Despite Yu Darvish‘s near-perfect game Tuesday night, the Rangers’ local TV ratings still could not match last year’s average. In other news, the Penguins’ winning streak attracted another record audience in Pittsburgh over the weekend, and the absence of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade did not hurt TNT’s Knicks/Heat game.
5.2 Rating For Darvish’s Near-Perfect Game
- Tuesday’s Rangers/Astros Major League Baseball game, in which Rangers P Yu Darvish lost a perfect game with two outs in the ninth, earned a 5.2 rating on Fox Sports Southwest in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market — trailing last year’s full-season average on FS Southwest (5.9). The Rangers’ third game last season, an ESPN “Sunday Night Baseball” telecast, earned an 8.5 rating. (Fox Sports Southwest)
Final Win of Penguins’ Streak Sets Local Record
- Saturday’s Penguins/Islanders NHL regular season game, the final game of the Penguins’ 15-game winning streak, earned a 16.6 rating on Root Sports Pittsburgh — the network’s highest rating ever for a Penguins regular season game. The previous record was a 16.5 for the March 24 Flyers/Penguins game. On Tuesday, the Penguins’ streak-ending loss to the Sabres earned a 15.0, the network’s eighth-highest rating. (triblive.com [1], [2])
Knicks/Heat Holds Up Despite Absence of LBJ, Wade
- Despite the absence of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, TNT drew 2.7 million viewers for the Knicks/Heat NBA regular season game Tuesday night — on par with the teams’ previous meeting on the network this season. Later in the night, Mavericks/Lakers earned 2.3 million viewers. There were no comparable games last year or in 2011. (Thu. numbers from The Futon Critic)
