bloomberg.com - 10/9/2008
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Baseball's Playoff Ratings on TBS Slide 24 Percent From 2007 By Erik Matuszewski Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Politics, early ending series and the rare postseason absence of the New York Yankees led to 24 percent fewer television viewers during the first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs. ...
variety.com - 10/9/2008
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Both N.Y. teams absent for first time in
13 years With six of Major League Baseball's eight...
postseason teams hailing from major media markets, this year's playoffs held out the hope of a ratings bonanza. Thus far, however, the results have been ...
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TBS' MLB playoffs see ratings slump - Entertainment ...
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com - 10/14/2008
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Heading into today's action, ratings for the MLB
League Championship series have been mixed. The Phillies/Dodgers NLCS...
on FOX is up dramatically from last year's Rockies/Dodgers NLCS on TBS, but down from last year's Red Sox/Indians ALCS, which FOX ...
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LCS: TBS up, FOX down.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com - 10/15/2008
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Ratings for the NLCS are up dramatically from
last year, while the ALCS is down by nearly...
a quarter. The NLCS is drawing higher ratings than the ALCS. So why should TBS be far more pleased with Rays/Red Sox than FOX is with Phillies/Dodgers? Through ...
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LCS ratings.
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Sports Media Watch —
TBS averaged a 2.8 national rating (3.2 cable rating) and 4.3 million viewers for its coverage of the 2008 MLB Division Series, down 26% and 25% from a 3.8 and 5.7 million last year. The 4.3 million viewers also marks a 10% decline from the 4.8 million FOX, ESPN and ESPN2 averaged for coverage of the 2006 Division Series. To put that in perspective, TNT averaged 3.8 million viewers for its coverage of the 2008 NBA Playoffs and 5.7 million viewers for its coverage of NASCAR over the summer. CBS took the top spot among NFL rightsholders during Week 5. Bengals/Cowboys drew a 12.6/24 final rating and 20 million viewers on CBS Sunday evening, up ...
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New York Yankees Fan Blog —
... , it's okay to adopt a team if you're having playoff envy -- though without any New York teams in the playoffs, ratings are down . Nevertheless, these games have been intense and exciting. Consider ...
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wrigleyville23.com 10/19/2008 — As in, the network is a freaking joke. I tune in to TBS at 8 p.m. for Game 6 of the ALCS - and instead I get this . After minutes and minutes of wondering what's wrong, they finally let us know they are experiencing "technical difficulties." During Game 6. Of the ALCS. Good job, guys.
TBS Scores Ratings Hit with Decisive Game 7 of 2008 ALCS
bizofbaseball.com 10/21/2008 — With the MLB postseason not seeing any decisive games till Sunday, TBS wrapped up its 2008 MLB Postseason coverage with a classic. The seventh and deciding game of the American League Championship drew nearly 13.4 million viewers.
TBS Goes Black
soxanddawgs.com 10/19/2008 — Due to a power outage in the ATL TBS cant show beginning of ALCS Game 6.
TBS Loses Game Feed
soxanddawgs.com 10/19/2008 — Due to a power outage in Atlanta GA, TBS is currently unable to broadcast Game 6 of the ALCS between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox.
The outage occurred just prior to the studio show throwing it over to Tampa to the broadcast crew for ...
Rays' epic collapse gives TBS big ratings.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 10/18/2008 — The Tampa Bay Rays spectacular collapse on Wednesday night may have been the best thing to happen for baseball.
Game 5 of the 2008 American League Championship Series drew a strong 4.7 rating and 7.2 million viewers on TBS Thursday night, down 45% in ...
TBS drops ball & viewers miss out
nydailynews.com 10/20/2008 — Raissman: On TBS, where Game 6 of the ALCS between Tampa Bay and the Red Sox Saturday was supposed to be aired, all viewers could see for the first 20 minutes of the game was an episode of "The Steve Harvey Show."
TBS Misses The Beggining of ALCS Game 6
mlb.fanhouse.com 10/22/2008 — As I write this, TBS is experiencing "technical difficulties", and is unable to broadcast the beginning of ALCS Game 6 between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. The problems started a little before 8:00PM EST, when a bloopers show hosted by Dick ...
Dispelling Illusions —
Wash Post MLB 10/10/2008
For the Phillies, the Game 1 win carried extra weight overcaming a 2-0 deficit while also helping demythologize a Dodgers team wrapping itself in the cloak of men who've won titles for other teams.
NLCS Begins Tonight; ALCS Tomorrow —
Bleacher Report - MLB 10/9/2008
The magic number is four; well for two teams, reaching that number will mean they get a shot at the World Title. The other two will obviously go home wondering, "What if?" Tonight the National League Championship Series begins in Philadelphia ...
