Posts Tagged ‘mlb’
 

 

The Sked: The Value of Sports Programming and Updated Full Season Forecasts

What does football mean to the broadcast networks?  For NBC and CBS, NFL coverage (along with other sports, mostly an occasional college football game) accounts for about 20-30% of the entire primetime rating for the network. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS July 10 — Preliminary All-Star Game Results

FOX’s coverage of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game is averaging a 2.9 preliminary rating with Adults 18-49.  Remember, that fast nationals do not correctly measure live sports programming.  After the west coast...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED–SKEDBALL: All-Star Game Final Ratings

NOTE: This post will be updated with the official national ratings for the 2015 All-Star Game, when available later today. The All-Star Game on FOX on July 14, 2015 is currently averaging a 2.8 adult 18-49 rating from 8:00-11...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Baseball Playoffs Continue to Underwhelm

Major League Baseball’s 2012 Playoffs (or Postseason as MLB insists it is called) could not be more competitive or interesting on the field.  Most series in the Division Championship round going the limit to five games, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Week 5 — Notre Dame Football Matches Popularity of World Series

Game 3 of the least-viewed World Series ever battled NCAA football (a very good Notre Dame vs Oklahoma game between two highly-ranked teams) last night.  In the fast nationals, college football on ABC edged Game 3 on FOX 2.5 t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 7.2-3.2016

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 2 and Sunday July 3, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Cl...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 6.25-26.2016

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 25 and Sunday June 26, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: World Series through Game 3

Game 3 of the World Series on Friday 10.28.2016 averaged just under 19.4 million persons 2+ live+same day and a stellar 5.2 persons 18-49 rating, well above the Game 3 average since 2006 (13.2 million P2+ and a 3.7 P18-49 ratin...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Notre Dame-Oklahoma Ends Up Beating Game 3 in Official National Ratings

Saturday night’s grudge match between NCAA college football on ABC (Notre Dame at Oklahoma) ended up with a 2.9 rating with Adults 18-49, actually beating Game 3 of the World Series on FOX (San Francisco at Detroit) at a ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 8.13-14.2016

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday August 13-14, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 10.10-11.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 10 through Sunday October 11, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television po...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Official Nationals for Wednesday — World Series Ties Record Low for Game 1

Updated tables throughout. Game 1 of the World Series last night (Detroit at San Francisco) posted a 3.6 rating with Adults 18-49 in the official nationals, still giving FOX a nightly victory but tying the record low 18-49 rati...
by Mitch Metcalf