It is a fact. Check the 9 o clock hour.


You could also factor in NBC Sunday Night Football (pregame) and probably suggest football beat baseball the entire night. I'm not positive about that, and don't believe that to be a fact, though. Please don't harm me.

It isn't. Here is the real breakdown:

8 p.m.

FOX: World Series Game 4 - Red Sox/Cardinals (16.6 million, 9.8/15)
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" - Packers/Vikings (13.9 million, 8.0/12)
CBS: "The Amazing Race" (8.2 million, 5.1/8)
ABC: "Once Upon a Time" (7 million, 4.1/6)

9 p.m.

NBC: "Sunday Night Football" (15.4 million, 8.9/13)
FOX: World Series Game 4 (14.9 million, 8.7/13)
CBS: "The Good Wife" (9.1 million, 5.9/8)
ABC: "Revenge" (5.65 million, 3.7/5)

10 p.m.

FOX: World Series Game 4 (14.6 million, 8.7/14)
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" (13.9 million, 8.3/13)
CBS: "The Mentalist" (8.8 million, 5.6/9)
ABC: "Betrayal" (3.4 million, 2.4/4)

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It isn't a fact. Check the 10 o clock hour.

Now that you are obviously wrong, will you admit it? I'm sure Rick will, although with a long sermon on why he wasn't really wrong.

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Remember when the NFL used to skip the Sunday night game out of deference to the World Series? How quaint, but the time for quaintness is over. Protect The Shield.

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Yea, those numbers are different. I don't pretend to understand why the ratings are different than those in the article. How would the ratings differ if you factored in the NBC pre-game? Or the end of the Fox afternoon games?


But let's be honest, a CHAMPIONSHIP baseball game eeked out a win over a boring, regular season blowout. Suck it baseball!

Average Viewers over the stated time periods:

NFL: 14.4 million

MLB: 15.4 million

What have we learned: only assholes argue about ratings as though they mean something.

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What's up with everyone hatin' on baseball to suckle at the teat of tootball? Was this summer that hard on us all?

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This has already been covered;

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You are correct. Baseball had a narrow victory. It certainly wasn't 4 million different. It looks like it was about 500k different.
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/28/tv-ratings-sunday-once-upon-a-time-betrayal-the-mentalist-rise-the-good-wife-revenge-flat-as-sunday-night-football-beats-the-world-series/211649/

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Um, read the thread title.

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He he he he... you said "hard on"...

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We need leash to start a "Why does baseball suck so much" thread.

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Every once in a great while I have to agree with something frank has posted and this is one of those rare times. The Packers/Vikings game looked to be a lopsided affair, while the Red Sox/ Cardinals match-up is a really good one. Had it been Seahawks/Chiefs or even the Lions/Cowboys game, the ratings would have been different. Baseball is my favorite sport, but I am a realist and I know the ratings are not just a reflection of pure interest in those 2 sports.

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Absolutely correct. The ratings are only a reflection on popularity when more people are watching football.

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I think in order to get an accurate reading on interest, you take all the games, regular season and post-season and come away with the averages for each sport and those numbers tend to tell an accurate tale. I would much rather watch a World Series game than ANY NFL regular season game, but I think I would be the exception to the rule. I think the majority of the viewing public would rather watch a good NFL match-up during the regular season than even a World Series game. Compare Super Bowl numbers vs a World series contest and the numbers are ridiculously one sided.

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Go Cubs!!!!

And I don't think you should compare a sport designed to be watched live on a beautiful summer night with a TV show in the middle of winter.

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With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

This thread was supposed to be a celebration of righteousness and America


REAL TALK: Obviously football is king when it comes to ratings. I looked up the ratings expecting another embarrassment for MLB and was surprised. I guess having teams with large followings helps.

Still ahead of the NBA and NHL

If it was MY Cubs in this series,NFL would probably cease to exist on the days the Cubs battled!!

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It's ahead of all sports in America. That's why more people watched two decent World Series teams instead of tuning into to see the greatest running back and the greatest quarterback in history. God bless the USA!

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The fact that a crappy midwest focused football game lost by a million viewers to a world series game with an east coast team shows just how much more popular football really is.

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A battle of the most recent NFL MVPs couldn't compete with Kolten Wong and Will Middlebrooks

Idc because I don't watch much football anymore, but a gb/mn game was barely beaten by 2 large market teams in a championship game. Baseball is dwindling and it's not able to attract a large young fan base.

Edit: darkside made my point.

Not really. It shows how many fantasy games were hinging on two superstars. Did Peterson or Rodgers get the Lakemoor Louts home last night?

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
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St. Louis is a large market? Then why can't they draw more than 25,000 to a game of America's most popular sport?

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With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Scuse me, its the LakeMorons.

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That's pretty good. My guys are Jacquizz On Your Face.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Dunno, is there a lot of money in St. Louis or no? I thought the had a large fan base. I could be wrong. It's baseball so I don't give a shit.