-2019, 01:19 PM
I would give it an 8.5.

That actually was the number who viewed the game, in millions.
https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-friday-march-29-2019/

Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
03-31-2019, 01:31 PM
That actually was the number who viewed the game, in millions.
https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-friday-march-29-2019/

Sporks!

NSDukeFan
03-31-2019, 08:33 PM
That actually was the number who viewed the game, in millions.
https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-friday-march-29-2019/

Wow, lucky guess, though I am not feeling particularly lucky right now.

happydays1949
03-31-2019, 08:44 PM
With Zion no longer in the tourney, will it hurt ratings?

Hartford Dukie
03-31-2019, 08:54 PM
Major drop.....only folks crying as much as us/me are the CBS execs. Watch the ratings for the Saturday and Monnday nights.

J4Kop99
03-31-2019, 09:53 PM
This msu game is gonna post a monster number

hallcity
04-02-2019, 09:00 AM
From Sports Media Watch (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/04/elite-eight-ratings-duke-msu-cbs/):

Sunday’s Michigan State-Duke NCAA Tournament regional final earned a 10.5 overnight rating on CBS, up 4% from last year (Kansas-Duke: 10.1) and up 11% from 2017 (North Carolina-Kentucky: 9.5).

The Spartans’ narrow win delivered the highest Elite Eight overnight since 2005, when Michigan State-Kentucky had a 10.8. As noted by Sports Business Daily, no other Elite Eight game has had a higher overnight since 1990, when UNLV-Loyola Marymount had a 12.4.

It also scored the highest college basketball overnight since the 2017 national championship game (UNC-Gonzaga: 14.5), topping last year’s Villanova-Michigan title game (10.3). ...

awhom111
04-03-2019, 12:56 AM
That actually was the number who viewed the game, in millions.
https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-friday-march-29-2019/

Those were the preliminary numbers, which are not precise in terms of broadcast length since live events don't start and end at a fixed time like regular TV shows and were not properly adjusted for timezones.

The final average viewership for the Virginia Tech game was 10,072,000 viewers. On average, 2.4% of people from 18-34, 3.0% of people from 18-49, and 3.5% of people from 25-54 were watching. On average, 21% of men 18-49 in the sample watching their home television had it tuned to the game.

The average viewership of the Michigan State game was 16,197,000 viewers.

hallcity
04-08-2019, 08:53 AM
The Final Four on Saturday had an overnight rating of 8.8, far less than the 10.4 overnight for the Duke-Michigan State game.
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/04/final-four-ratings-augusta-womens-amateur/

awhom111
04-10-2019, 01:25 AM
The Final Four on Saturday had an overnight rating of 8.8, far less than the 10.4 overnight for the Duke-Michigan State game.
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/04/final-four-ratings-augusta-womens-amateur/

Average viewership was 12,967,000 for Auburn-Virginia and 15,840,000 for Texas Tech-Michigan State so neither beat our Elite 8 game. The final averaged 19,630,000 viewers.

SavDukeGrad
04-12-2019, 07:54 PM
I couldn’t find a good place to put this, but the Wooden awards will be televised at 8 pm on ESPN2 tonight (Friday). Zion and R.J. were both invited and are in LA for it.

WV_Iron_Duke
04-12-2019, 08:16 PM
R.J. won the Jerry West award.

awhom111
04-15-2019, 09:36 PM
The College Basketball Awards averaged 185,000 viewers.

hallcity
04-29-2019, 10:58 AM
The Stanley Cup playoff hockey game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders on Sunday got a 6.8 local rating in the Raleigh-Durham market.
https://twitter.com/NBCSportsPR/status/1122871128547045381?s=20

Does anyone know how that compares to the Duke-UNC games?

The NHL isn't much of a threat to college BB in the Triangle but, still, I wouldn't like the idea of a hockey game outdrawing the premiere college BB game.

Bluedog
04-29-2019, 12:21 PM
The Stanley Cup playoff hockey game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders on Sunday got a 6.8 local rating in the Raleigh-Durham market.
https://twitter.com/NBCSportsPR/status/1122871128547045381?s=20

Does anyone know how that compares to the Duke-UNC games?

The NHL isn't much of a threat to college BB in the Triangle but, still, I wouldn't like the idea of a hockey game outdrawing the premiere college BB game.

The Duke-UNC game this year at Cameron were Zion got injured had a 13.0 rating in the Raleigh-Durham market. The ACC semifinals between Duke and UNC had a 9.7 rating in Raleigh (9.9 in Greenville). So, you're safe for this year at least. :)

hallcity
04-29-2019, 03:25 PM
The Duke-UNC game this year at Cameron were Zion got injured had a 13.0 rating in the Raleigh-Durham market. The ACC semifinals between Duke and UNC had a 9.7 rating in Raleigh (9.9 in Greenville). So, you're safe for this year at least. :)

If the Canes advance to the finals, who knows? The problem is that the Triangle now has so many residents who didn't grow up in the ACC area and who have no personal connection to any of the ACC schools. It would be nice to get them involved with ACC sports but that's not likely to happen. Pro sports will be of more interest to them. If the population growth continues in the Triangle, we're likely to see more pro franchises. In another 10-20 years I'm sure that Raleigh will have a new arena downtown with an NBA franchise and that will be bad for the local ACC schools.

awhom111
04-29-2019, 08:47 PM
The Duke-UNC game this year at Cameron were Zion got injured had a 13.0 rating in the Raleigh-Durham market. The ACC semifinals between Duke and UNC had a 9.7 rating in Raleigh (9.9 in Greenville). So, you're safe for this year at least. :)

I believe that was just the rating for the ESPN broadcast for the first game. The ratings for the local broadcast nearly matched that.

awhom111
05-29-2019, 09:42 PM
The Men's Lacrosse game against Virginia averaged 184,000 viewers.

awhom111
06-03-2019, 09:43 PM
The first Baseball game against Texas A&M averaged 168,000 viewers.

hallcity
06-04-2019, 01:46 PM
From Sports Media Watch
@paulsen_smw

Warriors-Raptors lowest rated NBA Finals Game 2 since 2007 (Cavs-Spurs opposite Sopranos finale), least-watched since 2008 (Lakers-Celtics):
-- Record audience in Canada
-- Neither Game 1 nor Game 2 has matched Zion Williamson's most recent game

awhom111
06-11-2019, 09:29 PM
The second game against Vanderbilt averaged 350,000 viewers. The portion of the third game that made it on television averaged 428,000 viewers.

Pghdukie
07-06-2019, 10:58 PM
Any TV ratings for the Zion Vegas show ?

brevity
07-07-2019, 10:01 PM
Any TV ratings for the Zion Vegas show ?

Sports Media Watch (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/07/womens-world-cup-ratings-nba-summer-zion/):


Friday’s Pelicans-Knicks NBA Summer League game earned a 1.2 overnight rating on ESPN, up 200% from Mavericks-Suns in the same window last year (0.4) and the highest Summer League overnight on record. The game marked the NBA debut of #1 overall pick Zion Williamson, who played only the first half before being held out of the remainder of play due to injury. The game itself was called in the fourth quarter due to an earthquake.

"Up 200%" is a weird way for saying triple. Zion's debut had triple the ratings of DeAndre Ayton's debut in 2018, and more than double the ratings of Lonzo Ball's debut in 2017.

How many viewers/households is this? No idea. The more I read about ratings, the less I understand.

awhom111
07-08-2019, 01:22 AM
Sports Media Watch (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/07/womens-world-cup-ratings-nba-summer-zion/):



"Up 200%" is a weird way for saying triple. Zion's debut had triple the ratings of DeAndre Ayton's debut in 2018, and more than double the ratings of Lonzo Ball's debut in 2017.

How many viewers/households is this? No idea. The more I read about ratings, the less I understand.

That rating means that on average, 1.2 percent of the households in the largest markets in the country had someone watching the game.

I hate overnight ratings, but they require the least work from Nielsen to process so they are always reported first and the rest of the media likes speed so they like to put those numbers out quickly. Unfortunately the holiday will prevent us from getting more detailed ratings for a few days. Also, we have no idea yet how much time ESPN wants to consider as being part of the end of the broadcast thanks to that earthquake so the numbers could be distorted.

awhom111
07-09-2019, 09:38 PM
1,613,000 viewers on average for the big Friday game. ESPN coded it as a two hour block so it includes half an hour or so of time after the earthquake.