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Bowl-A-Palooza: Football’s Domination of TV Viewership Last Week
Between the NFL and college bowl games, football captured nearly 20% of all minutes watched on live TV last week, per Inscape.
Hot List: Challah-Day Season Is Here
This week’s TVREV highlights, and more news across the industry.
College Football Playoff Pushes Sport Closer To TV-Based Consolidation
College Football’s consolidation looks assured following Sunday’s playoff selections that excluded Florida State.
And Now Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
Football scores for watch-time, news programs are back on Inscape’s ranking of top TV programs by viewership share
Basketball Has Ups: TV By the Numbers
Both NBA and men’s college basketball saw week-over-week increases in viewership share, per Inscape.
CMA Awards, GOP Debate Break Into Top 25 Most-Watched TV Programs
But nothing comes close to football, which in total accounted for over 12% of all minutes watched last week.
Football Scores, ‘Yellowstone’ Gallops into Ranking of Most-Watched TV Programs
Marathons on Paramount Network and airings on CBS propelled ‘Yellowstone’ into Inscape’s top ten TV programs.
Basketball Blasts into Inscape’s TV Program Ranking
The first week of NBA games captured 1.78% of watch-time, behind football and baseball but ahead of everything else on TV.
With League Championship Games, MLB Increases TV Viewership Share
MLB remains at No. 3 on Inscape’s TV program ranking, but upped watch-time week-over-week.
MLB Slides Into Third Place for Most-Watched TV Programming
Games captured 2.66% of all live, linear minutes watched, per Inscape.
Ryder Cup, ‘AGT’ Break Into Top Ten Most-Watched TV Programs
But of course football remained at the top of the ranking, per Inscape data.
Surprise, Surprise: Football Dominates Weekly TV Watch-Time
NFL and college football were both miles ahead of anything else on TV last week, according to Inscape’s latest rankings
Football, U.S. Open Lead for TV Watch-Time
NFL RedZone breaks into top ten programs as football fans flock to TV, per Inscape.
College Football Crushes TV Watch-Time
The NFL’s hiatus week cleared the way for college football to score big on TV, with the U.S. Open in a distant second for viewership share, per Inscape.
TV Viewership Data: Sports Season Is Officially Here
Five of last week’s top ten programs by watch-time were sports-related, per Inscape.
Streaming Needs College Football, But Does College Football Need Streaming?
Streaming exclusivity pushes to cut college football audiences into even smaller pieces… so why do it?
College Sports Consolidation Is Now Just A Battle For Best TV Inventory
The Pac-12 was effectively killed off last week… by TV.
Does Big 12 Expansion Move TV/Fan Needle Enough For Conference?
Big 12 expansion is less about pulling ahead than it is about keeping pace with a rapidly evolving TV rights environment for college football.
Big Questions For Any ESPN ‘Strategic Partner’
If ESPN takes investments from its top league partners, it has ripple effects.
ACC’s CW Deal Underlines RSNs’ Diminishing Importance
Diamond Sports pushed the ACC to a better option with the CW, and many other teams and leagues/conferences could follow suit.