Poker : Poker Ratings: Sky High

The latest poker tournament was a huge success for ESPN, particularly in the final couple of weeks, when ratings exceeded those for ESPN’s popular SportsCenter news show and the typical NBA game, Potts declared.

“They just couldn’t stop watching” he declared. “Guys said they learned from it and women said that it entertained them. The ratings continued to flow even at 3:30 in the morning, the ratings were as strong as in the night from SportsCenter, which are huge. “ESPN hopes to top that this year by increasing the number of series from the World Series of Poker and to repackage last year’s tournament into a “best of” sequences of poker moves, Potts declared.

Arriving shortly in June, the Discovery Channel will air “American Casino” again another such reality show, which will be showing the behind-the-scenes process of a casino in this case Green Valley Ranch. This cable channel, well known for its nature and do-it-yourself shows, will also air its documentary on the takeover and remaking of the Golden Nugget by former dot-com entrepreneurs Tim Poster and Tom Breitling.