NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC averaged 1,836,000 viewers for 16 broadcasts in Big League Baseball’s expanded wild-card spherical, drawing much extra viewers for 16 games but an average down vastly from the one-knockout contests in past many years.
The most-viewed sport was the New York Yankees’ opening 12-3 gain more than Cleveland on Sept. 29, which averaged 2,642,000 inspite of getting area partly opposite a presidential debate.
Previous year’s ESPN game, Tampa Bay’s 5-1 win around Oakland beginning just soon after 8 p.m. EDT, was noticed by an ordinary of 4,615,000 on ESPN, down from 7,130,000 for Colorado’s 2-1, 13-inning gain over the Chicago Cubs in the 2018 NL wild-card activity at a related time. ESPN’s wild-card game averaged 5,591,000 to 7,604,000 from 2014-17.
The round was expanded to 8 best-of-a few collection thanks to the shortened year caused by the new coronavirus pandemic, and game titles had been scheduled from noon EDT until finally 10 p.m. EDT more than a 4-working day span. The Rays-Blue Jays series was on TBS, which did not answer to an email Wednesday trying to get rankings.
This year’s viewers were, with start out time and the network the vast majority of match was carried on:
Sept. 29: Yankees/Indians Game 1, ESPN, 7 p.m. EDT: 2,642,000
Oct. 2: Cardinals/Padres Activity 3, ESPN, 10 p.m.: 2,599,000
Sept. 30: Yankees/Indians Match 2, ESPN, 7 p.m.: 2,588,000
Oct. 1: Cardinals/Padres Recreation 2, ESPN2, p.m.: 2,331,000
Sept. 29: Astros/Twins Sport 1, ABC, 2 p.m.: 2,211,000
Oct. 2: Marlins/Cubs Activity 2, ABC, 2 p.m.: 1,977,000
Oct. 1: Dodgers/Brewers Sport 2, ESPN, 10 p.m.: 1,928,000
Oct. 1: White Sox/Athletics Game 3, ESPN, 3 p.m.: 1,848,000
Sept. 30: Cardinals/Padres Video game 1, ESPN2, 5 p.m.: 1,574,000
Sept. 30: Marlins/Cubs Game 1, ABC, 2 p.m.: 1,538,000
Sept. 30: Reds/Braves Match 1, ESPN, noon: 1,460,000
Oct. 1: Reds/Braves Activity 2, ESPN, midday: 1,380,000
Sept. 30: White Sox/Athletics Recreation 2, ESPN, 3 p.m.: 1,219,000
Sept. 30: Dodgers/Brewers Video game 1, ESPN, 10 p.m.: 1,090,000
Sept. 29: White Sox/Athletics Video game 1, ESPN, 3 p.m. : 953,000
Sept. 30: Astros/Twins Activity 2, ESPN2, 1 p.m.: 731,000
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