MLB Wildcard Round Draws 4.6M Viewers to TBS
TBS' coverage of Major League Baseball's first-ever Wildcard Round averaged 4.6 million total viewers.
Individually, the St. Louis Cardinals-Atlanta Braves matchup averaged a 3.3 overnight rating (starting at 5 p.m. ET), and the Baltimore Orioles-Texas Rangers contest, which began at roughly 8:30 p.m ET. averaged a 4.1 overnight rating.
TBS' coverage of the first day of the Division Series on Saturday averaged 3.1 million total viewers across its Athletics-Tigers/Reds-Giants doubleheader. That is up 8% from the last year's first day.
Over the first two days of the 2012 MLB Postseason, TBS' averaged 3.9 million viewers, up 29% over the first two days last season.
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