The acrimony between the Padres and Dodgers resulted in record numbers for Fox Sports San Diego. In other news, the season’s second edition of baseball on FOX had a decline in overnights, and TNT had mixed numbers for last Thursday’s NBA doubleheader.
Padres Hit High on FSSD
- Monday’s Padres/Dodgers Major League Baseball game drew a 3.93 rating on Fox Sports San Diego, the network’s highest Padres rating since acquiring rights last year. The previous high was a 3.87 for Dodgers/Padres on Thursday night, which included a benches-clearing brawl between the teams. (utsandiego.com)
Overnights Drop For Week 2 of MLB on FOX
- Regional Major League Baseball action featuring Braves/Nationals in 45% of markets drew a 2.1 overnight rating on FOX Saturday afternoon, down 22% from coverage featuring Angels/Yankees last year (2.7), and down 30% from coverage featuring Yankees/Red Sox in 2011 (3.0). (Weekend numbers from Sports Business Daily)
Mixed Numbers For NBA on TNT
- Thursday’s Knicks/Bulls NBA regular season game drew 2.1 million viewers on TNT, down 42% from Heat/Bulls last year (3.7M), and down 34% from Celtics/Bulls in 2011 (3.3M). Later in the night, Thunder/Warriors drew 1.7 million — up 22% from Mavericks/Warriors last year (1.4M), and up 8% from Trail Blazers/Jazz in 2011 (1.6M). (Thu. numbers from TV By the Numbers)
