[kenntomasch]

From MLS Confidential:

"GOOD NUMBERS: TV ratings for MLS games show a significant jump since the U.S. began its World Cup run.

In eight telecasts since the U.S. win over Portugal -- beginning with a June 8 meeting of Los Angeles and Chicago -- an average of 165,394 households have tuned into MLS games, which represents an increase of more than 13 percent over telecasts prior to the World Cup.

In 10 telecasts on ESPN2 prior to the America win, the league drew an average of 146,043 households.

The jump may be attributable to the larger markets of the teams playing in those last eight games. Seven of the telecasts were MetroStars games, and the Galaxy, Fire and Revs were each involved twice.

A Fire-Metros game played July 27 drew the second-highest rating of the season, a 0.24, and 203,615 households.

The highest rating of 0.25 and 215,242 households was registered for a MetroStars-Fire game June 22, the day after the U.S. lost to Germany, 1-0, in the quarterfinals.

Still, the large-market and post-World Cup theories are countered by a rating of 0.23 (192,010 households) for San Jose-Columbus May 4."

That's encouraging. Maybe people tuned in, found they liked Jack and Ty and decided to come back?

[jmeissen0]

good news...

[kasai]

Now that I discovered Veronica, I will be tuning into more MLS games..... Does she do sideline reporting for weekly games as well?

[pething101]

That is a positive step. Lets hope a good chunk of that continues to watch all the way to the MLS championship.

[jmeissen0]

Originally posted by kasai
Now that I discovered Veronica, I will be tuning into more MLS games..... Does she do sideline reporting for weekly games as well?

yes... she didn't during the world cup, but that was because she was in j/k with jack, ty and everyone's favorite... lisa salters (a real reporter)

[Brrca Fan redded]

Very, very good news indeed.

[kwikstah]

Dude, these numbers are still pathetic.

[jackistheman]

Originally posted by kenntomasch
From MLS Confidential:



That's encouraging. Maybe people tuned in, found they liked Jack and Ty and decided to come back?

Maybe? Try definitely.

[jmeissen0]

Originally posted by kwikstah
Dude, these numbers are still pathetic.

actually, they really aren't that bad... they aren't great, but they aren't bad

[Rocket]

Originally posted by kwikstah
Dude, these numbers are still pathetic.

Granted they're not too hot, but they're not that much worse than ratings I've seen for some of ESPN2's other programming.

Ice hockey on ESPN2 had an average rating of 0.3 a few years ago, women's basketball 0.2, etc.