or


[09/18/12 - 01:19 PM]
Knockout Kings Scores Record Ratings for Showtime Championship Boxing
Showtime spins the numbers for Saturday, September 15.
[via press release from Showtime]

KNOCKOUT KINGS SCORES RECORD RATINGS FOR SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Saturday's Headlining Bout - Canelo Alvarez and Josesito Lopez - And Fight Of The Year Candidate Marcos Maidana vs. Jesus Soto Karass Deliver Highest Ratings for SHOWTIME With Over One Million Viewers

Don't Miss Tonight's SHOWTIME EXTREME Replay, Tuesday, Sept. 18 At 10 p.m. ET/PT Also Available Anytime at SHOWTIME ON DEMAND

NEW YORK (Sept. 18, 2012)--In a big night for boxing, Saturday night's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast of "Knockout Kings" scored record ratings for its headlining fight between Canelo Alvarez and Josesito Lopez with over one million viewers. The blockbuster event, promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Promotions in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions and Thompson Boxing Promotions, was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and featured an action-packed bout on the undercard between welterweights Marcos Maidana and Jesus Soto Karass, which helped garner the second-highest rating for a boxing telecast on the premium network since 2007.

Canelo did not disappoint with a dominating fifth-round technical knockout of Lopez in front of a sold-out crowd celebrating Mexican Independence Day weekend. In what is sure to be considered a Fight of the Year candidate, Maidana scored a technical knockout over Soto Karass in the eighth round.

RATING STATISTICS:

· Saturday's main event bout between Canelo and Lopez attracted over one million viewers (1.04 million) for the live telecast, surpassing the 2010 Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins event as the highest viewership for a bout on SHOWTIME since the network began tracking bout viewership.

· Canelo vs. Lopez drew the largest Hispanic audience for an individual bout on SHOWTIME since 2009, outperforming Brandon Rios vs. Miguel Acosta from 2011.

· Saturday's average viewership ranked as the highest SHOWTIME boxing telecast of the year, and the second-highest average viewership on the network since 2007.

"We've seen steady increases in viewership for our marquee championship boxing events throughout the year," said Executive Vice President and General Manager for SHOWTIME Sports Stephen Espinoza. "It makes perfect sense that the budding star of Canelo Alvarez delivered our best performance thus far. We expect to build on this success with future Canelo fights and, of course, on the incredible lineup we have planned for SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING this fall."

Saturday's fights will replay tonight, Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME and is available anytime at SHOWTIME On Demand through October 15.





  [september 2012]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
      


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)




most recent ratings | view all posts
[12/23/24 - 02:36 PM]
College Football Playoff Scores 10.6 Million Average Viewers Across ESPN Platforms and TNT Sports
Tennessee/Ohio State and Indiana/Notre Dame on ESPN/ABC become two of top three most-watched games of the season.
[12/23/24 - 01:22 PM]
"Yellowstone" 5B Finale Continues Its Record-Breaking Run with 13.1M Total Viewers in L3 Marking the Biggest Episode in Series History
Said run marked the most watched season in the series' history with 13.6M total viewers.
[12/23/24 - 01:15 PM]
For the 4th Consecutive Year, ABC News' "20/20" Is Friday's No. 1 Newsmagazine Across the Board
"20/20" outdelivered "Dateline" in all key target demos for the 4th consecutive year - since 2021.
[12/19/24 - 12:00 PM]
Great American Family's Christmas Franchise Fuels Channel's Growth Placing It Among the Top 25 Just Three Years After Launch
The company's burgeoning holiday movie franchise, Great American Christmas, launched October 11, further establishing Great American's position as a leader in the original holiday movie space.
[12/18/24 - 01:30 PM]
"Landman" Explodes Becoming the #1 Paramount+ Original of All Time Garnering 14.9M Global Households
New episodes are available to stream every Sunday exclusively on Paramount+.
[12/18/24 - 10:21 AM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Hits Season Highs in Total Viewers, Households and Women 25-54 with Best Numbers Since April
In addition, "Live" posted week-to-week gains of +12% in Women 25-54 (0.47 rating vs. 0.42 rating), hitting a season high and posting the show's second week of growth in the demographic with its best delivery in three months.
[12/17/24 - 03:31 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in All Key Demos for the Week of Dec. 9 Versus CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night With Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" posted double-digit gains week to week across the board: Total Viewers (+16% - 840,000 vs. 725,000), Adults 25-54 (+76% - 215,000 vs. 122,000) and Adults 18-49 (+90% - 129,000 vs. 68,000).
[12/17/24 - 12:00 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Dec. 15: "Carry-On" Lifts Off and "Black Doves" Fly High in Netflix's Top 10 This Week
Jamie Foxx's stand-up special "What Had Happened Was..." hit No. 2 (8.2 million views), and "Dead to Me" creator Liz Feldman's new murder mystery "No Good Deed" landed at No. 3 (6 million views).
[12/17/24 - 11:12 AM]
"Abbott Elementary" Holiday Special Delivers Glad Tidings - Rising +129% in Total Viewers and +410% in Adults 18-49 over Initial Live+Same Day Audience
After seven days of viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, the "Abbott Elementary" holiday special "Winter Show" delivered holiday cheer, jumping to 6.66 million Total Viewers and 2.14 rating in Adults 18-49.
[12/17/24 - 05:16 AM]
"Yellowstone" Finale Is Biggest Episode in Series History with 11.4 Million Viewers
Overall, Season B outperformed Season 5A by +4% (10.3M) in viewership.
[12/16/24 - 02:45 PM]
"Blue Bloods" Series Finale Hits Largest Overnight Audience of the Season
The finale's seven-day multiplatform audience (across CBS and Paramount+) could surpass 11.4 million viewers, according to VideoAmp and CBS Research estimates.
[12/12/24 - 10:00 AM]
"Tracker" Exceeding 18 Million Viewers and "Matlock" Nearing 17 Million Viewers in Live Plus 35-Day Multiplatform Viewing
Since the new season premiered in September, CBS primetime series are averaging 10 million viewers, up +3% compared to last season, in live plus 35-day viewing across CBS, Paramount+ and the CBS app.
[12/12/24 - 09:02 AM]
"Tamron Hall" Hits Season Ratings High Growing by 17%
During the week of November 18, "Tamron Hall" grew in all key measures week to week, +9% among total viewers, +6% in household rating, +16% and +17% respectively with the highly coveted women 18-49 and 25-54 demographics.
[12/11/24 - 12:01 PM]
"Dancing with the Stars" Season 33 Earns Largest Total Viewer Finale Audience in Five Years - Largest Adults 18-49 Audience in Seven Years
The finale represented the show's highest delivery in multiplatform viewing for any "Dancing with the Stars" telecast in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 in three years.
[12/10/24 - 12:00 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Dec. 8: "Black Doves" Soars; "Our Little Secret" Is Most-Watched Title This Week
"Senna," the limited series based on the life and career of the titular Formula 1 icon, raced to No. 1 (5.8 million views) on the Non-English TV list, with "The Madness" rising to No. 1 in English TV, making the top 10 in 90 countries, with 13.3 million views.