Comments Thread For: ESPN: Stiverne-Arreola Bout Was Ratings Success

[superchamp]

I don't know exactly what the 0.8 translates into viewership, but looking at the ratings for NBC's "Dateline" on Saturday night (also in the 8pm timeslot), its 0.7 rating translated to 3.91 million viewers.

So is it possible that the 0.8 rating translates into 4 million viewers or so?

[doninlouisiana]

I don't know exactly what the 0.8 translates into viewership, but looking at the ratings for NBC's "Dateline" on Saturday night (also in the 8pm timeslot), its 0.7 rating translated to 3.91 million viewers.

So is it possible that the 0.8 rating translates into 4 million viewers or so?

I'm thinking that is close, between 4-5 million viewers being a guesstimate.

[Check]

I don't know exactly what the 0.8 translates into viewership, but looking at the ratings for NBC's "Dateline" on Saturday night (also in the 8pm timeslot), its 0.7 rating translated to 3.91 million viewers.

So is it possible that the 0.8 rating translates into 4 million viewers or so?

Not sure you could use that comparison because NBC is a national tv station. ESPN is a cable network, which not everyone has cable. A .7 may draw a lot more viewers for NBC, than a .8 for ESPN. Would like to know the number though.

[RSBonos]

Not sure you could use that comparison because NBC is a national tv station. ESPN is a cable network, which not everyone has cable. A .7 may draw a lot more viewers for NBC, than a .8 for ESPN. Would like to know the number though.

It was 900k+.

Decent I guess, at least it didn't bomb. ESPN did little to no hype.

[beez721]

It was 900k+.

Decent I guess, at least it didn't bomb. ESPN did little to no hype.

hopefully this will motivate espn to air more heavyweight fights. Im so glad that fight did well

[superchamp]

OK,

I found this site that shows how to convert ratings to estimated viewers:

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...dition/199735/

So for 2013/2014 a 1.0 rating = 1.16 million households = 2.95 million viewers.

...it pretty much means they take the nuclear family average of 2.5 viewers per household.

so the Stiverne fight doing 924,000 households roughly equates to 2.3 million viewers, which is still pretty solid numbers considering most HBO cards are in the 1-1.5 million range.