- Wednesday’s Mets/Marlins game drew a 0.5 U.S. rating and 711,000 viewers on ESPN, down 29% in ratings and 32% in viewership from Giants/Cardinals on the comparable night last year (0.7, 1.043 mil). Earlier in the day, Pirates/Cubs drew a 0.2 and 288,000 viewers on WGN America, and Phillies/Reds drew a 0.1 and 84,000 viewers on MLB Network. (pifeedback.com)
- Milwaukee ranked 47th out of the 56 metered markets for last Saturday’s Ghana/USA World Cup match, drawing a 6.5 rating on ABC affiliate WISN-TV. The match was not the top sporting event of the weekend in the market, as last Sunday’s Mariners/Brewers game drew a 7.3 rating on FS Wisconsin. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
- The Angels/Rangers series drew “relatively boffo ratings” on FS Southwest, with the Wednesday and Thursday games each drawing a 4.3 rating and Tuesday’s game drawing a 4.2. Rangers telecasts averaged a 2.9 rating in June, up 32% from the previous two months (2.2). (kansascity.com)
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