- Baseball continues to be a major attraction in the nation’s #1 market. Through the All-Star break, Yankees telecasts averaged a 4.6 rating on YES Network, while Mets telecasts averaged a 3.2 on SNY. Both ratings are record highs for this point in the season; the 3.2 for the Mets is the team’s highest ever average on cable through the All-Star break, while the 4.6 for the Yankees is “a record high for a New York cable channel through the All-Star break.”
- Dallas residents largely tuned out of the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. The All-Star Game, which drew an 8.9 rating nationally, drew just a 5.5/10 in Dallas — placing the nation’s #5 market among the lowest rated major markets for the game. The only major markets to draw lower ratings for the game were “Oklahoma City (5.3/9), Knoxville (5.1/8), Portland (5.0/11) and Salt Lake City (3.8/8).”
- The presence of President Obama gave FOX a small boost in the ratings on Tuesday night. The pregame show before the MLB All-Star Game drew a 7.0/13 rating and 11.2 million viewers, up 3% and 9%, respectively, from a 6.8/13 and 10.4 million for last year’s pregame. The 7.0 is the highest for the MLB All-Star pregame since ’04, and the 11.2 million viewers is tied as the best since ’02.
Ted Turner, whose cable business transformed TV sports, dies
Ted Turner, the media mogul and team owner whose TBS "SuperStation" helped pave the way the era of cable...
