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PostPosted: 04/03/08 12:50 pm    ::: ESPN's Women's NCAA Up 43% Reply Reply with quote
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Through 60 games on 25 telecasts between March 22 and April 1, ESPN is averaging 971,000 viewers per telecast, up from 678,000 last year.


http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/cabletv/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003784728
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PostPosted: 04/03/08 6:22 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 04/03/08 8:32 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
that's great.....these playoffs are as exciting as can be.....sunday is a long way off.... Crying or Very sad



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PostPosted: 04/03/08 8:38 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Hopefully increased viewership of players like Parker and Fowles leads to an increase in the WNBA TV audience as well.
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PostPosted: 04/03/08 10:46 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Aw, that makes my heart fuzzy and warm. Very Happy

And it's great to know that it's other age groups besides teens - many of whom were able to talk with me yesterday about Parker's heroics the night before.



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PostPosted: 04/03/08 11:27 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
That is a huge jump. Nice work!!!



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PostPosted: 04/10/08 7:23 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaw/news;_ylt=AshNkpNZ2HJ3JpZBekWZ3INMvrYF?slug=ap-ncaatournament-ratings&prov=ap&type=lgns



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PostPosted: 04/10/08 7:58 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Awesome news! I know I've heard a lot of people say they're going to watch the WNBA now just for Parker. Very Happy



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PostPosted: 04/10/08 8:13 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Thrillrider08 wrote:
Awesome news! I know I've heard a lot of people say they're going to watch the WNBA now just for Parker. Very Happy


I've heard the same, mostly from men.
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PostPosted: 04/10/08 9:20 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
luvDhoops wrote:
Thrillrider08 wrote:
Awesome news! I know I've heard a lot of people say they're going to watch the WNBA now just for Parker. Very Happy


I've heard the same, mostly from men.


Impressive. Hope they support the WNBA longterm. Smile



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PostPosted: 04/10/08 11:15 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
I hate to be a doubter, but there's not enough data here to indicate a trend. Ratings are up from last year, but how does it compare to the all time high?

Candace getting a few new guys to tune in to a WNBA game or two is great, but will they stick around? I guess the best sign is I've been seeing more positive press from male sportswriters lately, but even that is often an attack on the NBA masquerading as praise of the WNBA.
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PostPosted: 04/10/08 11:26 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
I found this article from 1999, ratings were slightly higher back then:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/news/1999/03/31/tournament_ratings/

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PostPosted: 04/11/08 1:09 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
doubt we'll keep those fans after seeing Stanford's jv game on Tues. The LSU/TN game wasn't much better.
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PostPosted: 04/11/08 6:21 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
hoopfan24 wrote:
doubt we'll keep those fans after seeing Stanford's jv game on Tues. The LSU/TN game wasn't much better.


A lot of people said something similar after last year's FF, which featured three games that were less than artistic successes.

I think the more significant question is whether the increase was because of Parker or something else.
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