Re: Little League Championship Draws Lowest Rating Since At Least '97

[Taylor]

On Sep 4, 1:48 am, TMC <tmc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.sportsmediawatch.net/2010/09/little-league-championship-dr...
>
> The Little League World Series ended on a low note last weekend.
>
> Sunday's Japan/Hawaii Little League World Series Championship Game
> drew a 2.0 final rating and 3.042 million viewers on ABC, down 17% in
> ratings and 21% in viewership from California/Taiwan last year (2.4,
> 3.872 mil), down 5% and 7%, respectively, from Hawaii/Mexico in '08
> (2.1, 3.256 mil) and down 39% and 40%, respectively, from Georgia/
> Japan in '07 (3.3, 5.028 mil).
>
> Excluding the rained out '06 game, this marks the lowest rated Little
> League World Series Championship Game since at least 1997 (ratings
> prior to '98 were not available).
>
> To put the numbers in perspective, the game drew a 4.1 rating as
> recently as 2003 and a 5.9 as recently as 2001.
>
> On Saturday, the Hawaii/Texas U.S. Championship drew a 1.8 and 2.737
> million viewers, up 157% and 165%, respectively, from California/Texas
> last year (0.7, 1.032 mil). That game aired in the evening on ESPN2.
>
> Compared to past U.S. Championship games on ABC, Saturday's rating was
> up 20% from Hawaii/Louisiana in '08 (1.5), but down 18% from Georgia/
> Texas in '07 (2.2).
>
> Earlier in the day, ABC drew a 1.4 and 2.062 million for the Japan/
> Taiwan International Championship, down 7% and 3%, respectively, from
> Taiwan/Mexico last year (1.5, 2.122 mil).
>
> Despite the generally lower numbers, all three Little League games on
> ABC topped Saturday's regional MLB coverage on FOX.

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