The Long Winter Makes People Do Inexplicable Things In Record Numbers Files: Big Break Hits New Ratings High

This appears to be almost double the normal rating for Big Break, the migraine-friendly reality show...I mean, competition show.

Clearly, the brutal winter has gotten to otherwise lucid people and they'll watch anything with palm trees and...

Monday's Big Break Florida: Most-Watched Golf Channel Original Series Episode Premiere

ORLANDO, Fla., March 12, 2014 --  Monday night’s third episode of Big Break Florida (21st season of Golf Channel’s Big Break reality competition 11-part series) garnered an average of 441,000 viewers, making it the most-watched Big Break episode as well as the most-watched episode premiere of any Golf Channel “original series" - surpassing The Haney Project with Charles Barkley in March, 2009 (435,000 viewers) and Feherty with Lee Trevino in June, 2011 (368,000 viewers).

-        Despite not featuring live golf coverage, Golf Channel was the 2nd-highest rated sports network Monday night from 9-10 p.m. ET behind ESPN.

-        Monday’s Big Break Florida episode was +63% vs. Big Break Mexico episode 3 in Spring, 2013 and +67% vs. Big Break NFL Puerto Rico episode 3 in Fall, 2013.

-        Most-watched Big Break episode in 17 seasons since Golf Channel began reporting official daily ratings in 2006, beginning with Big Break V: Hawaii.