Bob_R
10-22-2004, 11:53 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - The Boston Red Sox capped off an improbable comeback in Game 7 of the AL championship series Wednesday night -and so did the TV ratings.
Boston's 10-3 win in Game 7 of the AL championship series on Wednesday was the highest-rated league championship series game since 1991, drawing a 19.4 national rating for Fox Sports. That was up 13 percent from last year's Game 7 between the same teams, which the Yankees won on a home run by Aaron Boone in the 11th inning.
Game 7 of the NLCS between Pittsburgh and Atlanta in 1991 got a 19.9 rating. Wednesday's game was the highest-rated ALCS game since Game 7 of the Boston-Anaheim series in 1986 (21.2).
The ratings in New York and Boston were impressive. There was a rating of 56.6 in the Boston area, better than either of the Patriots' two Super Bowl wins. New York had a rating of 30.7.
Much like the Red Sox, the ratings improved as the series went on. After so-so viewership while New York got out to a 3-0 lead, audiences grew as Boston began to come back.
Game 6 on Tuesday got a 15.6 rating, a 24 percent increase over the 12.6 rating for the equivalent broadcast last year - Game 6 between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins in the NLCS.
Overall, the ALCS averaged an 11.7 rating, up 9 percent from last year's 10.7.
The rating is the percentage of television households tuned to a broadcast. Each rating point represents about 1.08 million households.
Boston's 10-3 win in Game 7 of the AL championship series on Wednesday was the highest-rated league championship series game since 1991, drawing a 19.4 national rating for Fox Sports. That was up 13 percent from last year's Game 7 between the same teams, which the Yankees won on a home run by Aaron Boone in the 11th inning.
Game 7 of the NLCS between Pittsburgh and Atlanta in 1991 got a 19.9 rating. Wednesday's game was the highest-rated ALCS game since Game 7 of the Boston-Anaheim series in 1986 (21.2).
The ratings in New York and Boston were impressive. There was a rating of 56.6 in the Boston area, better than either of the Patriots' two Super Bowl wins. New York had a rating of 30.7.
Much like the Red Sox, the ratings improved as the series went on. After so-so viewership while New York got out to a 3-0 lead, audiences grew as Boston began to come back.
Game 6 on Tuesday got a 15.6 rating, a 24 percent increase over the 12.6 rating for the equivalent broadcast last year - Game 6 between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins in the NLCS.
Overall, the ALCS averaged an 11.7 rating, up 9 percent from last year's 10.7.
The rating is the percentage of television households tuned to a broadcast. Each rating point represents about 1.08 million households.