October 15, 2008 3 Comments
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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Tags: baseball, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB playoffs, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays
[...] is touting that Philadelphia Phillies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers NLCS is the biggest playoff draw, with more viewers for it than any of the Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red [...]
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?
Jimmy
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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