Phillies And Dodgers Are Top Playoff Ratings Draw

October 15, 2008

Tracking viewership for the first four games of the National League Championship between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers alongside the first three of the American League Championship between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays, the NL games are averaging a greater audience. So far, the Game 3 matchup between the Phillies and Dodgers has the peak viewership for the playoffs with an average audience of 8.8 million viewers.

Game Network Date Viewers P2+
LA DODGERS AT PHILADELPHIA FOX 10/09/2008 7,735,000
LA DODGERS AT PHILADELPHIA FOX 10/10/2008 5,022,000
PHILADELPHIA AT LA DODGERS FOX 10/12/2008 8,837,000
PHILADELPHIA AT LA DODGERS FOX 10/13/2008 7,705,000
BOSTON RED SOX AT TAMPA BAY TBSC 10/10/2008 6,689,000
BOSTON RED SOX AT TAMPA BAY TBSC 10/11/2008 6,089,000
TAMPA BAY AT BOSTON TBSC 10/13/2008 4,499,000
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  • http://blog.nielsen.com Jimmy

    Are those numbers really that good? Nfl regular season games on ESPN are beating those numbers easily. Sometimes 2 or 3 times better than those baseball numbers. Baseball tries to sell the notion their as popular as football. If they are how can they justify those ratings? The NFL would be condemned if their playoff games did 4 or 5 million. Why don’t you ratings guys make that point?

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  • mike d

    Doesn’t it help that the Phillies and Dodgers are on Fox whereas the RedSox and Rays are being broadcast on TBS, a cable channel?

    I’m pretty sure that would make a difference. There should be some way to weight these numbers.

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