October 19, 200322 yr NEW YORK -- The television rating for the World Series opener between the Florida Marlins and New York Yankees was up 16 percent from the record low set last year. Florida's 3-2 victory Saturday night got a 10.9 rating and 20 share, Fox said Sunday. It was the third-lowest for a Series opener, topping only San Francisco's 4-3 win over Anaheim in Game 1 last year (9.4) and Arizona's 9-1 rout of the Yankees two years ago (10.4). When Florida made its previous World Series appearance, in 1997, its opener against Cleveland got an 11.3 rating. Fox said the rating among women aged 18-34 was up 39 percent, from 2.8 to 3.9. The game got a 26.7 rating and 40 share in New York, and a 36.6/54 in Miami. In Chicago, where the Cubs were eliminated by the Marlins on Wednesday night, the rating was 12.0, up from 9.4 last year. In Boston, whose Red Sox were eliminated by the Yankees on Thursday, the rating dropped from 8.9 in 2002 to 8.6. The average for both league championship series was a 10.7, up 65 percent from last year. A ratings point represents 1,084,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 108.4 million TV homes. Higher ratings in Miami than New York. :o And women love the Fish. :thumbup Not quite as bad as the "disaster" people made it sound like.
October 20, 200322 yr Fox has no one to blame but themselves. They created a monster when they hyped the Boston and Chicago storylines for a month then had them both fall away. There also seems to be a few storylines that no one is following that are way more compelling than the current "Yankees in the WS, and oh-by-the-way it's against Florida". What about payroll disparity, the small market angle or the fact that the Washington Senators were given a better shot at the beginning of the year to be here than the Fish?
October 20, 200322 yr 11,815,600 households with a television, whether on or off, watched the game nationwide on FOX. Not bad, the past two World Series did worse. FOX is paying for it's favoritism(sp).
October 20, 200322 yr 11,815,600 households with a television, whether on or off, watched the game nationwide on FOX. How do you watch a game with the TV off?
October 20, 200322 yr A household with a TV that is turned off is still counted as a potential household. So instead of all the TV's that were on being counted, all TV's are counted. 100 TV's on + 50 TV's off = Total Households. Ratings are not % of people watching out of people who have TV's on. Ratings are % of people watching out of people who have TV's.
October 20, 200322 yr Does anyone know the ratings for game 2 and how they compare to 01' and 02' ratings?
October 20, 200322 yr i realize that Cape. nevermind, the post was just worded strange. 11 million households with TVs watched the game nationwide on FOX.
October 20, 200322 yr Anyone else starting to get the feeling that this year is alot like 1990, when the Reds came outta nowhere, rolled through the playoffs and no one noticed?
October 20, 200322 yr Damn right we ladies love the Marlins We'll keep those ratings boosting, especially when Beckett is on the mound tomorrow night I can see why they went down during the Boston/NY series...everyone is sick and tired of seeing the Yankees win it all the time. It's not fun for anyone except THEIR fans. People were pulling for the Red Sox, not just to break their curse but to see someone take out the Yanks like the Angels did in the playoffs last season. And of course, when the Cubs got beat by us, there went Chicago's ratings. Many people now see us as the underdogs, but I bet there will be fans still tuning in. I know National League fans will tune in and cheer us on. I've read posts of cheer and support for the Marlins on many boards lately, including some of the AL boards. There are people acrossed the country pulling for the Fish...hoping to see us demolish the Yankee Dynasty. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to watch George Steinbrenner cry in his beer :lol
October 20, 200322 yr I wish we had Larkin Larkin? Heck, at this point I'm sure you'd settle for Walt Weiss! :whistle
October 20, 200322 yr I can see why they went down during the Boston/NY series...everyone is sick and tired of seeing the Yankees win it all the time. Ummm. The Boston-NY series drew the biggest ratings for a baseball series ever.
October 20, 200322 yr I wish we had Larkin Larkin? Heck, at this point I'm sure you'd settle for Walt Weiss! :whistle or Zim
October 20, 200322 yr or Zim Heh heh... Hey! Zim was 2 for 9 with 2 rbi and 2 walks in the 55 WS! And Weiss was 2 for 9 with a run scored against us in 99...
October 20, 200322 yr if they do good in the clutch than they will be good-if they do bad and only get hits when it really counts than they can help out our team-but it's only out of 9 at bats but with all the pressure its hard-and 2 for 9 is good. go marlins!
October 20, 200322 yr Fox could have, and so could the rest of the media, have sold the Marlins. But no one in the media likes our team or our organization. It is based on ignorance though. The other night, for Game 1, when the Yanks did the starting lineups, did anyone notice that we got the Empire theme while the Yanks got the Rebel theme (from Star Wars, in case you live in a cave)? Right now, Fox could be selling our team as the Rebel Alliance coming together for the sole purpose of taking out the Death Star and overturning the Emperor (Steinbrenner) and the Empire (the Yankees). How many fans wouldnt love that story line? There are a lot of Yankee haters out there - if not as many as Cub/Red Sox fans... Ahh...lack of creativity - it is truly a sign of the times...
October 21, 200322 yr Anyone notice the numbers by resentful Bostonians? Yeah, but notice how the Chicago numbers are actually up from last year... could it be those Sox fans cheering on their new favorite Marlins?
October 21, 200322 yr NEW YORK -- The television rating for the World Series opener between the Florida Marlins and New York Yankees was up 16 percent from the record low set last year. Florida's 3-2 victory Saturday night got a 10.9 rating and 20 share, Fox said Sunday. It was the third-lowest for a Series opener, topping only San Francisco's 4-3 win over Anaheim in Game 1 last year (9.4) and Arizona's 9-1 rout of the Yankees two years ago (10.4). When Florida made its previous World Series appearance, in 1997, its opener against Cleveland got an 11.3 rating. Fox said the rating among women aged 18-34 was up 39 percent, from 2.8 to 3.9. The game got a 26.7 rating and 40 share in New York, and a 36.6/54 in Miami. In Chicago, where the Cubs were eliminated by the Marlins on Wednesday night, the rating was 12.0, up from 9.4 last year. In Boston, whose Red Sox were eliminated by the Yankees on Thursday, the rating dropped from 8.9 in 2002 to 8.6. The average for both league championship series was a 10.7, up 65 percent from last year. A ratings point represents 1,084,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 108.4 million TV homes. Higher ratings in Miami than New York. :o And women love the Fish. :thumbup Not quite as bad as the "disaster" people made it sound like. the reason behind this is not because of the teams, it's how exciting the first two rounds were. If the first two round were won the same way as last year, this year would probably be in th 7s
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