Big Ten Network Attracts Highest Viewership Ever – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/7/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Football games were Saturday’s most-watched across nine metered markets
CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network on Saturday had the most-watched college football games of the day across the nine metered markets within the Big Ten area. The network also broke its own local viewing records in five of those markets, including Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Detroit.
The noon ET games, which featured the Michigan-Michigan State overtime thriller and Northwestern’s come-from-behind-win at Purdue, averaged a combined 4.7 household rating (HH) in the nine metered markets, the highest rating in the region throughout the day, exceeding all other football programming. The Ohio State-Indiana game in primetime attracted a 4.5 HH rating, to lead all college football primetime games in the region.
In addition, based on Nielsen metered market data, the network had the highest total number of viewers of any day in the network’s history.
“We were extremely pleased with the millions of viewers we had on Saturday,” Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman said. “It reflects positively on the network’s growth and shows that great things are on the horizon for our young network.”
The network’s Ohio State-Indiana game was the highest-rated program for the day across all television networks in Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton. Similarly, the Michigan-Michigan State game was the highest-rated program across all television networks in Detroit, while Northwestern-Purdue was the highest-rated program across all cable networks in Indianapolis.
During the afternoon time slot, the Big Ten Network beat its own individual market records in Chicago and in Detroit, where the Michigan-Michigan State game registered a 17.4 HH rating. The Michigan-Michigan State game also notably drew a 9.7 HH rating in Columbus, home of Ohio State.
The Ohio State-Indiana game also broke the network’s own individual market HH ratings records in Columbus (28.9), Dayton (16.6) and Cleveland (10.0). The 28.9 HH rating in Columbus is the highest single-game, single-market figure in network history, eclipsing last year’s Minnesota-Ohio State matchup, which posted a 24.4 HH rating.
Source: Nielsen Arianna Overnights (10/3/09). Metered Markets: Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh.
BIG TEN NETWORK
ADVANCE PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 8 – Sunday, October 18
— NOTE for FOOTBALL SATURDAYS —
On some football Saturdays, the Big Ten Network airs multiple football games simultaneously. However, all of our games are made available to our distribution partners so they may air those games on “Extra Football Game Channels.” Most large cable, satellite and telco affiliates carry some or all of our “Extra Football Game Channels.” This varies by market and by affiliate and the decision whether to carry these extra games is made locally by cable operators. These channels are only available to us on football game days.
To get the specific channel numbers for games in your area, go to www.bigtennetwork.com/gamefinder.
– THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 –
10PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Football: Behind the Schemes
Dave Revsine – Host; Gerry DiNardo, Glen Mason – Analysts
– FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 –
8PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten’s Best: Basketball Dynamic Duos
Charissa Thompson – Host
10PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Football… and Beyond
Dave Revsine – Host; Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith – Analysts; Teddy Greenstein, Cory McCartney – National Reporters
11PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Friday Night Tailgate
University of Illinois (Champaign, IL)
– SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 –
10AM ET/ BIG TEN COOKOUT
University of Illinois
Melanie Collins – Host
10:30AM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Football Saturday Pre-Game Show
Dave Revsine – Host; Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith – Analysts
12PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Michigan State at Illinois (HD) (Champaign, IL)
Wayne Larrivee – Play-by-Play; Chris Martin – Analyst; Charissa Thompson – Reporter
12PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Miami (OH) at Northwestern (HD) (Evanston, IL)
Ari Wolfe – Play-by-Play; Glen Mason – Analyst; Anthony Herron – Reporter
7PM ET/ BIG TEN WOMEN’S SOCCER
Purdue at Indiana (HD) (Bloomington, IN) (10/8/09 – delay)
Dean Linke – Play-by-Play; Ellen Weinberg – Analyst
9PM ET/ BIG TEN MEN’S SOCCER
Indiana at Michigan (HD) (Ann Arbor, MI) (10/10/09 – delay)
Dean Linke – Play-by-Play; Richard Broad – Analyst
– SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 –
12PM ET/ BIG TEN WOMEN’S SOCCER
Northwestern at Ohio State (HD) (Columbus, OH)
Steve Schlanger – Play-by-Play; Lisa Grubb – Analyst
2PM ET/ BIG TEN WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Penn State at Minnesota (HD) (Minneapolis, MN)
Marney Gellner – Play-by-Play; Elizabeth Moreau – Analyst
4PM ET/ BIG TEN MEN’S SOCCER
Michigan State at Wisconsin (HD) (Madison, WI)
Kenn Tomasch – Play-by-Play; Chris Doran – Analyst
10PM ET/ BIG TEN TONIGHT
Mike Hall, Melanie Collins – Hosts
– MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 –
10PM ET/ BIG TEN WOMEN’S SHOW
Lisa Cornwell, Brittney Payton – Hosts
– TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 –
8PM ET/ BIG TEN’S GREATEST GAMES
Football: 2004 – Ohio State at Northwestern (HD) (Evanston, IL)
10PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Football: Breakdown
Dave Revsine – Host; Howard Griffith, Chris Martin – Analysts
– WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 –
6PM ET/ BIG TEN’S GREATEST GAMES
Football: 2000 – Ohio State at Purdue (HD) (West Lafayette, IN)
8PM ET/ BIG TEN WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Northwestern at Illinois (HD) (Champaign, IL)
Randy Rhinehart – Play-by-Play; Jim Stone – Analyst
10PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Football: Sites and Sounds
Rick Pizzo – Host; Anthony Herron, Troy Vincent – Analysts
– THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 –
10PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Football: Behind the Schemes
Dave Revsine – Host; Gerry DiNardo, Glen Mason – Analysts
– FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 –
8PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten’s Best: Fantastic Football Finishes of the 80s
Charissa Thompson – Host
10PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Football… and Beyond
Dave Revsine – Host; Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith – Analysts; Teddy Greenstein, Cory McCartney – National Reporters
11PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Friday Night Tailgate
Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
– SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 –
10AM ET/ BIG TEN COOKOUT
Indiana University
Melanie Collins – Host
10:30AM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Football Saturday Pre-Game Show
Dave Revsine – Host; Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith – Analysts
12PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Ohio State at Purdue (HD) (West Lafayette, IN)
Wayne Larrivee – Play-by-Play; Chris Martin – Analyst; Charissa Thompson – Reporter
12PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Delaware State at Michigan (HD) (Ann Arbor, MI)
Craig Coshun – Play-by-Play; Mark Campbell – Analyst; Brent Stover – Reporter
6PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Big Ten Football Saturday Pre-Game Show
Dave Revsine – Host; Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith – Analysts
7PM ET/ BIG TEN FOOTBALL
Illinois at Indiana (HD) (Bloomington, IN)
Matt Devlin – Play-by-Play; Anthony Herron – Analyst; Rebecca Haarlow – Reporter
– SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 –
12PM ET/ BIG TEN FIELD HOCKEY
Northwestern at Indiana (HD) (Bloomington, IN) (10/17/09 – delay)
Leah Secondo – Play-by-Play; Karen Weaver – Analyst
2PM ET/ BIG TEN MEN’S SOCCER
Michigan State at Indiana (HD) (Bloomington, IN)
Kenn Tomasch – Play-by-Play; Richard Broad – Analyst; Chris Doran – Reporter
4PM ET/ BIG TEN WOMEN’S SOCCER
Indiana at Michigan (HD) (Ann Arbor, MI) (10/18/09 – delay)
Bernie Guenther – Play-by-Play; Lisa Grubb – Analyst
6PM ET/ BIG TEN WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Minnesota at Illinois (HD) (Champaign, IL) (10/16/09 – delay)
Randy Rhinehart – Play-by-Play; Jim Stone – Analyst
10PM ET/ BIG TEN TONIGHT
Mike Hall, Melanie Collins – Hosts
