Media Watch: TV Listings, Week 10
Despite two entertaining, down-to-the-wire games, the ACC came up on the short end of the ratings stick this week – although it wasn’t entirely the league’s fault.
North Carolna’s upset of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg last Thursday night had the misfortune of going head-to-head against Game 2 of the World Series … and a World Series involving the New York Yankees, no less.
As a result, the game drew just a 1.5 rating, drawing 2.3 million viewers. That’s down six percent from last year’s game during the same week. It’s also ESPN’s lowest-rated, least-viewed Thursday night game of the season.
At least the Tar Heels and Hokies had an excuse.
Saturday’s Miami-Wake Forest game wasn’t as fortunate in drawing a 3.5 rating, down a whopping 33 percent from the same week last year.
As for the rest of the schedule, here’s the rundown of where and when you can find your favorite ACC teams on the airwaves:
Noon
Virginia at Miami, Raycom, XM 190, Sirius 215 (Steve Martin, play-by-play, Rick “Doc” Walker, analyst, Mike Hogewood, sideline).
1 p.m.
Maryland at N.C.State, ESPN 360, XM 191, Sirius 218 (Ryan Rose, play-by-play, Danny Kanell, analyst).
3:30 p.m.
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech, ABC, XM 192, Sirius 211 (Pam Ward, play-by-play, Ray Bentley analyst).
3:30 p.m.
North Carolina at Duke, ESPNU, XM 190, Sirius 215 (Todd Harris, play-by-play, Charles Arbuckle, analyst).
7:45 p.m.
Florida State at Clemson, ESPN, XM 190-91, Sirius 215 (Brad Nessler, play-by-play, Todd Blackledge, analyst, Erin Andrews, sideline)
