Yahoo! Sports wrote an article which stated Hank Aarons record breaking home run shot earned a 22.3 rating on NBC as opposed to Barry Bonds' record breaker only earning a 1.1 on ESPN2. I think if ESPN2 was FREE, as NBC is, far more people would have tuned in to watch the game. What do you think?
2007-08-08 12:01:41 · 9 answers · asked by vanman2u 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Link: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AqjB65pcUkoSrMmpm3j5_QERvLYF?slug=ap-bonds-ratings&prov=ap&type=lgns
2007-08-08 12:02:44 · update #1
i think if you remember there was no cable popular when aaron hit the homer and basically all major cities had what? 4-5 stations....so hence huge ratings for aaron, for barry, espn 2.....is a good station but like u say money is needed to watch it...and espn is no HBO
2007-08-08 12:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by alangj91761 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sort of drivel is written about the World Series ratings every year. Who the hell decided that teevee ratings (or movie box office receipts) is newsworthy, anyway? Outside the industries, does anyone really care?
Anyway -- in 1974, there were three networks, PBS, and maybe one or a few local channels. That's all people got to watch.
Now, the media is fragmented into scores, hundreds of niche nets, and the Web offers serious competition. OF COURSE ratings are lower! The populace (audience) can watch pretty much whatever they want, whenever they want, today. (Sadly, most channels are still complete crap, but crap has always been popular.)
At least it was on ESPN and not Fox. That is a small saving grace.
2007-08-08 12:15:40 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ESPN2 is free....for me at least. I'm not sure if more people would tune in because Barry Bonds was very inconsistent. It took him a while to hit 755. I was getting bored myself. I actually wasn't watching yesterday's game. I just happened to tune in on Bond's 756 homerun. So the answer to your question in my opinion is that probably more people would watch but not as many viewers as Aaron had.
2007-08-08 12:06:33 · answer #3 · answered by Matt D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they move the baseball game at prime time 7pmC/8pmE. and have it on FOX I think it would got more ratings. Instead the game was play on west coast and on ESPN2 9pmC/10pmE where most people are in bed like me.
2007-08-08 12:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by RamsFan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i didn't even know he broke the record till today... who cares really, Bonds is a cheater so the record means nothing to most people...
2007-08-08 12:04:43 · answer #5 · answered by shaggy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol u are funny not in that way lol but it doesn't make u bi just a little in touch with an emotional side it's very nice to hear from a man though i must say
2016-05-17 09:22:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares about ratings.
2007-08-08 12:08:37 · answer #7 · answered by Mets Lover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
but then again people were WATCHING EACH AND EVERY BONDS AT BAT LIVE ON ESPN.com
was that accounted for? does that count
2007-08-08 12:05:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BONDS CHEATED!
2007-08-08 12:09:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋