File this under “stating the obvious” but… Over the past week I’ve been observing how difficult it is for Fox to get people to switch over to FS1 for the rest of the World Series post game coverage. Here’s FS1’s World Series post game viewership for the first 5 games: Game 1: 111K Game 2: 186K Game 3: 179K Game 4: (delayed until 2:30AM ET due to college football) Game 5: 269K Especially…
Forbes’ Maury Brown has a post on ratings for “Undisputed” and the simulcast of Colin Cowherd’s radio show on FS1. I generally agree with the Fox Sports’ spin here. I’ve noted several times on Twitter the increase in the numbers for Cowherd’s simulcast is a bright spot. While it’s probably reasonable to guess that Fox execs had hoped for more when it comes to Undisputed ratings, the show has been trending…
Buy: it’s a good move for FS1 because if nothing else moving NASCAR RaceHub back to 6pm will maximize RaceHub’s ratings. Sell: the idea that going head-to-head with Around the Horn and (especially) Pardon The Interruption is beneficial. Sell: that flow/lead-in matters in this case. For shows with potential to reach millions or even hundreds of thousands of viewers, I buy the notion of flow/continuity being crucially important. If the…
Speaking at a recent conference Fox Sports’ (and former ESPNer) Jamie Horowitz said he’d be a little worried about SportsCenter’s falling ratings if he were ESPN. Always be punching above your weight class! Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand interviewed ESPN’s senior vice president of SportsCenter Rob King about the topic and it’s worth reading. While King’s comments were certainly not as snarky as I framed them in the headline, the…
The earlier game 5 of the Rangers-Blue Jays ALDS averaged 3.199 million viewers. via Fox Sports release: Astros-Royals ALDS Game 5 Sets New FS1 Audience Mark Including FOX Deportes, Over 6 Million Watch as Royals Advance to ALCS vs. Toronto Game 5 of the Houston Astros-Kansas City Royals American League Division Series played last night at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, tallied 5,944,000 viewers on FS1, making it the most-watched telecast…
Update May 13, 2015: Based on his debut on May 11, the answer to the question in the headline is “no.” The post below is unchanged from the original other than adding the May 11 numbers to the table… Pete Rose makes his debut on Fox Sports 1 (FS1) tonight, first at 5pm ET/2pm PT for America’s Pregame and then for an hour-long edition of MLB Whiparound at 7pm ET….