- MLB saw its best League Division Series audience since 2017, averaging 3.6 million viewers across Fox, FS1, TBS, TNT and truTV (and up 14% compared to 2023), reports SBJ's Austin Karp.
- Oregon’s 32-31 win over Ohio State drew 10.2 million viewers on NBC on Saturday night, marking the best Big Ten prime time football game since Penn State-Ohio State got 10.4 million on ABC in 2008, per fast-national data.
- With all the turmoil in the RSN market, my colleague Tom Friend has a handy listing of where each NBA team will show its local/regional games this season.
- Big Ten basketball TV schedules are out, and my Northwestern Wildcats have seven exclusive games on Peacock on the men's side (glad I set my parents up with Peacock Premium, so I don’t have to endure FaceTimes asking why they can’t find Ty Berry and Brooks Barnhizer). BTN also has the most women’s basketball games in network history, with more than 70 airing on the channel. BTN will also have a record 154 men’s games.
- Consider NFL Network's Rich Eisen bullish on an expanded package of NFL international games.
- TNT Sports is bringing back "Inside the NBA" producer Tim Kiely ahead of the season (he was previously with the company from 1995-2023). Kiely will now be VP and executive producer of NBA studio production.
- An array of locales and a new vibe around the "College GameDay" set with Nick Saban’s inclusion has things looking up for the ESPN pregame show, writes SBJ's Ben Portnoy.
