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Monday Night Football Reels In 16.5 Million Viewers

ESPN’s Monday Night Football matchup this week between the Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars delivered 16.5 million viewers (ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and NFL+), the most-watched Week 13 MNF game since 2010 (Jets-Patriots). The audience of 16,484,000 was up 46% year-over-year (Saints-Buccaneers). Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli generated 1 million viewers on ESPN2. Season-to-date, Monday Night Football is […]

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Former Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim to Make Debut on ACC Network

Former Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim, who retired in March after 47 years at his alma mater, is becoming a TV broadcaster. Boeheim has joined ESPN and will make his analyst debut this Saturday, Dec. 2, on ACC Network. Boeheim will call the Florida State at No. 17 North Carolina men’s college basketball game […]

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NYC Marathon to Be Broadcast to 540 Million Homes Worldwide

NEW YORK — This Sunday’s New York City Marathon will be broadcast to more than 540 million homes around the world in 206 countries and territories through various international broadcast partners, including ABC7/WABC-TV in the New York City area and ESPN2 across the United States. WABC-TV and ESPN2 have been home to the award-winning broadcast of […]

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ESPN’s New NBA Broadcast Team Debuts This Friday

ESPN’s new lead NBA broadcast team makes its debut this Friday on the ESPN2 sports cable network in a preseason game between the Golden State Warriors at the Los Angeles at 10:30 p.m. Eastern time. Long time play-by-play man Mike Breen is joined by Doris Burke and former NBA player and coach Doc Rivers. ESPN […]

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HBO Greenlights Second Season of House of the Dragon

This news won’t surprise you. HBO announced its original drama series House of the Dragon has been renewed for a second season. The prequel to the hit Games of Thrones series debuted Sunday, August 21, to the largest audience for any new original series in HBO history and even crashed HBO servers due to streaming […]

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Apple Names Broadcasters for Friday MLB Games

Apple has announced the lineup of broadcasters and production enhancements for “Friday Night Baseball,” which starts today only on Apple TV+. Fans can access “Friday Night Baseball” games and additional content, including new exclusive programs such as “Countdown to First Pitch” and “MLB Daily Recap,” beginning today in the Apple TV app. The games will […]

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Ads for Women’s NCAA Hoops Tournament Sold Out

Disney Advertising, which sells ad space on ESPN’s TV networks, says it has sold out of ad inventory for the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament from March 16 to April 3. The women’s tournament airs exclusively across ESPN networks. One of the most highly anticipated events in collegiate athletics attracted 14 sponsors and […]

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150 Million People Watched the Super Bowl

Nearly 150 million people watched the Super Bowl last Sunday according to measurement firm iSpot.tv. According to results from iSpot.tv’s second-by-second cross-platform measurement, Super Bowl LVI, which ran from 6:33-10:09 ET on February 13, drew an average minute audience of 121 million viewers that tuned in to watch the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Cincinnati […]

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Picard Season Two to Stream on Paramount+ March 3

Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, has released the official trailer for season two of its original series STAR TREK: PICARD. Season two of STAR TREK: PICARD will premiere on Thursday, March 3, exclusively for Paramount+ subscribers in the U.S. Following the premiere, new episodes of the 10-episode-long second season will be released weekly on […]

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1883 Sets Paramount+ Viewer Records

NEW YORK — Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, announced Sunday’s premiere of the highly anticipated “Yellowstone” prequel, 1883, broke a new record for the service as its most-watched original series premiere ever, up more than double over the previous record, across the service’s owned and operated platforms, with additional third party reporting still to […]

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Bill Maher to Return for 20th Season on HBO

NEW YORK — Real Time with Bill Maher will return for its landmark 20th season on HBO – making Maher the longest-serving late-night host currently on the air. The new season begins Friday, January 21 at 10 p.m., with a replay at 12:30 a.m. Maher offers his unique perspective on contemporary issues in each show which […]

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NHL Season Kicks Off Today on ESPN

For the first time since 2004, the National Hockey League (NHL) returns to ESPN  with three exclusive national games this week starting with the season opener today at 7:30 p.m. ESPN has the primary broadcasting rights for the NHL after 17 years on NBC Sports and its cable networks.. Walt Disney, which owns ESPN, is […]

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Amazon to Broadcast NFL Thursday Games Starting Next Year

The National Football League announced that Amazon Prime Video will be the exclusive home of Thursday Night Football beginning with the 2022 season. Amazon will feature Thursday night’s NFL game across hundreds of compatible digital devices. The NFL’s original agreement with Amazon, announced as part of a larger series of media distribution deals this past March, […]

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CBS Names Co-Presidents for CBS News, TV Stations

NEW YORK — CBS is combining the news and business resources of CBS News and the CBS Television Stations into one organization. CBS, owned by parent company ViacomCBS, has selected two outsiders from the company to lead CBS News and its TV stations. Hearst Newspapers, Cable Networks & Digital Media Executive Neeraj Khemlani and former […]

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NHL Returning to ESPN in New Seven-Year Deal

The Walt Disney Company, parent of ESPN and the National Hockey League have agreed to a new seven-year deal that will see the return of hockey to ESPN for the first time since 2005. The new deal encompasses television and streaming rights starting with the 2021-22 season through the 2027-28 season. Hockey games will be […]