Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reported via twitter that the debut of Fight Camp 360: Pacquiao vs. Mosley scored a .5 rating on CBS this past Saturday morning. The rating was very good considering the show was on network television on a Saturday morning. Payout Perspective: Nice ratings considering it was not the lead-in to […]
Archives for April 2011
Fuel TV’s “Friday Fight Night” Shark Fights Promo
The Texas-based promotion, Shark Fights, announced it had signed a deal with Fuel TV last week. It will be placed into Fuel’s one hour telecast of “Friday Fight Night” starting April 15th at 10 pm. The press release from last week goes into a bit more detail regarding Fuel TV’s “Friday Fight Night”: FUEL TV’s […]
Bellator 39 ratings: 174,000 viewers
MMA Weekly reports that ratings for Bellator 39 Saturday were slightly up to 174,000 viewers. The increase in ratings stops a streak of declining MTV2 ratings for the organization. Via MMA Weekly: Bellator 39 drew an initial audience of 174,000, with 89,000 more tuning in to the replay. While that is a little lower than […]
White responds to low TUF 13 ratings
Dana White posted a response to the critics that have called out the low ratings for The Ultimate Fighter 13’s debut. On the Underground, he posted a response stating that TUF was here to stay. Via The Underground: “SINCE WHEN IS 1.5 MILLIONS VIEWERS BAD? People have been saying it is dead since season 4. […]
Wrestlemania 27 attendance: 71K plus
Wrestlemania 27 held yesterday at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia garnered a strong 71,617 in attendance. The WWE indicated it was the highest grossing and most attended entertainment event at the Georgia Dome although there are reports that a Backstreet Boys concert in 2000 drew over 73,000. With respect to sports events, the SEC […]