America’s Team No More - TBS Cancels The Atlanta Braves

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America’s Team No More - TBS Cancels The Atlanta Braves
FanHouse found this 9/30/2007 on www.cantstopthebleeding.com [flag]
Once upon a time, Atlanta Braves telecasts (along with NWA Wrestling) were the foundation of Turner Broadcasting’s WTBS. Today, the Braves are as poor a fit for the cable superstation as Bob Horner’s trousers on a normal-sized person, explains the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Tim Tucker . The Braves’ season finale at Houston marks the end of an era that began in ... [link]

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TBS Axes Braves Broadcasts
Published 9/30/2007 by PostmanE at FanHouse
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Monday morning hangover
Published 10/1/2007 by Thermocaster at The Meaningful Collateral
... unearthed by Can t Stop The Bleeding. Great, more Law and Order re-runs: Can t Stop The Bleeding also uncovered that TBS is apparently cancelling the Atlanta Braves after this season. This entry was posted on Monday, October 1st, 2007 at 12:02 am and is filed under ...

Weekend ratings predictions.
Published 4/19/2008 by Paulsen at Sports Media Watch
... in '07. NHL on NBC, Flyers/Capitals . Prediction: 1.4 . Final rating: 0.8 . Alex Ovechkin could not help NBC's NHL ratings. Game 2 between the Flyers and Captials drew a mere 0.8 rating on Sunday, down 20% from the comparable Flames/Red Wings game last year. MLB on TBS, Red Sox/Blue Jays ( 4/6 ). Prediction: 1.4 . Final rating: 0.6 . TBS got off to a terrible start for its new Sunday afternoon baseball package. Boston/Toronto drew a 0.6 rating two weeks ago -- by comparison, Braves games averaged a 0.8 on the network last season. College basketball on CBS, UCLA/Memphis ...

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