The NLCS ended on a strong note for TBS Wednesday night.
The Phillies’ series clinching win over the Dodgers drew a 5.9 overnight rating on TBS, down 6% from a 6.3 for last year’s Game 5 between the same two teams on FOX. Compared to last year’s ALCS on TBS, the 5.9 overnight is up 7% from a 5.5 for Rays/Red Sox Game 5.
This marks the highest overnight rating for an MLB postseason game on cable this year.
In Philadelphia, Game 5 drew an astronomical 37.0 rating. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles market put up a pedestrian 9.4.
For the series, the Philadelphia market averaged a 29.4 rating, up 14% from a 25.9 for last year’s Phillies/Dodgers NLCS on FOX. In Los Angeles, the series averaged a mere 8.9 rating, down 17% from a 10.7 last year.
To put the numbers in perspective, the 29.4 for the NLCS in Philadelphia is higher than the average for Eagles regular season games in the market through Week 6 (25.5). Additionally, the 37.0 for Game 5 topped the first three games of last year’s Phillies/Rays World Series.
Meanwhile, the 8.9 average in Los Angeles is lower than the 14.5 the first four games of the Lakers/Nuggets Western Conference Finals averaged in May (ratings for Games 5 and 6 in the market were unavailable).
Source: Turner Sports
