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Skip Bayless Is Gaining On ESPN In A Ratings War That Doesn't Matter<em></em>ESPN’s flagship shoutfest, First Take, has long and rightly been reviled for degrading everyone and everything it touches. Until co-host Skip Bayless departed earlier this year, that didn’t seem to matter at all to its loyal core audience, which happily tuned in each day no matter how repulsive or j...

The Astros Drew A 0.00 Nielsen RatingLast week we cringed to the news that the Astros drew an average local viewership of 1,000 people for a game—less than for an out-of-market WNBA game on at the same time. How bad could it get for yesterday's 9-2 loss at Cleveland, which went up against the Texans' game? Pretty damn bad....

TV Ratings For Ravens-Broncos Were BananasThe NFL is invincible. After a season of unnecessary distractions and safety crises and owner collusion and labor stoppages, in the course of two days the sport managed to put on two games that were so good they make you want to run through a fucking brick wall. Saturday's slugfest in Denver and yes...

1,100 Households Watched The Astros Game On Sunday, The Team's Worst TV Rating Ever

The weekend Nielsens are in, and Houstonians are apparently enjoying the last of the summer. Nearly half-a-million households, or 44 percent of TVs in use, were tuned in to the Texans' boring win over the Dolphins. That's not great—worse than all but four games last year. But it's gangbusters compar...

Here Are The 50 Most-Watched Sporting Events Of 2012. Football Owns America.

As they do every year, Sports Media Watch has compiled the ratings for the 50 most-viewed sports telecasts of the first half of 2012. What can we learn?...

Riveting, Crucial World Series Game Barely Beats Craptastic, Meaningless Regular Season Football Game In The Ratings

Baseball's back, baby!...

Fewer People Watch The Bobcats On TV Than Actually Go To Games

And it's not as if a ton of people go to Bobcats games....