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« Thread Started on Oct 19, 2009, 7:05am »		[Quote]
I don't claim to know anything about scheduling ballgames or TV programming, but, it seems to me that if you have two LCS games on the same day, one of them being in a west coast, warm weather city, and the other in an east coast, cold weather city, wouldn't it make sense to have the east coast game in the earlier time slot, and the west coast game in the later time slot? Just sayin'.

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« Reply #1 on Oct 19, 2009, 7:19am »		[Quote]
I think it has more to do with one network vs. the other getting an equal number of primetime games. I'd bet everything that Fox gave up the night game, because their Monday schedule with House leading the way, makes more money in ad revenue in primetime.
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« Reply #2 on Oct 19, 2009, 4:21pm »		[Quote]
Rosie, you took the words right outta my mouth - until I turned on the TV, I thought the afternoon game was in Philly. David. you are probably right, but it still -uh, how did Dibs put it? - "sucks lemons"
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« Reply #3 on Oct 28, 2009, 7:30pm »		[Quote]
No more night games now.

I wish they played a day game on Saturday!!
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EARLIER WORLD SERIES START TIMES YIELD POSITIVE RESULTS

By now we should all understand that despite the annual complaining of east coast baseball pundits that postseason games end too late, in fact, TV audiences grow as the evening progresses. Nonetheless, MLB and FOX did implement earlier start times for World Series games this year and the results were positive. Michael Hiestand reported LWIB for USA Today:

There were lots of variables behind this year's World Series boffo TV box office — like having a super-big budget cast in the New York Yankees— but this seems at least pretty clear: Earlier Series start times helped build late-night viewing.

Four of the six Series games started slightly before 8 p.m. ET, which was the earliest start time ever for primetime Series games. Sunday's Game 4 had a slightly later scheduled start — to fit in with Fox's NFL action — while only Saturday's Game 3 started later than scheduled, due to rain delay.

The result: Ratings increases for viewing after 11 p.m. ET.

In the four games that started on schedule, ratings after 11 p.m. ET was 6% higher than viewing before that time. Last year, ratings were 3% lower after 11 p.m. ET.
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