Nobody watches flyover country?
Posted: April 7 07, 3:23 pm
Found this little blip on the STLToday website. Anybody know what the ratings were for NCAA Women's Final Four on the flagship ESPN?
Linkage (scroll to the bottom)The Cardinals are off to a lousy start on the field but have had a roaring start in the television ratings.
According to Nielsen Media Research, 17.6 percent of homes with a TV in the market tuned in to their opener Sunday night, a game that was shown on ESPN2. That was the best rating for a Cards opener since a 19.1 figure in 1999.
Nationally the game was seen in 2.52 million homes, making it ESPN2's most-watched regular-season telecast ever. The record previously was when the 2005 opening-night game between the Yankees and Red Sox was seen in 2.39 million households.
Sunday's game drew the largest audience for a season opener on national TV since 1994, when ESPN drew 2.59 million homes for the Cardinals-Reds game.
FSN Midwest also had a big rating Tuesday night for its first Cardinals telecast of the regular season, 10.6. That was 23 percent higher than what FSN Midwest averaged for the Cardinals last season (8.6).