Posted on September 28, 2011 at 2:37 PM
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Are people pumped about the Cardinals and their run to the National League Wild Card? I'd say so.....
TUESDAY'S CARDINALS RATING WAS SECOND-HIGHEST EVER
ON FOX SPORTS MIDWEST
Comeback win was most-watched game this year
Tuesday's Cardinals game generated the second-highest rating ever for an event on FOX Sports Midwest and was the most-watched Cardinals game of 2011.
The 13-6 comeback win at Houston produced a 16.5 household rating in the St. Louis DMA, according to Nielsen Media Research. It peaked at a 21.8 rating (and 34 share) from 10 to 10:15 p.m., which translates to more than 273,000 St. Louis households tuning in at that time. FOX Sports Midwest was the highest-rated channel in prime time in St. Louis for the 73rd night this season, and the game was the No. 1 program in St. Louis for the entire day. The Cardinals Live postgame topped its competition with a 5.8 rating from 10:45 p.m. to midnight.
Tuesday's win pulled the Cardinals into a tie with Atlanta for the NL wild card lead. Game 162 airs tonight on FOX Sports Midwest at 7 p.m. It's preceded by the debut of the FOX Sports Prep Zone at 6 p.m. and the Cardinals Live pregame show at 6:30. FOX Sports Midwest will bring viewers updates from the Phillies-Braves game throughout the night.
If the Cardinals advance to a tiebreaker and/or the playoffs FOX Sports Midwest will air postgame shows immediately following games.
Top-rated Cardinals games on FOX Sports Midwest
1. 17.6 Aug. 10, 2010 Cardinals at Reds (Cards pull in to tie for first; first-inning brawl)
2. 16.5 Sept. 27, 2011 Cardinals at Astros (Cards pull in to tie for wild card lead in game 161)
3. 15.4 Aug. 13, 2010 Cubs at Cardinals (first-place Cards top Cubs as part of big week)
4. 14.7 Sept. 20, 2000 Cardinals vs. Houston (Cardinals clinch division)
5. 14.4 Aug. 9, 2005 Cardinals at Milwaukee (Anthony Reyes' major league debut)
FOX Sports Midwest is in its 18th season as the television home of the Cardinals.
Data courtesy of Nielsen Media Research. Ratings are household ratings for the St. Louis DMA.
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