Comments on: Fox: we have no complaints about the World Series ratings

By: PanchoHerreraFanClub

PanchoHerreraFanClub — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:22:22 +0000

Football wins out over sex. Doesn’t that tell you something about the average male viewer. Hey, all the guys can’t be married.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:08:42 +0000

Why move? the shock of someone competent in the White House for a change too much for you?

By: firedude7160

firedude7160 — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:38:05 +0000

I never watched the show, because football was on, but I have to say that it never had a chance. NBC pitted it against Monday Night Football, which is a fight is was never going to win. They put the show into a time slot that their target audience is otherwise occupied. A show like that would be targeting males in the 18-49 age range, and the show was put in a slot that should be reserved for 18-49 year old females. Football dominates the male 18-49 demographic. If a show like that is to have any shot at surviving on a Monday night, it has to be a spring debut.

By: tomrogers8120

tomrogers8120 — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:58:43 +0000

Vin Scully, perhaps?

By: theolgoaler

theolgoaler — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:20:46 +0000

Back in the day, the net (NBC, IIRC) would allow each team's primary play-by-play announcer to do a couple innings of the World Series. I chortle at the thought of both East and West Coasts getting introduced to the stylings of the Cards' Mike Shannon. I wasn't able to listen to Game 5 of the NLDS vs. Philly, but after the first two batters of the game (Furcal triple, Jay double) I thought, "There's your run, big boy!" Little did I know...

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:46:27 +0000

I’ve seen what your bosses have been putting on prime time, Craig. They burn money.

Playboy Club? Really?

By: jonweisman

jonweisman — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:12:00 +0000

Texas, by the way, serves the No. 5 national market. I've added a supplemental blog post about how important Game 7s are.

By: sgtr0c

sgtr0c — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:05:39 +0000

If NY, Boston, or Philadelphia were still in it, this would be a 100 comment post. Accept it, and both of you, enjoy your time…. How many days til pitchers and catchers?

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:01:09 +0000

I agree. Not one of us gets a cut of this money, from any sport. TV ratings only affect the owners and the players’ pockets. That’s why it’s pointless to contemplate their ratings. If they are not good for this WS, who cares? Do they make less money? Probably not. But even if they did, do we really care whether a player’s salary drops from 20 million to 15 million? It’s laughable.

By: nyyfaninbama

nyyfaninbama — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:56:48 +0000

The ratings might be better if they had better announcers.

By: sportsdrenched.com

sportsdrenched.com — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:50:21 +0000

I wonder this same thing with college conference re-alignment. These fans do know they don’t get a cut of the TV money…right?

By: jonweisman

jonweisman — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:36:22 +0000

I think that’s one of the most indignant Ken Arneson comments I’ve ever seen!

By: Ken Arneson

Ken Arneson — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:27:40 +0000

Look, if Fox hasn’t baked the odds of getting a Texas-St. Louis World Series into the price they paid for the broadcast rights, it’s their own damn fault. Why the hell do we care if Fox’s actuaries are doing a good job or not?

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:25:47 +0000

It’s purely an attempt to equate ratings to popularity, which is false. If everything that gets the best ratings on TV are the most popular shows/sports/events in our country, then I’m moving out of here faster than if Putin took over the White House in 2012.

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:20:39 +0000

Why are non-TV executives (you and I and every other baseball fan) worried about the TV ratings for the World Series? Because neither team is a big city team? It’s not our money. I could care less what the World Series ratings are. Baseball fans will watch the games regardless of which teams are in it. I think this will be a great World Series and am looking forward to seeing who wins this series, because I have no clue at this stage. It’s a complete toss-up.