The Ivy League said Wednesday it will not hold any sports events in the fall, becoming the first major conference to declare itself out of the game in football and other sports during the traditional September-to-December schedule.
While the Ivy League rarely gets the national sports spotlight, its decision is…
Voluntary workouts are starting for a prospective college football season in the fall. But student athletes that wish to return will have to acknowledge the coronavirus risks and pledge to follow safety guidelines in order to participate.
Ohio State is among the schools requiring a waiver, the Columbus Dispatch reporte…
ViacomCBS could see a $350 million hit this quarter on the cancellation of the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, says one media analyst. David Miller from Imperial Capital has cut earnings forecasts for the company and his price target for the stock, which is down 16% Wednesday.
The NCAA on March 13 cancelled this…
The NCAA has canceled it men’s and women’s basketball tournaments amid groning concerns about the coronavirus. It had announced earlier in the week that it would hold both tourneys without live crowds.
The remaining collegiate winter and spring championships in all sports also have been canceled.
“This decision is…
Media stocks were smacked Thursday as the NBA’s suspended rest of season focused investors on a potential ad slump and accelerated cord cutting with trading halted temporarily for the second time this week as the market plunged.
“The only reason to have a multichannel video bundle is literally disappearing, at least…
There's a lot of social media spittle flying over Vince Vaughn shaking hands with Donald Trump at Monday's 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship in New Orleans, but the real action was on the field and in the sets of eyeballs tuning in.
Supported by the Wedding Crashers star, No. 1-ranked Louisiana State…
Today’s NCAA college basketball Final Four in San Antonio has all the elements that make for compelling stories: A charismatic 98-year-old nun who provides pre-game strategy; a Cinderella team coming out of nowhere to successfully take on the big boys of college hoops; and established traditional basketball powers…
CBS's NCAA tournament coverage dominated Friday with early stats (1.8 demo rating, 6.46 million viewers) boosted from previous week’s round 1 broadcasts, but shy of same night last year’s 2.4 demo rating and 8M viewers.
NBC’s Blindspot (0.6, 3.3M), Taken (0.4, 2.9M), and Dateline (0.6, 3.71M) were the top non-sports…
NBC edged ABC in a heated firefighter-show battle Thursday, but the ratings conflagration did nothing to douse NCAA basketball numbers on CBS.
NBC's two back-to-back Chicago Fire episodes (1.2 demo rating, 6.78 million viewers) may have dampened viewing for the 9-11 PM launch of ABC's firehouse-set Grey's Anatomy…
Amazon is going deep with an untitled series that will follow the University of Michigan football team and its alumnus-coach Jim Harbaugh throughout the 2017 season.
Produced by BTN Originals, the Montag Group and Jim Jorden Productions, the Amazon Prime series will feature unprecedented access to the winningest…
Last night's Final Four games on CBS scored an average 16.8 million viewers, the second most-watched Final Four in 19 years. Viewership of the two games (Gonzaga vs. South Carolina and North Carolina vs. Oregon) was up +44% over last year.
So far, the NCAA Tournament is averaging 10.4 million viewers, up +14% from…
As we head into conference tournament week ahead of the NCAA’s March Madness, Showtime is offering the first look at its feature-length documentary Disgraced. The film follows the 2003 case of the death of Baylor University basketball star Patrick Dennehy at the hands of his friend and teammate Carlton Dotson and the…
