Braves drew season’s largest local TV audience Monday
The Braves' loss Monday night was their most-watched game in the Atlanta TV market this season on Fox Sports South or Fox Sports Southeast. The 5-3 road loss to the Minnesota Twins drew a 5.13 Nielsen rating in Atlanta, equaling an audience of about 120,000 local households.
The previous highest-rated Braves game this season on Fox Sports South/Southeast was the July 14 game against San Diego, which delivered a 5.10 rating (119,000 households) in the Atlanta market.
For the season to date, the Braves are averaging a 3.39 local rating, about 79,000 households. That’s up 8% from a 3.13 rating at the same point last year.
About the Author
Tim Tucker, a long-time AJC sports reporter, often writes about the business side of the games. He also had stints as the AJC's Braves beat writer, UGA beat writer, sports notes columnist and executive sports editor. He was deputy managing editor of America's first all-sports newspaper, The National Sports Daily.
