The ratings are in and both FOX and ESPN scored big wins with the All Star game Tuesday night at AT&T Park.
FOX won Tuesday nights total ratings and ESPN had their biggest audience thus far for 2007.
Here are the details….
Major League Baseball All-Star Game was viewed by 31.4 million viewers, an increase over the 31.2 million who tuned in to watch last year’s event, and the 29.5 million who watched in 2005. The year-to-year increase marks the second consecutive year of growth in total audience for the Midsummer Classic. Last night’s telecast delivered an 8.4/15 household rating and share and an average audience of 12.5 million viewers. The 8.4 household rating and share makes the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game television’s top-rated sports telecast of the summer, and matches the highest rating for any show on network television since the start of summer.
As has been the case since its television debut more than 50 years ago, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game ranks as by far the highest-rated All-Star event in sports. The HH rating averaged for the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game exceeds that of the 2007 NFL Pro-Bowl by 83%, and surpasses that of the NBA All-Star Game by 100%.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game led FOX to an easywin in primetime last night, topping NBC by 14% in HH rating, CBS by 72%, and ABC by 119%. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game also led FOX to the best primetime average for any broadcast network since the conclusion of American Idol on FOX in May.
Monday night’s State Farm Home Run Derby, won by Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, delivered a 5.1 HH rating and an average of 6.78 million viewers. The average audience of 6.78 million viewers ranks as the largest for any telecast on ESPN during 2007. Based on its average audience delivery of 6.78 million viewers, Monday night’s State Farm Home Run Derby also ranks as the third most-watched sports telecast on any cable network this year.
The average audience of 6.78 million viewers for the State Farm Home Run Derby made ESPN the most-watched cable network in primetime on Monday night, and its average of 1,373,000 Men 18-34 and 2,493,000 Men 18-49 exceeded the average in primetime for each of the broadcast networks as well.
