Monday, October 03, 2005

Good News/Bad News For DISNEY

(From The USA Today -- By Michael Hiestand)

GOOD NEWS
ESPN2 got Monday's TENNESSEE/LSU football game, originally scheduled for Saturday, and drew 3.1% of U.S. cable TV households. It was ESPN2's second highest-rated event, trailing a 2003 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL playoff game rating.

BAD NEWS
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (MNF) on ABC drew just 8.8% of U.S. TV households -- down 32% from a WASHINGTON REDSKINS/DALLAS COWBOYS game in that slot last year.

Still, DISNEY's benefits go beyond ratings. Oscar-winning actress GEENA DAVIS was in the MNF booth for a full-blown hypefest for COMMANDER IN CHIEF, a new ABC prime-time series that stars Davis. AL MICHAELS seemed impressed, thanking "TINA" for stopping by.

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