https://twitter.com/JeffNuich/status/381067702124556289OFFICIAL: @CSNChicago posted its highest-rtd #Blackhawks 'pre-season' TV rating ever for last night's gm vs PIT (2.4); prv rcd 1.5 from '10
so Sidney comes to town and your ratings go up? Huh, don't believe it.
For the second straight year, the Detroit Tigers led all Major League Baseball teams in local TV ratings.
Fox Sports Detroit averaged a 9.59 rating for Tigers games during the 2013 regular season, up 4% from last year’s 9.21, and the highest average ever for the Tigers on the network. The previous record was set last year.
As was the case last year, the Tigers had the highest local rating in baseball.
The St. Louis Cardinals ranked second for the season with an 8.83 average on FS Midwest, up 15% from last year (7.70).
The biggest increase of the season belonged to the Royals, whose 6.39 average on FS Kansas City marked a 70% from last year’s 3.76. The Indians (5.55, +43%), Dodgers (2.70, +41%), Padres (2.42, +30%) and Orioles (6.34, +28%) rounded out the top five.
(Nielsen)
650K viewers from Chicago area.
300K from rest of US doesn't seem right.
how does 7 percent equal 650,000 people in Chicago? there's 10 million people in Chicago?
650K viewers from Chicago area.
300K from rest of US doesn't seem right.
how does 7 percent equal 650,000 people in Chicago? there's 10 million people in Chicago?
Because it's not. A 7.15 rating in Chicago is about 375,000 people.
There are 3,484,800 TV households in the Chicago market. One ratings point is 34,848 households.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/mad...pener-Smashes-More-TV-Records--226158371.html
According to NBC Sports Network, the game drew a 7.15 rating in the Chicago area, which means that there were roughly 650,000 viewers tuned into the contest.
Not sure how they get 650K from 7.15 rating but that's what I read
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that they multiply by 1.5.