Game 4 Of The ALCS Puts Up Strong Ratings

Despite a blowout last night in Game 4 of the ALCS, it still put up an overnight rating of 5.7/10, which is up 36% from last year.

TV Schedule, Thursday, October 17

ALCS, game 5:  Boston @ Detroit 6:30pm on KDSM

College Football:  

Miami @ North Carolina 6:30pm on ESPN
Findlay @ Ohio Domincan 7pm on CBS Sports Network

College Soccer:  Ohio St. @ Penn St. (women's) 2pm on BTN

Golf:

PGA Tour:  Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, first round 4pm on Golf Channel
European PGA Tour:  Perth International, first round 11pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

NBA Preseason Basketball:  Miami @ Brookly 7pm on TNT

NFL Football:  Seattle @ Arizona 7:25pm on NFL Network

NHL Hockey:  


Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia 6pm on NHL Network
Minnesota @ Tampa Bay 6:30pm on FS North 
St. Louis @ Chicago 7pm on Comcast SportsNetwork Chicago & FS Midwest

Sports Radio On TV:

Mike & Mike 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick 8am on NBCSN
Tim Brando 8am on CBS Sports Network
The Herd 9am on ESPNU
SVP & Russillo 12pm on ESPNews
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN

Disclaimer:  All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.

NLCS Ratings On TBS Sports Are Up 22%

The NLCS on TBS Sports continues to put up big ratings.  Ratings for the 2013 NLCS is up 22% from 2011, the last time TBS had the NLCS.  The three prime time telecasts this year on TBS have averaged 5.4 million total viewers which is up 26%.

Last night's Game 4 averaged 5.8 million viewers and had a peak rating of 4.3 between 9:30 & 9:45 Central time, which was good enough to give TBS a ratings win across all cable networks.

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2013 ALCS Continues To Put Up Big Ratings

As MLB continues its March to The Fall Classic, the ALCS on Fox has been a ratings hit.  Last night's Game 3 put up an overnight rating of 3.7/8 and reached 5.6 million viewers.  This is up 37% compared to last year's Game 3 of the NLCS which too was on Fox.

Through three games, the 2013 ALCS is averaging a rating of 4.4/8 and 6.9 million viewers.  For comparison, Thursday Night Football on NFL Network 5.1/8 rating.

NFL Viewing Guide, week 7

Here's your viewing guide for week 7 of the NFL Season of games that will be televised across Central Iowa.  All times are Central.

Thursday:  Seattle @ Arizona 7:25pm on NFL Network

Sunday:

Cincinnati @ Detroit 12pm on KCCI
Chicago @ Washington 12pm on KDSM
Houston @ Kansas City 3:25pm on KCCI
Denver @ Indianapolis 7:30pm on WHO

Monday:  Minnesota @ New York Giants 7:40pm on ESPN

Thursday Night NFL Football On Pace For Record Ratings

NFL Network's Thursday Night Football package of 13 NFL telecasts enters it's fifth week and the bundle of games is on it's way to 

Through 5 games, Thursday Night Football is averaging a 5.1 rating and over 8 million viewers, per week which is up 28% from last year.

TV Schedule, Wednesday, October 16

College Volleyball:


Ohio St. @ Northwestern 6:30pm on BTN
Miami (FL) @ Florida St. 7pm on ESPNU
TCU @ Baylor 7pm on Fox Sports College Central

Golf:  PGA of America, Grand Slam 3pm on TNT

MLB Playoffs:

NLCS, Game 5:  St. Louis @ Los Angeles 3pm on TBS
ALCS, Game 4:  Boston @ Detroit 6:30pm on KDSM

NBA Preseason Basketball:

Detroit @ Chicago 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Orlando @ Houston 7pm on NBATV

NHL Hockey:  New York Rangers @ Washington 7pm on NBCSN

Sports Radio On TV:

Mike & Mike 5am on ESPNU
Dan Patrick 8am on NBCSN
Tim Brando 8am on CBS Sports Network
The Herd 9am on ESPNU
SVP & Russillo 12pm on ESPNews 
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN

Disclaimer:  All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NBA telecasts outside of Iowa.

College Football Attracts Viewers To Fox Sports 1

Saturday afternoon's Oregon/Washington match up on Fox Sports 1 was the 2nd most watched program since the network debuted just under two months ago.  The broadcast delivered over 1.7 million viewers.

It's Another Big Week Of College Football For ESPN

ESPN's college football week gets going this week with a Sun Belt Conference game featuring Louisiana-Lafayette @ Western Kentucky, but the action gets going this weekend being highlighted with a top 5 match up featuring Florida St. @ Clemson in prime time Saturday on ABC.

Other big weekend games across the ESPN family of networks is #22 Florida @ #14 Missouri on WOI-DT (5.2), which is the SEC Network; and #9 UCLA @ #13 Stanford at 2:30pm on ESPN2.

All told across the ESPN platform of networks, 12 of the top 14 ranked teams will be televised beginning with #10 Miami @ North Carolina Thursday night.  For a complete ESPN broadcast schedule for week 8, visit the Web Site linked above.

College Football TV Guide - Week 8

Here's your sneak peak viewing guide for week 8 of the college football season.   All times are Central.

Thursday: 

Miami (FL) @ North Carolina 6:30pm on ESPN
Findlay @ Ohio Dominican 7pm on CBS Sports Network

Friday:  Central Florida @ Louisville 7pm on ESPN

Saturday:

Big 10:

Minnesota @ Northwestern 11am on ESN2
Purdue @ Michigan St. 11am on BTN
Indiana @ Michigan 2:30pm on BTN
Iowa @ Ohio St. 2:30pm on WOI
Wisconsin @ Illinois 7pm on BTN

Big 12:

TCU @ Oklahoma St. 11am on KDSM
Texas Tech @ West Virgina 11am on Fox Sports 1
Oklahoma @ Kansas 2:30pm on ESPN
Iowa St. @ Baylor 5pm on ESPNU

Missouri  Vally

Indiana St. @ Illinois St. 1pm on MC22 (Mediacom)
South Dakota St. @ Missouri St. 4:30pm on MC22 (Mediacom) (same day tape)

National Games:

Colgate @ Holy Cross 11am on CBS Sports Network
Connecticut @ Cincinnati 11am on ESPNU
Florida @ Missouri 11am on WOI-DT (5.2)
Georgia @ Vanderbilt 11am on KCCI
Navy @ Toledo 11am on ESPNews
South Carolina @ Tennessee 11am on ESPN
Southern Miss @ East Carolina 11am on FS Midwest, FS North, & FS Wisconsin
Syracuse @ Georgia Tech 11:30am on WHO-DT (13.3)
Auburn @ Texas A&M 2:30pm on CBS
Duke @ Virgina 2:30pm on FS Midwest & FS North+
Maryland @ Wake Forest 2:30pm on ESPNU
North Texas @ Louisiana Tech 2:30pm on CBS Sports Network
UCLA @ Stanford 2:30pm on ESPN2
BYU @ Houston 2:30pm on ESPNews
Princeton @ Brown 5pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Arkansas @ Alabama 6pm on ESPN
LSU @ Ole Miss 6pm on ESPN2
Old Dominion @ Pitt 6pm on FS Midwest+
USC @ Notre Dame 6:30pm on WHO
Florida St. @ Clemson 7pm on WOI
Nevada @ Boise St. 7pm on CBS Sports Network
Washington St. @ Oregon 9pm on Fox Sports 1
Oregon St. @ Cal 9:30pm on ESPN2