TBS just sent this press release about its ratings for Monday’s American League Division Series action. For Game 3 of the Yankees-Tigers series, TBS received a 4.8 overnight rating, 30% up from last year’s Yankees-Twins game. And Game 3’s for Texas-Tampa Bay, a 2.8 rating was even with last year’s game involving the same two teams.
Locally, Detroit had a big rating for Game 3, a 25.0. New York garnered 13.2. And for Texas-Tampa Bay, the Dallas Metroplex area and Tampa/St. Pete also rated high.
We have the press release from Turner Sports in regards to last night’s action and it also gives us today’s rather busy schedule as all four LDS are in action today. Let’s take a look, shall we?
THIS JUST IN…October 4, 2011
…from Turner Sports
TBS Delivers a 4.8 Meter Market Rating For Network’s Exclusive Coverage of ALDS Game 3 of Yankees-Tigers Series
Up +30% over Yankees/Twins Game 3 in 2010
TBS’s exclusive coverage of Day Four of Major League Baseball’s League Division Series (LDS) featured a pair of pivotal Game 3 match-ups on Monday, Oct. 3. The New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers (8:30 p.m. ET) delivered a 4.8 meter market rating in primetime, up 30% over the 2010 New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins LDS Game 3 clincher.
The first game of TBS’s doubleheader coverage of the LDS featured Game 3 of the Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Rays (5:00 p.m. ET). The game delivered a 2.8 meter market rating, even with last year’s coverage of Game 3 of the Texas Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Rays series.
Local Market Ratings:
- New York averaged a 13.2 meter market household rating.
- Detroit delivered a 25.0 meter market household rating.
- Dallas-Fort Worth averaged 11.0 meter market household rating
- Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg averaged a 16.3 meter market household rating.
The Turner Sports LDS schedule for Tuesday, October 4:
TBS:
- Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays, Game #4 (2:00 PM ET)
- Philadelphia Phillies @ St. Louis Cardinals, Game #3 (5:00 PM ET)
- New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers, Game #4 (8:30 PM ET)
TNT:
- Milwaukee Brewers @ Arizona Diamondbacks, Game #3 (9:30 PM ET)
That’s going to do it.
