Sports Media Digest- October 23, 2012

http://sportsmediajournal.com/page/3/ Despite Rout, Fox Sees Strong Numbers for NLCS Game 7- Fox Sports reports that last night’s game 7 of the National League Championship Series between the Cardinals and Giants gave the network a rating of 4.9 and an audience of 8.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched postseasn baseball game this year. The seven game series averaged a rating of 4.0, up 38% over last year’s NLCS. Monday Night Football Wins the Night in the Ratings- Last night’s Monday Night Football telecast between the Lions and Bears gave ESPN a rating of 7.7 and an audience of 10.6 million viewers, winning the night on both broadcast and cable television. Through eight games Monday Night Football is averaging a 10.0 rating and 13.4 million viewers, up 5% and 4% respectively over 2011. College Football on ESPN and ABC Most-Watched on the Weekend- ESPN reports that ABC’s Saturday night coollege football telecasts (Baylor/ Texas or Miami/Florida State) averaged a 3.1 rating, making it the most watched college game of the night. ESPN’s primetime telecast of Alabama and Tennessee came in second with a 2.5 rating. This Week on NFL Turning Point- On this week’s edition of NFL Turning Point on the NBC Sports Network Dan Patrick will look back at the key plays from this past weekend’s Redskins/Giants, Patriots/Jets, and Steelers/Bengals games. Rodney Harrison and Tony Dungy will also look ahead to this Sunday’s Saints/Broncos game. NFL Turning Point airs tomorrow at 10:30p.m. ET. NFL Network Replays- Three games from this past weekend will be replayed beginning tonight on the NFL Network (NFLN). Beginning at 8:00p.m. ET NFLN will re-air Sunday’s Jets and Patriots tilt. At 9:30p.m. ET the Redskins at Giants will get another play while tomorrow at 9:00p.m. ET NFLN will replay the Saints at Buccaneers.