Dodgers-Cubs NLCS Game 2 draws FS1 record 7.291 million (Updated)

October 17, 2016

Update: Per Fox Sports PR the game drew 7.291 million viewers easily surpassing last week’s game 4 of the Giants-Cubs series (6.368 million) as the most-watched FS1 telecast ever. The game peaked with 8.228 million viewers between 10:30 and 10:35 p.m. ET and set record high overnight ratings for FS1 in both Los Angeles (10.8) and Chicago (23.9). — The game averaged an additional 291,000 on Fox Deportes, making it…

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Dodgers-Cubs NLCS Game 1 fuels FS1 to its best Saturday night ever (Updated)

October 16, 2016

  Game one of the Los Angeles Dodgers versus Chicago Cubs NLDS on Fox averaged a 3.9 overnight rating (on average 3.9% of the homes in the largest 56 markets were tuned-in). That’s the best Saturday overnight rating ever for FS1. Per Fox Sports the game averaged a 20.9 rating in Chicago, the highest rating ever for FS1 in the Chicago market. Update: Per Fox Sports’ Michael Mulvihill the game averaged 5.9…

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Dodgers-Nationals, Broncos-Chargers top cable sports TV ratings for Thursday October 13, 2016

October 14, 2016

  Note: the Denver Broncos vs San Diego Chargers game averaged 14.494 million viewers across CBS and NFL Network. The 3.378 million in the table below is just the NFL Network portion. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Thursday October 13, 2016: (includes top-10 for all cable shows + most-watched Gunsmoke rerun on TV Land) Note to readers using mobile phones: the tables are easier to read/scroll through if you tilt your phone to landscape orientation….

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Cubs-Giants, Nats-Dodgers, WWE Smackdown top cable sports-ish TV ratings for Tuesday October 11, 2016

October 12, 2016

  Please follow @SportsTVRatings on Twitter because I post additional numbers there.  Cable Sports TV Ratings for Tuesday October 11, 2016: (includes top-10 for all cable shows plus the most-watched ‘Gunsmoke’ on TV Land) Note to readers using mobile phones: the tables are still easier to read/scroll through if you tilt your phone to landscape orientation. – All data ©Nielsen (data provided by a variety of TV network sources and not directly from Nielsen) Note:…

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Cubs-Giants game 4 scores as FS1’s most-watched telecast ever with 6.4 million viewers

October 12, 2016

  Update: the game averaged 6.368 million viewers to become FS1’s most-watched telecast ever. The game peaked with 7 million viewers. – The Chicago Cubs dramatic comeback win over the San Francisco Giants to win their NLDS matchup in four games drew an FS1-record 4.8 overnight rating. That just means on average 4.8% of the homes in the 56 largest Nielsen markets were tuned into the game but FS1 projects…

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Buccaneers-Panthers, Cubs-Giants, Indians-Red Sox top cable sports-ish TV ratings for Monday October 10, 2016

October 11, 2016

  Please follow @SportsTVRatings on Twitter because I often tweet numbers there that I don’t post on the web site. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Monday October 10, 2016: (includes top-10 for all cable shows + most-watched Gunsmoke rerun on TV Land) Note to readers using mobile phones: the tables are  easier to read/scroll through if you tilt your phone to landscape orientation. – All data ©Nielsen (data provided by a variety of TV…

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Giants-Cubs, Alabama-Arkansas, Indiana-Ohio State top cable sports TV ratings for Saturday October 8, 2016

October 11, 2016

  Please follow @SportsTVRatings on Twitter because I tweet some numbers there that I don’t post on the web site. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Saturday October 1, 2016: (includes overall cable top-10) Note to readers using mobile phones: the tables are  easier to read/scroll through if you tilt your phone to landscape orientation. — All data ©Nielsen (data provided by a variety of TV network sources and not directly from Nielsen) Note:…

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Giants-Cubs, Red Sox-Indians, Dodgers-Nationals top cable sports TV ratings for Friday October 7, 2016

October 10, 2016

  Cable Sports TV Ratings for Friday October 7, 2016: (includes top-10 for all cable shows + most-watched Gunsmoke rerun on TV Land) Note to readers using mobile phones: the tables are still easier to read/scroll through if you tilt your phone to landscape orientation. – All data ©Nielsen (data provided by a variety of TV network sources and not directly from Nielsen) Note: viewership of around 100,000 or lower is technically…

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