NEW YORK (AP)—The All-Star game’s television ratings are down slightly from
last year.
Fox said Wednesday that the American League’s 4-3 win Tuesday night earned a
8.9 fast national rating and 15 share. That’s down 4 percent from the 9.3/16 for
the first nine innings of the 15-inning marathon in 2008.
NEW YORK (Mediaweek) –
Fox's telecast of the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game delivered an average audience of 14.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched midsummer classic since 2002.
Tuesday night's contest now stands as the sixth-most-watched sporting event of 2009, trailing Super Bowl XLIII, which drew a record 98.7 million viewers to NBC on February 1; the NCAA National Championship Game (17.6 million); the Kentucky Derby (16.3 million); Game 4 of the NBA Finals and the Daytona 500 (both drew 16 million).