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The Sked: Wednesday Week 5 — World Series Begins, Nation Yawns

We are estimating Game 1 of the World Series last night (Detroit at San Francisco) will go up from a 3.2 in the fast nationals to around a 3.8 in the official nationals later today.  Although that will be enough to win the nig...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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The Sked: If Detroit Wins Game 4 Tonight, FOX to Panic

If the Detroit Tigers wake up from their offensive slumber (three runs in three games so far) and manage to beat the Giants tonight, a Game 5 becomes necessary.  That game is currently scheduled for Monday night in Detroit, bu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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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
 
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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: Thursday Week 5 — MLB Ratings on Track toward NHL

World Series Game 2 is losing to the CBS Thursday lineup in the fast nationals (2.9 to 3.2 with Adults 18-49), but the game should rise to about a 3.3 in the official nationals when the Western live viewing is tabulated correct...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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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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The Sked: Wednesday Week Four

Pretty much a train wreck on network TV last night.  CBS stumbled to a first place victory in the preliminary fast nationals with a 2.7 rating in prime time.  ABC plunged from a 3.3 last week to a 2.6 this week (mainly due to...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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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
 
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The Sked: Monday Week Four

NBC Monday moved up again, a 4.3 Adult 18-49 prime time rating in the fast nationals (probably a 4.4 in the official nationals). CBS and ABC are even with recent weeks.  FOX earned a 1.3 in the fast nationals for Game 2 of St ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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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
 
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The Sked: MLB Postseason Hell

> The Postseason just keeps getting worse for MLB and its broadcast partners FOX and TBS.  ALCS Game 4 in Detroit was supposed to have started shortly after 4 pm ET today, but it was raining in Detroit.  FOX is now sa...
by Mitch Salem
 
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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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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
 
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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 -...
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The Sked: Sunday Ratings and Network Averages for First Three Weeks

NBC had a very typical Sunday night win — we are projecting their Adult 18-49 rating for the night will go up to a 6.3 in the official nationals tomorrow.  FOX should have been a strong second place because it had the NF...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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