Recent sports TV ratings news, including a slight increase for FOX Saturday Baseball, record ratings for the Phillies on Comcast SportsNet and local markets for Sunday Night Football.
- Regional MLB action featuring Braves/Mets drew a 1.5 overnight rating on FOX Saturday, up a tick from coverage featuring Cubs/Cardinals last year (1.4), but down 21% from the comparable telecast in 2008 (1.9). (Sports Business Daily)
- Monday’s Braves/Phillies game drew a massive 14.5 rating on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, the highest rating ever for a regular season Phillies telecast on the network. The game topped ESPN’s Saints/49ers Monday Night Football game head-to-head. So far this season, Phillies telecasts are averaging an 8.0 rating on CSN Philadelphia, ahead of last year’s record pace. (Comcast)
- Sunday’s Colts/Giants game on NBC drew a 44.9 rating in Indianapolis and a 17.7 in New York. Indianapolis led all markets, followed by New Orleans (30.6), Las Vegas (23.2), Nashville (23.1), Norfolk (19.5) and Knoxville, TN (19.5). (Fang’s Bites)
