I posted this yesterday but it was the weekend so I guess not many saw this. I need to know your thoughts about this:

The most frustrating statistic for me to obtain is daytime sporting events. Last month, Zedman2 suggested only including primetime sporting events for our game and my response was that receiving the viewer numbers for sporting events take a week later than all the other week's programs because that's what media life magazine's site does and so, you have to be patient.

However, I have recently done some research into the publishing of sports ratings on that site and the scary thing is the site doesn't publish this list for each week of the 52 weeks in a year. What made me think about this was when I thought about including the Indianapolis 500 for this game. I didn't find any viewer numbers on this event on that media life site because they don't publish any lists for the week leading up to Memorial Day.

I'd like for all entries in this game to have definitive ratings information but it's this sports dilemma that gives me most thought. I am able to get viewer numbers for the following: sports at night times and any big sport events on cable AND the Household Rating of network broadcasts of sporting events in the daytime. But it's the "viewer numbers" of network broadcasts of sporting events in the daytime that's the focus.

So I have a proposition, starting for the next game, Game #27: I'll continue to use sporting events, both in primetime and daytime, but for daytime events, I'll use the household ratings only for them and of course, base their rank on household ratings of primetime shows. Unless someone here has quick access to daytime sports viewer numbers each week, I'm going to go this route. Using the household ratings, at least we won't all have to wait that extra week for sports viewer numbers to come in.

Let me know what you all think by posting your thoughts here and/or in the Game #26 discussion thread (link posted below).

In relation to the Baseball question, it is TBS that will be hosting the LCS for at least the next 7 years (alternating the american and national league). They will also host ALL of the first round games. FOX wil still show all the worls series games.

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Originally posted by joe7148:
In relation to the Baseball question, it is TBS that will be hosting the LCS for at least the next 7 years (alternating the american and national league). They will also host ALL of the first round games. FOX wil still show all the worls series games.

Thanks I was discovering this online as you posted this.

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Originally posted by Paul LeBel:
A question for Marc, or Travis, or anyone else who might be up on their Tv sports info:

I've heard it said several times that FOX is reducing the amount of hours it broadcasts Major League Baseball Playoff games during prime time, so it won't be as much of a disruption to FOX's prime-time scheduling. How much less, exactly? How is the scheduling going to be less intrusive? Is it the amount of hours, or specific nights? How exactly will it affect the FOX prime-time schedule?

This is from a Variety article regardsing FOX upfront announcement:

Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117965141.html

But it's what's not on the schedule that might help Fox snap out of its usual fall doldrums. Now that Fox shares the Major League Baseball playoffs with Turner, the net will preempt only 14 of its nights in October, compared to 26 in recent years -- including just one preemption apiece on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

ABC press Release:

Fast Facts for Sunday, May 20, 2007 (Based on Fast Affiliate Ratings)
ABC Wins All 4 Sundays During the 2007 May Sweep in Adults 18-49,
Ranking No. 1 on the Evening for the 8th Straight Week in Key Sales Demo

ABC's 7 O'clock "Home Edition" Wins the Hour in Adults 18-49, Giving
ABC the Young Adult Advantage in the Time Slot for the 6th Consecutive Week

With its Largest Audience in 8 Weeks, ABC's Season Finale of "Home Edition" Outdraws Fox's 1-Hour "The Simpsons" Season Finale by 2.5 Million Viewers

Sunday's No. 1 TV Show for the 7th Week in a Row, in its Season Finale
ABC's "Desperate Housewives" Generates its Biggest Audience in 3 Months

Dominating its Competition During its Freshman Season Finale in Viewers and
Adults 18-49, ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" Turns in its Highest Numbers Since January

Sunday Primetime (7:00-11:00 p.m.)
ABC took top honors on the final Sunday of the '06-07 TV Season, leading its nearest competition by 4.8 million viewers (12.7 million vs. 7.9 million - CBS) and by 31% in Adults 18-49 (4.6/13 vs. 3.5/10 - Fox). In fact ABC won all 4 Sundays of the 2007 May Sweep in the key Adult 18-49 sales demographic, ranking No. 1 on the evening for the 8th week in a row.

* In Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, the Network posted its top-rated Sunday in 11 weeks - since 3/4/07.

* For the 7th straight week, ABC's "Desperate Housewives" is Sunday's No. 1 TV show in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. ABC claimed the Top 2 TV shows of the night in Adults 18-49 with "Housewives" and "Brothers & Sisters."

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition-7PM" (7:00-8:00 p.m.)
The first part of the season finale for "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" bested its closest competition during the 7 o'clock hour by 26% among Adults 18-49 (2.4/9 vs. 1.9/7 - Fox). ABC ranked No. 1 in the time period with young adults for the 6th week in a row.

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
ABC's season finale of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" surged from its lead-in to outdraw the 1-hour season finale of Fox's "The Simpsons" by 2.5 million viewers (12.3 million vs. 9.8 million) during the 8 o'clock hour. The broad appealing ABC unscripted show also ranked No. 1 in its time period in Adults 25-54 (4.8/13), across the women demographics (W18-34 - 4.7/15, W18-49 - 5.9/17 & W25-54 - 6.5/17) and Kids 2-11 (2.9/11-tie). It was the No. 1 TV show of the evening with kids.

* "Home Edition" attracted its biggest audience in 8 weeks and its top Women 18-34 number in 11 weeks - since 3/25/07 and 3/4/07, respectively.

"Desperate Housewives" (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Sunday's No. 1 TV show for the 7th straight week, ABC's "Desperate Housewives" towered over the 9 o'clock hour in its season finale. "Housewives" outperformed second-place Fox in the time period by 10.0 million viewers (18.4 million vs. 8.4 million) and by 75% in Adults 18-49 (7.0/17 vs. 4.0/10).

* "Desperate Housewives" generated its largest audience in 3 months and its top Adult 18-49 rating in 11 weeks - since 2/18/07 and 3/4/07, respectively.

"Brothers & Sisters" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
On its freshman season finale, ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" dominated the 10 o'clock hour in viewers and young adults. "Brothers & Sisters" outdrew second-place NBC by 5.2 million viewers (12.7 million vs. 7.5 million) and beat the combined delivery of CBS and NBC in the slot by 7% among Adults 18-49 (4.7/12 vs. 4.4/11).

* "Brothers & Sisters" marked the series' best Total Viewer and Adult 18-49 numbers in over 5 months - since 1/14/07.


Source: Nielsen Media Research (Fast Affiliate Ratings, Live+SD), 5/20/07.

Thanks for the info Hawk-eye, Joe7148 and Zedman2...FOX clearly can now work on shaping up what has been a mess in prime-time for years. Baseball may have brought in some demo advantages, but I think that advantage is hit-and-miss at best, as ratings for baseball have been on the decline (though match-up in the games has some influence here). As far as prime time entertainment programming goes, they can start to become more aggressive in the fall and add to the advantage "AI" gives them in January.

Quick Question:

How many viewers did NBC get for the running of the Preakness?

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Originally posted by Elvis Bus:
Quick Question:

How many viewers did NBC get for the running of the Preakness?

Here's the answer to that question, from Lenny Shulman from news.bloodhorse.com...

Overnight ratings for NBC’s telecast of the May 19 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) registered a slight decrease from a year ago, when Barbaro attracted much attention for the second jewel of racing’s Triple Crown. NBC reported a 5.4 rating and a 13 share of the audience for this year’s Preakness telecast, which aired from 5 p.m.-6:48 p.m. ET. That represented a 5% dip from 2006’s 5.7/14. One ratings point equals 770,000 viewers in overnight ratings, and the 13 share represents the percentage of televisions in use that were tuned to the race.

This year’s Kentucky Derby telecast drew an 8.3/18 in the overnights.

The race segment of the Preakness show, from 6-6:30 p.m., attracted a 7.4 rating. NBC reported that the Preakness telecast was the highest rated sports show of the day, far outdistancing FOX’s baseball coverage of the New York Yankees—New York Mets tilt. Since NBC took over the Preakness in 2001, the average overnight rating for the telecast has been a 6, up by more than a third from the previous seven years, the network said.

The top 10 markets for the Preakness telecast were: 1) Baltimore (21/41); 2) Louisville (16.5/34); 3) Buffalo (12.6/30); 4) West Palm Beach (11.9/25); 5) Columbus (10.8/22); 6) Orlando (10.8/20); 7) Fort Myers (10/19); 8) St. Louis (9.3/20); 9) Cleveland (9/19); and 10) Knoxville (9/18).

Just to let you all know that standings for completed games #20 and #21 have been posted. Tv-aholic, I also posted the attachments for the picksheet for Games #20 and #21 so you can link them to your standings page.

I agree x. Time shifted viewing and online viewing included, I'm thinking the numbers wouldn't be that bad.

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Originally posted by xwiseguyx:
Isn't further erosion evident for this show and the vast majority of others with time shifted viewing becoming more and more prevalent?

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Originally posted by Marc Berman:
ABC/Sunday 9 p.m. Desperate Housevives
5/21/06 – Viewers: 24.23 million (#1), A18-49: 9.9/23 (#1)
5/20/07 – Viewers: 18.44 million (#1), A18-49: 7.0/17 (#1)
Percent Change – Viewers: -24, A18-49: -29

Both shows still merit being labeled a winner, but ABC had better hope the erosion slows down in 2007-08.

Thanks Paul!

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Originally posted by TVrocks72:
Did anyone else think last night's episode of Desperate Housewives was kinda disappointing for a season finale? The whole Edie thing was wow, but still...

I thought it was the best episode of the season.

CBS was at -16, now is at -8!

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Originally posted by dumont:
FOX Maintains 0.1 A18-49 Lead After 25 Days of the May Sweep:

2007 A18-49 vs first 25 nights 2006 A18-49
(results weighted for extra hour on Sundays)

1. FOX 3.6 vs 4.2 (-14%)
2. ABC 3.5 vs 3.3 (+6%)
3. CBS 3.0 vs 3.7 (-8%)
4. NBC 2.3 vs 3.2 (-28%)
5. CW 1.3 vs. 1.2 (+8% to The WB)
6. MNT 0.4 vs 1.2 (-67% from UPN, first 22 nights only)
TOTAL 6 NETS: 14.0 vs. 16.6 (-16%)

FOX continues to hold on to first place by a slim 0.1 lead over ABC in A18-49 after 25 days of the May Sweep.

ABC and The CW are the only two broadcast networks to show year-over-year improvement in both A18-49 after 25 days of the May Sweep.

Mr. Yanan, are those finals out yet?

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Originally posted by tvfan300:

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Originally posted by TVrocks72:
Did anyone else think last night's episode of Desperate Housewives was kinda disappointing for a season finale? The whole Edie thing was wow, but still...

I thought it was the best episode of the season.

I just watched it online and thought it was a good episode that is setting up good stories for season 4.Bree covering for Daniel was funny and Lynettes mother and the whole victor thing are potential good stories.I knew the Edie thing was coming as i read forums before watching the show but was still taken back-some will arue it was OTT but i thought it was good.