PHL17 AND PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES SET A NEW RATINGS RECORD
PHILADELPHIA PHL17, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies, is proud to announce that yesterday's 4:05 p.m. Phillies/Giants game on PHL17 achieved a record-breaking household rating for a regular season telecast.
In Nielsen ratings, yesterday's game averaged a 15.9 household rating, with a 29.5 household share, breaking the previous record of 15.4 from this season's June 28th telecast, also on PHL17. This marks the third time this season PHL17 and the Phillies have broken a regular season ratings record.
On average, 479,515 homes each quarter hour tuned in to watch the Phillies take a season high 9 game winning streak into yesterday's matchup against the San Francisco Giants. Despite the loss, the Phillies took the series 3 out of 4 games this weekend against the defending 2010 World Series Champions.
PHL17's next telecast will be this Sunday at 1:35pm against the Washington Nationals, which is also the final day of the Phillies Alumni Weekend festivities.
Note: 1 house hold rating point = 30,158 Homes in the Philadelphia DMA
About Tribune Broadcasting PHL17 serves as the Philadelphia affiliate of MyNetworkTV and is wholly owned by Tribune Company. Tribune is one of the country's leading multimedia companies, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing, Tribune's leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, The Morning Call and Daily Press. The company's broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable and Chicago's WGN-AM. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune's print and broadcast properties and extend the company's nationwide audience. # # #
PHILADELPHIA PHL17, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies, is proud to announce that yesterday's 4:05 p.m. Phillies/Giants game on PHL17 achieved a record-breaking household rating for a regular season telecast.
In Nielsen ratings, yesterday's game averaged a 15.9 household rating, with a 29.5 household share, breaking the previous record of 15.4 from this season's June 28th telecast, also on PHL17. This marks the third time this season PHL17 and the Phillies have broken a regular season ratings record.
On average, 479,515 homes each quarter hour tuned in to watch the Phillies take a season high 9 game winning streak into yesterday's matchup against the San Francisco Giants. Despite the loss, the Phillies took the series 3 out of 4 games this weekend against the defending 2010 World Series Champions.
PHL17's next telecast will be this Sunday at 1:35pm against the Washington Nationals, which is also the final day of the Phillies Alumni Weekend festivities.
Note: 1 house hold rating point = 30,158 Homes in the Philadelphia DMA
About Tribune Broadcasting PHL17 serves as the Philadelphia affiliate of MyNetworkTV and is wholly owned by Tribune Company. Tribune is one of the country's leading multimedia companies, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing, Tribune's leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, The Morning Call and Daily Press. The company's broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable and Chicago's WGN-AM. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune's print and broadcast properties and extend the company's nationwide audience. # # #
