World Series Gets Best Ratings Since 1999
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Boston's 11-9 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night got the highest TV rating for the first game of the World Series since 1999.
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Boston&#39;s wins against St. Louis in the first two games of the World Series drew the highest television ratings for the start of baseball&#39;s championship since 1996.
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The 1975 World Series was a movable feast that charmed the nation. The nightmare of Vietnam had just ended. We were still shaking off Watergate. In Boston, the ordeal of busing featured class warfare in the streets. They were not the best of times. Then along came the Reds, the Red Sox, and Game 6 and we discovered baseball could ...
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Buckle up, folks. The 100th World Series is off to a, shall we say, perversely entertaining start.
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The last time the Toronto Blue Jays finished higher than third place was in 1993, when they won the AL East and the World Series. The sinking Boston Red Sox are giving them another chance.
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That is, aside from the 52,011 fans at the SkyDome Oct. 16, 1993 when the Blue Jays beat Schilling and the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5 in Game 1 of the World Series.
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NBCâs bare-bones version of the â65th Annual Golden Globesâ attracted just 5.8 million viewers on Sunday night, a small fraction of the 20 million who tuned in to the awards show a year ago, according to Nielsenâs estimates. A two-hour âDatelineâ special, featuring interviews with the nominees and preceding the 9 p.m. announcement show fared no better, drawing only 4.4 million. Combined, the three-hour broadcast delivered a dismal 1.3 rating in the critical demographic of adults 18 to 49, a far cry from the 6.5 rating the show earned over prime time on a Monday last January. The big hit on Sunday was Foxâs premiere of âTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,â which attracted 18.3 million viewers at 8 p.m. and the highest ratings by far of any new series this season. Although âTerminatorâ benefited from following a football game on Fox that attracted more than 35 million viewers during the 7 p.m. hour, no other scripted series debut on any broadcast network has done better in the 18-to-49 set in three years. The last scripted series debut on a broadcast network to earn higher ratings among adults 18 to 49 was CBSâs âNumb3rsâ on Jan. 23, 2005. Fox easily led the nightâs ratings, followed by CBS and ABC. NBC ranked fourth. Part one of CBSâs âComanche Moonâ drew 15.8 million viewers.
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Boston's four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals to win its first World Series since 1918 was the most-watched series since 1995.
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CURT SCHILLING, who was instrumental in helping the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in 86 years, had a better year than people realize.
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In the 10 years since major league baseball's lights were dimmed and the World Series canceled, players and owners have cashed in.
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The Boston Red Sox will be the first World Series winner featured on a Wheaties box since the 1999 New York Yankees. The special edition package will picture David Ortiz on the front of the box, along with
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Very preliminary findings from 49 of the nation's biggest markets showed that ratings for the New York Giants' thrilling Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots were up 9 percent over last year's big game, according to Nielsen Media Research on Monday.
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The Red SoxÂ motivation for winning used to be deep, rich and passionate. But since winning the World Series in 2004, a lot has changed.
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BOSTON - The World Series logo was back on the field at Fenway Park, just like last year. That&#39;s right, the 100th World Series opens tonight in the city where the Fall Classic began in 1903 with Cy Young
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It&#39;s hard to believe that it&#39;s been 50 years since Willie Mays made The Catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series. I didn&#39;t see The Catch on television -- I was only 11 years old -- but I&#39;ve seen the highlights of it many times.
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Very preliminary findings from 49 of the nation's biggest markets showed that ratings for this year's Super Bowl, with the New York Giants' thrilling win over the New England Patriots, were up 6 percent over last year's big game, according to Nielsen Media Research on Monday.
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THE BASEBALL SEASON unfolds slowly. Amazing plot lines develop as we watch the 162-game season and the playoffs. The World Series is the most memorable week in sports.