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#1 ·
White Sox Lack TV Allure of Red Sox By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer
2 hours, 31 minutes ago



The Fox network might be missing the Boston Red Sox this October as much as New England baseball fans.

The Chicago White Sox's championship drought is longer than the one ended by Boston last year, but its quest has far less appeal to the casual TV viewer. The opening game of the White Sox-Astros World Series didn't even crack Nielsen Media Research's top 10 last week, and Game 2 was eclipsed by ABC's Sunday lineup.

The two games were seen by 15 million and 17.2 million respectively, compared to 23.2 million and 25.5 million for the opening games of the Boston-St. Louis series last year, Nielsen said.

Fox also prospered last year with the Red Sox-Yankees American League Championship Series, making the difference between the two years even more stunning. Fox's prime-time average viewership for the same week last year was 22 million — double its closest rival — while this year Fox barely made second place with 10.6 million viewers.

It not only makes for glum advertisers but far less exposure to commercials touting Fox's programming.

CBS continued its unbeaten streak for the season, winning the week with an average of 13.1 million viewers (8.6 rating, 14 share), and also winning among viewers aged 18 to 49. Fox had 10.6 million (6.9, 11), ABC 10.5 million (6.8, 11), NBC 9.3 million (6.3, 10), the WB 3.7 million (2.4, 4), UPN 3.5 million (2.3, 4) and Pax TV 530,000 (0.4, 1)

NBC's "Nightly News" handily won the evening news ratings race, averaging 9.4 million viewers (6.6, 14). ABC's "World News Tonight" had 8.3 million viewers (6.0, 12) and the "CBS Evening News" 7.3 million (5.2, 11).

A ratings point represents 1,102,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 110.2 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

For the week of Oct. 17-23, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 28.5 million; "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 25.2 million; "Lost," ABC, 21.4 million; "Without a Trace," CBS, 19.8 million; "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 18 million; "CSI: Miami," CBS, 17.9 million; "Survivor: Guatemala," CBS, 17.8 million; "NCIS," CBS, 17.7 million; World Series Game 2: Houston vs. Chicago, Fox, 17.2 million; "Commander in Chief," ABC, 16.3 million.

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#28 ·
clearwaterms said:
This is what bothers me about the Sox's, it's fans take the game WAY to seriously, it's a god damn GAME. Cubs fans realize this, we know how to have fun despite the fact that are team might not win, we will support our team regardless of there standings. Sox's fans only show up to a winning team. Cubs fans show up regardless.
LAME:rolleyes :jerkit :jester
 
#30 · (Edited)
clearwaterms said:
This is what bothers me about the Sox's, it's fans take the game WAY to seriously, it's a god damn GAME. Cubs fans realize this, we know how to have fun despite the fact that are team might not win, we will support our team regardless of there standings. Sox's fans only show up to a winning team. Cubs fans show up regardless.
Cubs fans go to games to drink and don't even pay attention to the game. That is the only reason I would go to a game there.

I go to games and watch on TV when the Sox have bad seasons. Do I get upset if they lose ---- YES!
 
#40 ·
Nike Ad In the Sun Times:

"There are two baseball teams in Chicago
One is loved not just in Chicago but nationally. A fan base as far and wide as this great country. Then you have this other team in the Southside. Whose fan base is just the Southside.

The Southside White Sox are not a popular team. You don't see kids wearing their baseball caps in NY and LA and London. They are blue collar. Nothing fancy. No frills. Just a bunch of small ballers and outcasts that found a home on the other side of town.

They are the team of their people and that's the way they play- with all heart and more heart and just when you think they've given you all the heart that they have, they give you a little more. That's the Southside for you.

So when you're watching this Series you're not just watching a baseball team. You're witnessing the collective soul of a few hundred thousand people on one side of town.. "

World, meet the Southside White Sox

Just Do It
 
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