Sports Media Watch

Sports Media Watch

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Haliburton heroics not enough to save NBA Finals from Game 1 low

21 hours ago | sportsmediawatch.com | Jon Lewis

The NBA got the finish it needed in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, but it was not enough to keep Pacers-Thunder from opening at a non-COVID low.
ESPN to exercise option giving TNT Sports a CFP semifinal

22 hours ago | sportsmediawatch.com | Jon Lewis

TNT Sports is on the verge of getting even more College Football Playoff inventory as part of its sublicensing agreement with ESPN. ESPN and TNT Sports are set to expand their College Football Playoff sublicensing agreement to include one semifinal per year from 2026-28, Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports reported Friday.
Will Thunder-Pacers draw an audience for ABC?

1 day ago | sportsmediawatch.com | Jon Lewis

About 19 months ago, as Major League Baseball set out to begin a Texas Rangers-Arizona Diamondbacks World Series, the data analyst Nate Silver published the following to his social media feed: “This is the least compelling World Series matchup in a long time, maybe ever.”By Silver’s standards, this was an anodyne observation. This is someone whose usual output concerns some of the most controversial issues and people of the day.
Panthers-Oilers rematch opens at low in U.S.

1 day ago | sportsmediawatch.com | Jon Lewis

The Stanley Cup Final got off to a thrilling start, but the ratings for Game 1 of the Panthers-Oilers rematch were less than stellar. Wednesday’s Panthers-Oilers NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 1 averaged a 1.2 rating and 2.42 million viewers across TNT and truTV, marking the lowest rated and least-watched Game 1 of the Cup Final since the COVID-delayed Canadiens-Lightning on NBCSN in 2021 (0.8, 1.61M).
The show goes on at TNT Sports, but for how long?

2 days ago | sportsmediawatch.com | Jon Lewis

Four days after the conclusion of its long-running NBA package, TNT Sports shifted gears Wednesday to its second-ever Stanley Cup Final. While the ratings for Panthers-Oilers are unlikely to come anywhere close to the Pacers-Knicks Eastern Conference Finals, owning exclusive rights to an entire major league championship series is a milestone for a cable network — in a way that even a higher-rated conference final cannot match. The end of the NBA does not mean the end of live sports on TNT.
Manfred: MLB hopes to have ESPN replacement by All-Star Game

2 days ago | sportsmediawatch.com | Jon Lewis

Major League Baseball hopes to have an ESPN replacement — or three — lined up by next month’s All-Star Game. Speaking at owners meetings in New York, Manfred reportedly said Wednesday that he is “hopeful” to have deals lined up by the All-Star Game for ESPN’s expiring media rights package, which includes Sunday Night Baseball, the Home Run Derby, Opening Day and the Wild Card playoffs.
ESPN's Burke "not guaranteed" to return to lead NBA team

3 days ago | sportsmediawatch.com | Jon Lewis

Heading into the NBA Finals, ESPN could be looking at another revamp of its lead NBA broadcast team for next season. ESPN lead NBA analyst Doris Burke is “not guaranteed” to keep her position next season, according to Andrew Marchand of The Athletic. Burke is in her second season on ESPN’s lead NBA team, but working with her third different analyst over that span — first paired with Doc Rivers, then J.J. Redick and now Richard Jefferson.
MLB viewership up double-digits on ESPN, FOX, TBS

3 days ago | sportsmediawatch.com | Jon Lewis

After meeting in the most-watched World Series since 2017, the Yankees and Dodgers again moving the needle for Major League Baseball. ESPN is averaging 1.74 million viewers for Major League Baseball games this season, up 22% from last year and the network’s highest average at this point of a season since 2017.
Pacers-Knicks finishes strong, if down from previous Game 6

4 days ago | sportsmediawatch.com | Jon Lewis

The Pacers-Knicks Eastern Conference Finals ended with a series — and season — high, if short of the previous conference final Game 6. Saturday’s Knicks-Pacers NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 averaged 8.12 million viewers across TNT and truTV, down 7% from the previous conference final Game 6 — Celtics-Heat two years ago (8.71M) — but the most-watched game of the NBA season.
Monday musings: Why TNT's NBA finale drew such a crowd

4 days ago | sportsmediawatch.com | Jon Lewis

Sports Media Watch presents thoughts on recent events in the industry, starting with the final night of the NBA on TNT. As the “NBA on TNT” faded into sports television history in the concourse of Gainbridge Fieldhouse Saturday night, it was difficult not to see it as a momentous occasion.

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