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SKEDBALL: World Series Ratings through Game 2

Game 2 of the 2016 World Series on Wednesday October 26 averaged 17,395,000 persons 2+ live+same day and a 4.8 P18-49 rating, down from Game 1’s 19,368,000 P2+ and 5.6 P18-49 rating.  On average, Game 2 declines about -...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “42”

  42:  Watch It At Home – The Hallmark Baseball Hall of Fame It may well be that 42 is the Jackie Robinson movie audiences want.  It’s a straightforward, handsomely-produced, inspirational telling of a genuin...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: World Series Game 2 Ratings Back Down to Earth After a Game 1 to Remember

World Series Game Track.  Game 2 of the 2015 World Series was down about -10% from Game 1, versus the normal pattern of Game 2 ratings almost exactly matching Game 1 in various demographics on average in the past decade.  Th...
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SKEDBALL: World Series Game 1 Ratings (UPDATED)

UPDATE: Game 1 of the 2016 World Series averaged just under 19.4 million viewers 2+ live+same day in the official nationals, second only to 2009 (Phillies-Yankees) in the last decade (and just narrowly behind it).  With the ke...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Trouble With the Curve”

  TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE:  Worth A Ticket – Another Late Autumn Role for Clint Think of TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE as Million Dollar Baby Lite.  Again we have the cranky older man (Clint Eastwood, this time a baseball ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Eastbound & Down”

  EASTBOUND & DOWN:  Sunday 10PM on HBO EASTBOUND & DOWN is an acquired taste that, to be honest, I’ve never quite acquired.  Not that the show hasn’t made me laugh, not that I fail to recognize the g...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: World Series through Game 5

2016 World Series ratings by Game with average ratings for each Game since 2006. Averages for World Series Games 1-5.  2016 is now #1 since 2006 with total viewers (persons 2+ live+same day) but still #3 since 2006 with the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Missing Broadcast Viewers Not Found Watching Baseball

Major League Baseball’s revised postseason format can’t be blamed for taking viewers away from the broadcast networks.  On Monday night, October 8, while The Voice posted a 4.8 rating with Adults 18-49, 2 Broke G...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED: Baseball Beans FOX

  Last night’s intermittent rain delay in the St. Louis/San Francisco NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS game caused a potential 2-night disaster for FOX (but an unexpected opportunity for ABC). The game had started a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS October 19

>The fast nationals for Wednesday give Game 1 of the World Series a 3.9 Adult 18-49 rating (yet to be time zone adjusted).  Last night we predicted a 3.8 in the fast nationals and a 4.1 in the official nationals.  Thi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SKEDBALL: World Series Ratings through Game 2

Game 2 of the World Series Wednesday night on FOX averaged a 3.4 adult 18-49, matching Game 1’s young adult rating.  Actually, if we look at the rating to two decimal places rather than the archaic one-tenth of a rating ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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The Sked: The Sad Downward Slide of World Series Ratings

>Pity the poor Former National Pastime.  In the quarter century that Nielsen has used the PeopleMeter to measure demographic ratings, viewership of the World Series has dropped by more than half in the key advertising...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: World Series Ratings through Game 7

World Series Game 7 last night ended up with 40 million persons 2+ in an average minute and a stellar 12.6 P18-49 demographic rating, versus around 24 million P2+ and a 7 P18-49 demo rating for the last two Game 7 telecasts (in...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SKEDBALL: World Series Ratings through Game 6

World Series Game 6 on Tuesday 11.1.2016 came very close to Sunday’s Game 5, which was a much more competitive game.  Despite a lack of suspense last night, Game 6 is still among the better Game 6 audiences in the past d...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Moneyball”

  Michael Lewis’ book Moneyball was a marvelous read, but seemed like dim source material for a movie. Credit, then, is due to the creators of the film version–the various producers, screenwriters Steven Zailia...
by Mitch Salem
 
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