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Friday, October 30, 2009
Ratings: Phils slip in Game 2

What to make of this?

Comparing viewership between Games 1 and 2 of the World Series, the numbers were up nationally.

Fox is crowing that 18.9 million viewers tuned in last night -- a spike over Game 1's audience of 17.7 million viewers.

But locally, more people watched Game 1 -- when Cliff Lee was toying with the Yankees lineup -- than Game 2 -- when A.J. Burnett was shutting down the Phils' hitters.

Locally, Game 1's Phillies win notched a 44.5 household rating and a 59.3 share, which translates to about 1,312,848 homes, while Game 2's loss drew a 42.5 HH/57, which translates to about 1.265 million homes.

Too painful to watch?

Last night's game nationally was the most-watched since Game 2 of the 2004 series between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals.

Friday morning, Fox29 closed the 300 block of Market Street for a rally. I hear that the Good Day show had asked their counterparts at Fox5 in New York to come on the air for a little light trash-talk, and got the cold shoulder. The New York Foxers refused to participate.

Posted by Michael Klein @ 3:15 PM  Permalink | 3 comments
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Posted 03:27 PM, 10/30/2009
moderndaymesh
It was a Thursday night--probably a better chance that fans were watching the game at a bar, which could explain the lower ratings.
Posted 03:51 PM, 10/30/2009
dreinterests
bars were insanely packed last night
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Michael Klein chronicles local people, places and things (in easy-to-digest portions) three days a week in his Inquirer column "INQlings." He also covers the restaurant scene in his Thursday Food column, "Table Talk." See his work at http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/michael_klein.
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