2022 MLB All-Star Game draws record-low 7.634 million viewers - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 07-21-2022, 01:12 AM

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By Joe Lucia on 07/20/2022

If you didn’t watch the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night, you weren’t alone.

Fox announced that 7.634 million people watched the game, which is a record-low and the first time that the ASG has drawn under eight million viewers. The good news Fox touted in its release is that the MLB All-Star Game remains the most-watched All-Star Game in sports, ahead of the NFL Pro Bowl (6.69 million), the NBA All-Star Game (6.28 million), and the NHL All-Star Game (1.15 million).

A night earlier, the Home Run Derby drew 6.877 million viewers across ESPN and ESPN2.

While baseball has traditionally been the most-watched All-Star Game in the US, its grip on that top spot has been slipping. Per Sports Media Watch’s excellent data, the game hasn’t topped ten million viewers since 2015, and hasn’t exceeded 12 million since 2010. 30 years ago, the midsummer classic was routinely bringing in 20 million viewers. Nearly two-thirds of that audience has dipped out since.

It’s truly a jarring decline, and I really don’t think there’s an easy way to stop this trend. Maybe the actual answer is not worry about the slide, take the “best baseball viewership since the World Series” title, and keep trying to grow the game’s audience.

biffbronson · 07-21-2022, 10:04 AM

This is the first time I've missed seeing the game since the early 1970s...! Forgot all about it.

AMackII · 07-21-2022, 08:13 PM

MLB’s Annual All Star Game need to have better numbers

ponytail · 07-22-2022, 07:47 AM

I only watched to see ex Dbacks player Goldy and current Dbacks pitcher Mantiply, then turned it.

DJM77 · 07-22-2022, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by biffbronson

This is the first time I've missed seeing the game since the early 1970s...! Forgot all about it.

You mean that you would actually be interested in watching something that didn't have women in it?

biffbronson · 07-22-2022, 05:44 PM

That's one of the few baseball games I'll watch, and did go back to look at full highlights.

My favorite sport is football, and of course I check out the cheerleaders....

biffbronson · 08-18-2022, 07:47 AM

Every MLB team should be required to hire a Ball Girl:

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If she elects to handle the players' balls, that's strictly her business...!

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biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,595	Every MLB team should be required to hire a Ball Girl: If she elects to handle the players' balls, that's strictly her business...!

07-21-2022, 10:04 AM	#2
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,595	This is the first time I've missed seeing the game since the early 1970s...! Forgot all about it.

07-21-2022, 08:13 PM	#3
AMackII Member Forum Star Join Date: Oct 23, 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 17,231	MLB’s Annual All Star Game need to have better numbers

07-22-2022, 05:44 PM	#6
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,595	That's one of the few baseball games I'll watch, and did go back to look at full highlights. My favorite sport is football, and of course I check out the cheerleaders....