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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Look up the Yahoo blog "The Eh Game". They do weekly ratings reports. The Jays are all over it. Pulling a million viewers a game lately, and up to 1.4 million.
Don't have the link right now, so I'll find and post it tomorrow, but in terms of viewers, I believe the Yankees have the highest prime time viewership numbers in the US at around a half million per game.
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Ok, this is the chart I was thinking of...
I was a bit off on the numbers (heh), but the chart is also households rather than viewers. I don't know the differences between how Nielson does it in the US vs. Numeris in Canada.
And, courtesy of the Eh Game, viewers for recent Jays games.
Aug 9 @ NYY 1,430,000
Aug 8 @ NYY 1,150,000
Aug 7 @ NYY 1,290,000
Aug 3 vs MIN 1,390,000 (Price debut, holiday)
Aug 2 vs KC 997,000
Aug 1 vs KC 981,000
Jul 31 vs KC 1,080,000
For some reason, the blog simply forgot the other three Twins games, but they do state that Sportsnet has drawn
over 1 million viewers per game for the entire week.
The Jays' season average before the trades was in the range of 600,000
By comparion, CFL games usually draw between 500-650k. Non-Jays baseball and NASCAR in the 200k range, soccer in the low to mid 100s.