So I can't claim that I have the same just visceral joy of some in this White House.
The White Sox did win just 11 years ago with Ozzie and Konerko and Buehrle. I've hosted the Blackhawks a number of times. We had the '85 Bears we had the Bulls' run in the nineties. For me, the drought hasn't been that-as long. Now, listen, for those of you from Chicago who have known me a long time, it is no secret that there's a certain South Side team that has my loyalty. But I did say that there's never been anything false about hope. But even I was not crazy enough to suggest that during these 8 years we would see the Cubs win the World Series. We've managed to fulfill a large number of them. Now, listen, I made a lot of promises in 2008. I will say to the Cubs: It took you long enough. Now, I know you guys would prefer to stand the whole time, but sit down. Here is something none of my predecessors ever got a chance to say: Welcome to the White House the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs! It certainly can’t hurt that the viewership for last night’s game is estimated to be north of 35 million.The President. 2 network this season, is well placed to easily win Wednesday primetime with its best result for the night since January 2007. Compared to the tepidly rated 2014 World Series, the last one to go more than five games, this year is up 63% in overall viewership.įox, currently the No. That series snagged an average of 25.4 million viewers. That’s the most any MLB championship has achieved since 2004, when the Boston Red Sox swept the series in four games against the St. Up to and including the Tuesday’s Game 6 face-off, the 2016 World Series has been averaging about 20 million viewers. In Chicago, last night’s winning Game 7 snared a 51.5 MM rating - the best any baseball game has ever done in the two-team town ever.
That November 1 game was watched by 23.4 million viewers, the best any Game 6 has done since 1997. Compared to Tuesday’s Cubs-winning Game 6, last night’s game was up 70% in the early ratings. It is also, for you stat heads, 66% better in MM results than the last World Series Game 7 back in 2014 when the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on October 29 that year. Last night’s Game 7 did beat the June 19 Game 7 of the NBA Finals, where the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated reigning champs the Golden State Warriors, by 33% in MM results.Ĭubs' World Series Win Gets Bill Murray Roar, Hollywood Love + FLOTUS Praise That game got a 27.0/38 metered market rating. While not reaching the 49.0/73 result of this year’s Super Bowl, that’s the best any World Series Game 7 and in fact any MLB game has done in overnight ratings since the mega-market New York Yankees lost 3-2 to the Arizona Diamondbacks on November 4, 2001. In metered market results, last night’s deciding game at Progressive Field in Cleveland hit a massive 25.2/40 rating. For Fox, this year’s World Series has seen a slew of strong ratings, and none more so than Wednesday’s down-to-the-wire Game 7. The thrilling end of the Cubs’ long 108-year drought makes for some impressive numbers in a more that four-hour game that saw 17 minutes of rain delay.
It was a roller coaster of a battle, and then the rain came to hit the pause button for a while, but in the end last night, the Chicago Cubs won Game 7 of the 2016 World Series over the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings to take home their first baseball championship since 1908.
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