MLB Playoffs Digs In With Big Crowd on TBS
The three ballgames averaged 4.9 million viewers, a 16% increase from last year
By David Tanklefsky -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/8/2009 5:39:27 PM
The first day of 2009 Major League Baseball postseason action on TBS was the most-watched first day of Division Series coverage since 2005, Turner announced Thursday. The three ballgames Wednesday (Oct. 7) averaged 4.9 million viewers, a 16% increase from last year.The Yankees/Twins game was the most-watched and highest-rated of the three games, charting a 4.3 household rating and 6.6 million viewers, up 23% compared to last year’s Dodgers/Cubs matchup in the same time slot.
The West Coast game between the Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals delivered a 3.3 and 4.9 million viewers—also up compared to last year, while the afternoon game between Philadelphia and Colorado averaged a 2.0 and 2.8 million viewers, even with last year.
In local markets, Minneapolis/St. Paul saw the highest numbers with a 21.6 rating. t. Louis was next with a 20.0, followed by Philadelphia at 15.5.
The average of all three games saw growth across all key demos with the biggest jump coming in the A18-34 demo. 1.1 million from the demo tuned in Wednesday, a 32% jump from last year.
TBS’ coverage of the Division Series continues Thursday with Game 2 of the Rockies/Phillies and Cardinals/Dodgers series as well as the Red Sox/Angels Game 1 matchup.
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Coverage for the Redsox 1st game in the Boston area was continually being interuuipted by commercials while the inning was in progress. Normally commercials are at a point in which play stops or between innings. Not this night. continually we were losing upwards of two minuetes while the game was in play. It had to be a local problem since the announcers did not appear to know this was happening.
Louis Mountbatten - 10/8/2009 10:40:17 PM EDT
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