Red Sox Ratings Fall Out Of Top 5
October 15, 2010 by Alastair Ingram
Filed under Blog Network, Boston Red Sox
For six consecutive seasons, the Red Sox dominated local cable and satellite ratings in Major League Baseball. NESN was a gold mine and Sox games were among the most watched cable events in New England. In 2010, cable and satellite ratings for Red Sox games dropped by a whopping 38% to just a 5.9 rating. Thanks to an injury-plagued and frustrating season, Boston has fallen out of the top 5 for the first time since 2003… The St. Louis Cardinals are your new number one on TV. From STLToday.com’s Dan Caeser: “The 130 Cards contests televised by Fox Sports Midwest were seen in an average of 9.5 percent of the homes in the market, according to The Nielsen Co., well ahead of second-place finisher Minnesota, which had an 8.8 rating in the Twin Cities”. The Phillies, Reds,...
