The buzz the Cubs created in the off-season and throughout Spring Training translated into “massive year-to-year TV ratings” on Comcast SportsNet. Comcast SportsNet announced Thursday, the day after the Cubs wrapped up its first winning April in seven years (2008), that the Cubs “posted significant television ratings for the first month of the 2015 MLB season, which resulted in solid game and post-game ratings increases compared to last April.” The Cubs had a 3.28 average household rating … [Read more...]
Cubs Announce 2015 Regular Season Television Broadcast Schedule
The Cubs announced Friday its 2015 regular season television schedule featuring broadcasts from Comcast SportsNet, WGN-TV Ch. 9 and WLS-TV/ABC-7. The Cubs open the 2015 regular season on Sunday Night Baseball against the St. Louis Cardinals in what should be a match-up between LHP Jon Lester and RHP Adam Wainwright. ESPN2 will broadcast the first game of the Major League Baseball season from Wrigley Field on April 5. WGN-TV’s first of 45 broadcasts will take place on Tuesday, April 7 at … [Read more...]