South Carolina-Iowa averaged 18.7m viewers on ABC and ESPNChampionship showdown peaks at 24m viewers on SundaySouth Carolina’s victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in Sunday’s women’s NCAA championship game had a preliminary audience average of 18.7 million on ABC and ESPN. The only sporting events in the US to draw a bigger TV audience since 2019 have been American football, the World Cup and the Olympics.The audience numbers are expected to increase when Nielsen releases its final numbers on...
Jackson Holliday’s MLB debut on Wednesday, a 7-5 Baltimore Orioles win over the Boston Red Sox, delivered a strong audience for MLB Network. Without airing in the Baltimore or Boston markets, the game averaged 626,000 viewers. That’s good for the second-most-watched regular season game in the network’s 15-year history, only surpassed by Derek Jeter’s final
Caitlin Clark did not get her storybook ending Sunday afternoon in Cleveland, but women’s college basketball did when the viewership figures for the national championship game were released Monday. was seen by an astonishing 18.7 million viewers and peaked at 24.7 million. That’s an 89 percent increase from the 2023 title game and a 285 percent increase from 2022. ESPN says it is the m ost-watched basketball game (men’s or women’s, college or pro) since 2019. Advertisement The interest in...
Despite lay-offs and studio closures, the 20th edition of the ceremony saw Dungeons & Dragons-inspired Baldur’s Gate 3 become the runaway winner in a hotly contested fieldIn London last night, the 20th Bafta games awards celebrated a year that was stacked with critically acclaimed games. Taking place against the backdrop of an unprecedented year of layoffs and studio closures in the gaming industry, acknowledged by Bafta chair Sara Putt in her speech at the beginning of the evening, it was a...
When a watch bags itself a nickname the reason is usually because it's immediately struck a chord with the watch fraternity. Be it Pepsi, Dark Lord, or Tuna, Rolex, TAG Heuer and Seiko respectively know this only too well. And the Montblanc Iced Sea, or Iced Tea as the cool kids call it, is the latest watch to hit the nickname jackpot. “The Montblanc Iced Sea collection is a success because its history and the characteristics of the watch make it unique,” says Laurent Lecamp, Montblanc’s global...
BRISTOL, Conn. >> Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn at the women’s Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed women’s basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast.
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Inspired by the (frankly excellent) Fallout TV show, this week on VG247's Best Games Ever podcast I've tasked my colleagues with finding the best game where a family member ditches you. With the prerequisite understanding that none of them are allowed to pick Fallout 3, the quintessential "dad's buggered off" simulator.As it turns out, being forsaken by a family member is a fairly common scenario in video games, especially if you widen the concept of family out to any sort of fraternity or...
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The 2024 NCAA women’s basketball championship game has finally arrived, bringing with it all the buildup of this season's hoopla. Following a season of thrilling showdowns on the court, this past week saw the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament narrow down to the Final Four. On April 5, Iowa faced UConn, and South Carolina squared off against NC State. Now, Iowa will take to the hardwood to play against the South Carolina Gamecocks on April 7 for the national championship. This...
Caitlin Clark and Iowa have the top three television audiences for women's basketball.