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10/11 2010

Is Philly A Baseball Town or Football Town? The Ratings May Surprise Some (An Endless Debate)

Posted by Dan Levy.

Nick and I hijacked half the show today debating if the Phillies would have more viewers than the Eagles in Sunday night’s head-to-head matchup between Philadelphia’s two sports darlings. More people than not told me they expected the Phillies to get a better number, with the game being a series clincher and the Eagles losing a ton of juice with their’s being on the West Coast in a non-rivalry game without Michael Vick.

I couldn’t believe that. The Eagles were on NBC and the Phillies were on…what channel again…oh yeah, TBS. How would this be even close? I expected the Eagles to win the ratings in a landslide (and remember, I’m the one who says Philly is a baseball town.) Well, via John Ourand of SBJ, here’s our answer:

Phills outrated the Iggles in Philly DMA last night. TBS pulled a 27.7 rating for Game 3; NBC got a 24.1 rating for Eagles game in Philly.

Well, then. The “Phills” won the night, despite being on TBS and despite being in a game that, while a series clincher, was far from a must-win situation. It’s simply amazing to see these overnight ratings.

Here’s something that might be more amazing: the 24.1 overnight rating for the Eagles on NBC was the top rating of any market in the US (which stands to reason considering the ratings are always higher in markets that have teams playing). But the highest local NFL rating in the country got beat by baseball on cable…IN THAT SAME MARKET.

The Phillies rating was the highest for a Division Series game in Philly’s history. The bandwagon since 2008 has never been “funner” or, it seems, “fuller.”

(Image via ZWR’s ridiculously funny Photoshop meme)

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