According to a
story in Variety, ratings for the World Series were the lowest they’ve been
since the Giants-Royals’ matchup of 2014.
The only game to crack more than 14 million viewers was game five. Game three’s 18-inning, 7-hour 20-minute
extravaganza that spilled from Friday night into Saturday morning netted all of
13.3 million. Maybe they started the
game too early, 7:10 Central Time. Just
kidding.
But maybe people
are getting really, really tired of all the ads. Given baseball’s current infatuation with
changing pitchers, every broadcast turns into an excuse to cut to
commercials. Worst of all are those
split-screen ones, combining advertising with action.
The end of the
national pastime as we know it lies down that path, my friends.
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