Ratings down for USO final... hmmm, I wonder why?

[Moses Man]

I'm surprised the author doesn't mention the fact that many local CBS affiliates didn't even show the final! I'm sure many of us tried to tune in, only to be thwarted...

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US Open ratings down for pushed-back men’s final

Sep 9, 5:18 pm EDT

NEW YORK (AP)—Television ratings were down for the U.S. Open men’s final after rain forced the match to move from Sunday to Monday.

Roger Federer’s straight-set win over Andy Murray, which started at 5 p.m. EDT on CBS, drew a 1.9 national rating and a 4 share, the network said Tuesday.

That’s down 49 percent from last year’s 3.7/7, when Federer’s victory over Novak Djokovic, a more competitive match, was in the customary Sunday time slot.

The women’s final saw the opposite effect, with the rain shifting it from Saturday to Sunday, when more people tend to watch TV. Serena Williams’ win over Jelena Jankovic earned a 3.3 national rating and 6 share, up 57 percent from the 2.1/4 when Justine Henin beat Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2007.

The rating is the percentage watching a program among homes with televisions, and the share is the percentage tuned into the broadcast among those households with TVs on at the time.

The Open set an attendance record with more than 720,000 fans, the USTA announced Tuesday. Arthur Ashe Stadium was at 99 percent capacity, with 23 of 26 sessions sold out.

 

[thalivest]

What do you expect:

-the final was played on Monday, a working day for most people.
-the final wasnt even broadcast on a CBS that goes to all parts of the country.

 

[Redflea]

Yup...the Monday 2:00 PM time and the fact that it wasn't even on TV in my locale (SoCal). Still pissed...

 

[quest01]

The Women's final had a higher rating than the Men's final. I guess we can come to the conclusion that Serena is more popular globally then Federer. I am surprised the mens final only accumulated a 1.9 rating, that's very low compared to the Womens final which raked in a 3.3 rating which was up 57%.

 

[PCXL-Fan]

Its also because CBS was airing Oprah when the us open was supposed to be on. Michael Phelps interview was on. So they switched to the Federer vs MurrayfFinal part way through the match and never televised the full thing.

On top of that there were no digital TV listings of the match (at least where I was).

When I saw Oprah on instead of the final I was scrambled onto the net to find a video feed. Those *&#$@&^! retards....

I'm sure lots of people saw oprah was on and assumed they weren't going to televise the match.

 

[gj011]

Well duh. I was on Monday and it was not on TV everywhere.
What did they expect.

 

[pow]

The Women's final had a higher rating than the Men's final. I guess we can come to the conclusion that Serena is more popular globally then Federer. I am surprised the mens final only accumulated a 1.9 rating, that's very low compared to the Womens final which raked in a 3.3 rating which was up 57%.

You are quite the statistician.

 

[veritech]

not only was it on monday, but they showed it during the middle of the day. of course it's not going to get many ratings.

 

[thalivest]

The Women's final had a higher rating than the Men's final. I guess we can come to the conclusion that Serena is more popular globally then Federer. I am surprised the mens final only accumulated a 1.9 rating, that's very low compared to the Womens final which raked in a 3.3 rating which was up 57%.

What a dumb conclusion to reach when it has already been explained why the mens final had a low rating. If you had the womens final on Monday while many Americans were either at work or traveling home from work (and the ones more west definitely at work), which many parts of the country did not even have direct cable access, and which was hardly reported when it would be on, there would probably be less then 1.0 people that would even bother to watch it.

Oh yeah not to mention this would nothing to do with global anything considering it was a U.S station with U.S ratings, which had nothing to do with any part of the world outside the U.S (and a bit of Canada) anyway.

 

[pow]

What a dumb conclusion to reach when it has already been explained why the mens final had a low rating. If you had the womens final on Monday while many Americans were either at work or traveling home from work (and the ones more west definitely at work), which many parts of the country did not even have direct cable access, and which was hardly reported when it would be on, there would probably be less then 1.0 people that would even bother to watch it.

Oh yeah not to mention this would nothing to do with global anything considering it was a U.S station with U.S ratings, which had nothing to do with any part of the world outside the U.S (and a bit of Canada) anyway.

Haha don't mind quest01, he's known to come to many interesting conclusions on these boards that are neither logical nor educated.

To him:
U.S. TV ratings actually reflect global interest.
More people want to watch the Serena-Jankovic final over the Federer-Murray final.
Sunday and Monday are the same day and draw in the same amount of viewers.
and Federer needs to switch to an easier racquet because quest01 personally finds it too demanding to use.

At first I thought he was kidding about his claims... but over time... *sigh.

 

[norbac]

The Women's final had a higher rating than the Men's final. I guess we can come to the conclusion that Serena is more popular globally then Federer. I am surprised the mens final only accumulated a 1.9 rating, that's very low compared to the Womens final which raked in a 3.3 rating which was up 57%.

Those ratings are for the States, so you can't say Serena's more globally popular than Fed based on this.

 

[hoosierbr]

Many people, myself included, wanted a Fed-Nadal final. Fed would have still had the egde and most likely won but it would have been more compelling b/c quite frankly I can't imagine many people expected Murray to win.

 

[quest01]

I never found the K90 demanding to use. Anymore lies by the 1.0 rated pow who clearly shouldn't be using a mid because they are too demanding for him.

 

[BreakPoint]

The Women's final had a higher rating than the Men's final. I guess we can come to the conclusion that Serena is more popular globally then Federer. I am surprised the mens final only accumulated a 1.9 rating, that's very low compared to the Womens final which raked in a 3.3 rating which was up 57%.

Did you just ignore all the posts in this thread that came before yours, including the OP?

How many people could watch the men's final when it was played Monday afternoon when almost everyone is at work? And how can people watch it when it wasn't even shown on many CBS local channels, including my local channel? I was here to watch it but my TV screen was blank for 3 hours.

 

[BreakPoint]

I never found the K90 demanding to use. Anymore lies by the 1.0 rated pow who clearly shouldn't be using a mid because they are too demanding for him.

You've complained here ad nauseam that the K90 is much more demanding to use than your APD. That's why you use the APD and not the K90 because you find the K90 too demanding at your low level.

Tell us, which racquet is your main racquet? And why isn't the K90 your main racquet? :-?

 

[stormholloway]

So, did the USTA have an explanation for holding the final at that time?

 

[quest01]

Wait a minute I thought you missed the Men's Final because you smashed your TV. You were shadow swinging in front of your TV and all of a sudden you lost your grip and the racquet smashed into the TV.

The K90 is by no means demanding to use for me anyways. The only negative about the racquet is my consistency with the 2 handed backhand compared to a mid plus.

 

[BreakPoint]

So, did the USTA have an explanation for holding the final at that time?

Well, I know my local CBS affiliiate had Monday Night Football on this past Monday so they probably didn't want to make it a night match and cut into Monday night's prime time schedule, even though many more people would be at home watching TV during prime time than at work when the match was played in the afternoon.

 

[BreakPoint]

Wait a minute I thought you missed the Men's Final because you smashed your TV. You were shadow swinging in front of your TV and all of a sudden you lost your grip and the racquet smashed into the TV.

I am now convinced, along with everyone else on this board, that you are on hallucinagenic drugs. :-?

 

[BreakPoint]

The K90 is by no means demanding to use for me anyways. The only negative about the racquet is my consistency with the 2 handed backhand compared to a mid plus.

In other words, IT IS TOO DEMANDING FOR YOU. That's the definition of a demanding racquet i.e., lack of consistency.

 

[Mick]

ratings went down because everybody was at work

 

[quest01]

You're killing me. As I have mentioned previously the K90 is by no means difficult nor demanding to wield. I could easily take you on with the racquet.

 

[BreakPoint]

You're killing me. As I have mentioned previously the K90 is by no means difficult nor demanding to wield. I could easily take you on with the racquet.

OK, so if the K90 is not even demanding for a beginner, low level player like you, then why the heck would you think it would be too demanding for the best tennis player who has ever lived and that he should switch to a larger, less demanding racquet?

And, no, you cannot beat me with any racquet. Dream on.

 

[Mick]

i don't play my best with a k90 but i have played with a guy who could play really well with it. He would serve 2 aces a game. So, it's true that the k90 is a demanding frame for some people but not for everybody.

 

[Rhino]

The Women's final had a higher rating than the Men's final. I guess we can come to the conclusion that Serena is more popular globally then Federer.

So let me get this straight, if something has a better rating in the USA, then it must be more popular 'globally'?
It's so sad that so many of you guys think that whatever is popular there - a place where only 4.5% of people live - is automatically the same in the rest of the world.
Let me reassure you - tennis is thriving outside the USA, Federer is a superstar, and men's finals are almost always more popular.