MLB fandom is local in a way that NFL fandom is not, so I was curious about the World Series ratings in the metropolitan areas involved, and found them in this Associated Press story: https://www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/2020/10/29/world-series-tv-ratings-average-drops-32-percent-below-previous-low/ <https://www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/2020/10/29/world-series-tv-ratings-average-drops-32-percent-below-previous-low/>
The overall ratings were a 21.2 rating/40 share in Los Angeles, and a 15.2 rating/29 share in the Tampa Bay area. Game 6 presumably got the highest ratings of the series, and it had a 27.5 rating/48 share in Los Angeles, and an 18.2 rating/33 share in the Tampa Bay area. The article compared Game 6 with each team's previous World Series final game (a loss for both teams): the Dodgers in 2017 got a 36.7 rating/56 share in Los Angeles for Game 7, and Game 5 in 2008 got a 29.8 rating/42 share locally for the Rays. > On Oct 29, 2020, at 3:38 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 5:22 PM PGage <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > No doubt. > > The regular season mostly functions as a advertisement for the playoffs and > championships for televised sports. With curtailed regular seasons, playoff > ratings took a hit. > > Will be interesting to see ratings for Super Bowl thus year. > > Here's from one tweet from Oct 1: > > Viewership trends: NBA Finals Game 1: -45% to all-time low > Stanley Cup Final: -61% to 13-year low > U.S. Open (golf) final round: -56% to all-time low > Kentucky Derby: -43% to all-time low > Indy 500: -32% to all-time low > All of them May and June events moved to August and September. > > In other words I wouldn't look to anything intrinsic in baseball to explain > the drop in viewers. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiELx4bDqeG8ynK9aAKkOeLik4_PReMJZ8s1UMvqOFb57g%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiELx4bDqeG8ynK9aAKkOeLik4_PReMJZ8s1UMvqOFb57g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2A8A73D4-94D3-4612-BD08-31AC5BAE2275%40ellwanger.tv.
