Giants' Win is Also Fox's

ShowBIZData.com ^ | 10/24/2002

[GeneD]

Although Fox saw ratings for Game 4 of the World Series drop 22 percent below those for the comparable game a year ago, the 4-3 victory of the San Francisco Giants over the Anaheim Angels Wednesday night guaranteed that the series will go at least six games (and could go seven) and will, if nothing else, allow the network to fulfill audience guarantees to advertisers and thereby avoid having to give them "make goods" to offset the ratings fall. Wednesday night's game averaged a 12.4 rating and an 18 share in prime time vs. a 16.0/24 for last year's year's fourth game between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Although the game won the night for Fox, NBC, which countered mostly with reruns, produced surprisingly strong results, recording a 10.1/14 for The West Wing and a 13.5/20 for Law & Order. ABC also managed to attract a large female contingent for its The Bachelor, which, with a 10.0/14, almost beat out the West Wing in the 9:00 p.m. hour. (CBS, however, was pretty much out of the race with The Amazing Race, which scored a 5.7/8 in the same time period.)

[GeneD]

Continuing coverage of the resurging interest in Major League Baseball!

The good news is, we were down 29 percent from last year with Game 2, and 26 percent with Game 3. We must be making progress!

The better news is, we're still down from last year!

[Lurking Libertarian]

I do not understand this. Every year, people say that they don't watch the World Series because it's always the New York Yankees. We now have a series between two wild card teams, neither of which has been in the Series in a long time (or ever), both of whom are playing great baseball, producing exciting, mostly close, games. And still no one is watching? What do they want, another Yankees-Braves series?

[Malcolm]

LOL, I'm still hoping the Angels will win. If not for all the "breaks" in last night's game, (Kenny's obviously foul bunt, Reuter's successful bunt due to Lackey blocking Gil from running down the ball effectively), the Angels would have won 3-0. That, plus Lackey throwing to Augullera (sp?) who had already demostrated that he could hit anything he thrown to him, were the mistakes. The Angels gave the game away, more so than the Giants "won" it. If the Giants win 4 games, I truly will be surprised.....

[coder2]

Speaking of Wed night ratings... I heard something last night that I found very very interesting..

We had the local news on and right after that runs Entertainment Tonight --- normally, I switch off the tv instead of watching that crap, but was busy, so I didn't.

Shortly into this program, my interest was back to the tv when I heard that the WEST WING (known better to Freepers as LEFT WING) was in trouble --- BIG TROUBLE.

They are losing viewers big time... and the guy on said this will MAJORLY hurt the LEFT WING's chances of renewal next year because it is such an expensive show to have on.

Wishing this report will prove true.. Just had to share.

[GSWarrior]

If the Angels win the series, where will the parade be held? Disneyland?
Is there such a thing as 'downtown Anaheim'?