Is that because the AQ conferences garner higher television ratings or boast higher attendance?
The team constantly sells out thes Staples Center and also gets great television ratings.
Even with the recession, stadiums remain filled, television ratings are astronomical, multiple revenue streams abound.
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With the help of Nielsen we then ranked teams by their local market television ratings.
The Phillies led MLB in local television ratings in 2011, averaging a 9.7 on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia.
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This year television ratings improved for the Chase as bad boy Tony Stewart captured the title.
Television ratings for the World Series have been strong so Fox does not want to lose baseball.
At the time, Nielsen, which provides television ratings and other media services, was looking to diversify into digital businesses.
"We've been very fortunate to experience unprecedented television ratings, " he told me Wednesday.
Television ratings for the NBA have been in a downward spiral the past several years, while the NHL's ratings have remained low.
Dr Peter Saunders, director of the campaign group Care Not Killing, said the show was a "cynical attempt to boost television ratings".
More than a month into the new NHL season, television ratings are stronger than they have been in years and arenas are packed.
The 2009-10 campaign was a season of record growth for the NHL as advertising revenues, television ratings, and merchandise sales hit all-time highs.
Every year, it seems as if baseball writers and pundits are revisiting the same conversation regarding poor television ratings and the World Series.
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Likewise, Japanese attendance and television ratings have dropped during the past few years, as star players like Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui have moved stateside.
For television ratings reasons, the show begins promptly at 6 P.
The U.S. watched the soap opera drama unfold, and in the process the sport saw television ratings soar and maintain a consistent level of viewership.
Then there are television ratings, mostly abysmal in the non-traditional markets.
When FORBES recently ran the numbers on which NFL faithful were the most passionate (comparing television ratings and Internet traffic to market size) the Cheeseheads emerged on top.
Television ratings for the NBA post-season in 2011 were incredible.
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The recession has whacked at sponsorships, attendance and television ratings.
Additionally, television ratings for Spanish-speaking telecasts dwarf those of ESPN.
TNT's 2009 PGA Championship coverage earned significant television ratings increases on each of its four days of coverage, averaging a 1.4 US HH rating, a 75% increase over 2008.
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Television ratings for the Indianapolis 500 have been trending down for several years, from a high of 6.5. in 2005 to below 4.0 in both 2010 and 2011.
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More so perhaps than the club grand final in September (which enjoys the higher television ratings), the State of Origin has emerged as the great showcase for the game.
NASCAR's regular-season television ratings have fallen 21% since their peak in 2005, a reversal from the prior five years, when they vastly outgrew all other professional sports in viewership.
The popular sentiment about viewership of the World Series is that the presence of two large-market teams almost guarantees high television ratings, in part encouraged by national followings and attention.
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At present the National Football League (NFL) towers over all U.S. sports leagues in terms of profits, television ratings, team valuations, and just about any other measure of popularity and success.
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All of this as the television ratings sag: Only 15.5 million viewers on average tuned in to the DNC in 2004, down 24% from 1992--the highest viewership since 1984--according to Nielsen Media Research.
Baseball's high salary structure has put executives and managers under deep pressure to produce quick results, lest clubs lose the strong television ratings, robust attendance and post-season games that boost their bottom lines.
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