Fox finally saw a double digit rating in the 2013 World Series. The series-clinching Game 6 delivered an 11.3 rating with an 18 share. That’s the highest ratings for a Fall Classic game dating back to Game 7 of the...
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As much as I’ve criticized Tim McCarver on this site, there is no doubt of his contributions to baseball and to the broadcast booth. And while 2013 marked his final year on Fox and his final World Series, there’s no...
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In a game that drew another surprise ending, it finished under three hours, the first contest of the World Series to do so, Fox garnered an 8.9 rating with a 14 share. That’s up just one percent from the last...
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We have the Fox Sports World Series Game 4 announcement on the ratings. Interesting to note the local ratings. St Louis and Boston are first and second respectively as expected. Providence, Hartford and Kansas are next to round out the...
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One aspect of the 2013 World Series is that it has won every night for Fox. This is particularly true for Game 4 of the Fall Classic on Sunday which is a very competitive night on both broadcast and cable....
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This from Fox. It saw a 7.4 rating and 14 share for the bizarre Game 3 that saw St. Louis win on an obstruction ruling. Fox averaged 12.5 million viewers and it resulted in a primetime win for the network....
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This from Fox Sports, we learn that the World Series is drawing better numbers from last year. For Thursday night’s Game 2 that assured that the St. Louis-Boston series will go at least five games, Fox received an 8.3 rating...
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We have the overnight ratings for Game 2 of the 2013 World Series. With the St. Louis Cardinals winning 4-2, we’re assured of at least 5 games. Fox has to be happy knowing there won’t be a sweep. There are...
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With two teams that have strong regional followings, Game 1 of the World Series saw a higher viewership for Fox than in 2012. The Game drew an 8.6 rating St. Louis at Boston. That’s up significantly from the 7.6 for...
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The Boston Red Sox clinched the American League Championship Series and the win in Game 6 steered the city to its best ratings of the series. In addition, Fox saw a 20% from last year’s National League Championship Series Game...
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With the National League Championship Series over, the final viewership numbers are out. Turner is happy with what it garnered for a six game series, two games more than last year’s American League Championship Series that ended in a sweep....
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In 2006 when TBS signed its contract to take over most of the MLB Postseason, it was coming in at a time when ESPN and Fox were reducing their commitments. ESPN was starting its big $1 billion/year contract for Monday...
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With Detroit’s win over Boston on Wednesday and the American League Championship Series guaranteed to go at least six games, Fox saw a solid number. Overall, ALCS Game 4 received a 5.2 rating with a 9 share along with an...
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The National League Championship Series continues to draw for TBS. Last night’s Game 4 on TBS drew a 3.5 rating last night with an average audience of 5.8 million viewers. The four games are averaging a 3.2 rating and five...
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The American League Championship Series drew some decent numbers for Fox. With a pitching duel between the Red Sox’ John Lackey and Detroit’s Justin Bieb… Verlander, Fox drew a 3.7/8 for ALCS Game 3. That resulted in an average audience...
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Against Sunday Night Football on NBC, the American League Championship Series scored fairly well for Fox. Thanks to the lead-in from the NFL on Fox late afternoon game between the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots, the network saw...
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This from Fox Sports. For Game 1 of the American League Championship Series between Boston and Detroit which resulted in a 1-0 Tigers win and almost resulted in a no-hitter, Fox received a respectable 4.2/8 rating with an average audience...
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TBS is spinning its National League Championship Series ratings to 2011 when it last carried the NLCS. And when you do that, TBS can say its ratings are up. In fact, TBS is saying its two games of this year’s...
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With a 13 inning thriller, TBS saw increased ratings for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series as compared to when it last aired the NLCS in 2011. For the opening game of Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBS...
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With MLB’s Final Four complete, it’s now time for the League Championship Series schedule. Now in this round, Fox and TBS will split the LCS. Fox airs the American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit...
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Starting on Saturday, the American League Championship Series will begin in Boston. Fox Sports will air the series in its entirety as the Red Sox will take on either the Detroit Tigers or the Oakland Athletics. Joe Buck and Tim...
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Starting on Friday, TBS’ coverage of the MLB Postseason continues with the National League Championship Series. TBS has two hallmark MLB franchises, the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers. These two teams last met in the NLCS in 1985...
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Back with an overdue Week Ahead post. Lots of things happening in the Week Ahead so let’s not delay any further and get to what’s happening in the Sports Media over the next seven days. TELEVISION PBS Frontline The already...
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With a full slate of League Division Series games on Monday, TBS has a tripleheader beginning at 3 p.m. with Game 4 of the National League Division Series between St. Louis at Pittsburgh, then Game 3 of the ALDS between...
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This from Turner Sports, the MLB Wild Card Games averaged a 3.0 US HH rating and 4.7 million viewers. The games were played on separate days as opposed to being played on a Friday and the same day. The viewership...
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This week’s Sports Media Weekly podcast will be with Don Orsillo, the Boston Red Sox play-by-play man for NESN and who has been calling the MLB Postseason for TBS since 2007. Orsillo will call the Detroit-Oakland American League Division Series...
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In the second year of airing postseason baseball, MLB Network has announced it will carry Game 2 of the Pittsburgh-St. Louis series on Monday at 1 p.m. ET. The Holy Diminutive Bob Costas and Jim Kaat will call the game....
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Let’s provide the schedules for the League Division Series. We do know the start times for the first three days of the games. We’ll know more over the next few days but here’s what we have thus far. I’ll break...
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So ESPN Radio has provided the announcing assignments for the MLB Postseason. ESPN Radio’s Sunday Night Baseball crew of Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton will be on the American League side at least for the Wild Card and the League...
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From Turner Sports, we learn the announcing assignments for the Wild Card Games and the League Division Series on TBS, formerly known as the Superstation. With the lead team of Ernie Johnson, Jr., Ron Darling and Cal Ripken calling the...
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