The Kansas City Royals are still a red-hot attraction on local TV. In other news, the Indians came close to a season-high on SportsTime Ohio, and viewership dropped by a third for the Gold Cup on Univision.
Royals Earn Second-Best Rating Ever on FSKC
- Tuesday’s Royals/Twins Major League Baseball game earned an 8.7 rating on Fox Sports Kansas City, the network’s second-highest rating ever for a Royals telecast. The only game to earn a higher rating was Tigers/Royals on June 11 (8.8). (Nielsen)
Indians Near Season-High on SportsTime Ohio
- Also Tuesday night, the White Sox/Indians game drew an 8.2 rating on SportsTime Ohio — the network’s fourth-highest rating of the season for an Indians telecast. The game was the second straight on STO to earn at least an 8.0 rating. (Nielsen)
Gold Cup Viewership Down By a Third on Univision
- The complete 2013 Gold Cup averaged 1.5 million viewers on the Univision family of networks, down a third from 2011 (2.25M). The network was undoubtedly hurt by weak viewership for the United States/El Salvador final, which dropped 71% from 2011 and 57% from 2009. Additional details are available here. (Avg. from Univision)
