It’s All About MLB Baseball in Cleveland, OH

Caleb White
July 11, 2023
Local TV Snapshot: June 26 – July 2, 2023

Market: Cleveland, OH
Hours of TV Viewed: 63.1 Million
TV Households: 1,252,736
National Rank: #19

Overview<strong>:</strong>

It was all about the Cleveland Guardians MLB team this week in Cleveland, OH, as the market earned over 63 million total hours of live television viewed. On broadcast networks, MLB baseball on WJW (FOX) earned the highest live household rating of the week, with a 7.4. WJW (FOX) maintained a strong performance across this ranking, earning four of the top 5 series this week. Amongst cable series, it was the Guardians Live Postgame series on BSGL (Bally Sports Great Lakes) that topped our series ranking with a live household average rating of 3.0. On the network side, WJW (FOX) maintained the success seen amongst their series, earning the number one broadcast network ranking for the week as well, with an average live household rating of 3.2. Amongst cable networks, it was FOX News Channel that earned the top spot, pulling in an average live household rating of 1.2. Check out these insights and our local network viewer persona below, and stay tuned to see which market we spotlight next week!

Top Five Broadcast Series (by Rating)

Telecast Detail Telecast Performance
Rank Telecast Local Affiliate Day of Week Live HH Rating Average Audience (TVs)
1 MLB on FOX WJW (FOX) S 7.4 93.1K
2 News 5 at 6pm WEWS (ABC) S, U 7.1 89.0K
3 FOX 8 Saturday Morning News WJW (FOX) S 6.5 81.8K
4 Fox 8 Sunday Morning News WJW (FOX) U 6.5 81.1K
5 FOX 8 News at 8AM WJW (FOX) M, T, W, R, F 6.4 80.7K
Source: Comscore TV. Local TV® All Broadcast Networks, Preliminary Data, Cleveland, OH Market, Week of Jun. 26 – Jul. 2, 2023.

Top Five Cable Series (by Rating)

Telecast Detail Telecast Performance
Rank Telecast Network: Day of Week Live HH Rating Average Audience (TVs)
1 Guardians Live Postgame BSGL (Bally Sports Great Lakes) T, W, R, F, U 3.0 37.9K
2 The Five FNC (FOX News Channel) M, T, W, R, F, S 2.5 31.1K
3 Jesse Watters Primetime FNC M, T, W, R, F 2.2 27.7K
4 Special Report with Bret Baier FNC M, T, W, R, F 2.0 25.0K
5 MLB Baseball BSGL M, T, W, R, F, S, U 1.9 24.3K
Source: Comscore TV. Local TV® All Cable Networks, Preliminary Data, Cleveland, OH Market, Week of Jun. 26 – Jul. 2, 2023.

Top Five Broadcast Networks (by Rating)

Telecast Detail Telecast Performance
Rank Network: Live HH Rating Average Audience (TVs)
1 WJW (FOX) 3.2 40.2K
2 WKYC (NBC) 2.2 27.8K
3 WEWS (ABC) 2.1 26.3K
4 WOIO (CBS) 2.1 25.9K
5 WVPX (ION) 0.7 9.3K
Source: Comscore TV. Local TV® All Broadcast Networks, Preliminary Data, Cleveland, OH Market, Week of Jun. 26 – Jul. 2, 2023.

Top Five Cable Networks (by Rating)

Telecast Detail Telecast Performance
Rank Network: Live HH Rating Average Audience (TVs)
1 FNC (FOX News Channel) 1.2 15.4K
2 BSGL (Bally Sports Great Lakes) 0.8 10.2K
3 MSNBC 0.7 8.7K
4 S1CL (Spectrum News 1 - Cleveland) 0.6 8.1K
5 CNN 0.5 6.4K
Source: Comscore TV. Local TV® All Cable Networks, Preliminary Data, Cleveland, OH Market, Week of Jun. 26 – Jul. 2, 2023.

Network Persona Spotlight: WJW (FOX)

Demographics: Interests & Habits:
Age: 55+ Donates to charitable causes
Household: No Children Present in Home Recreational vehicle owner
Education: High School Graduate Major League Baseball fan
Source: Comscore TV, Preliminary Data, Jun. 26 – Jul. 2, 2023, US.

Top Five Local Broadcast Networks: Social Media (By Total Actions)

Telecast Detail Telecast Performance
Rank Network: Total Actions (FB, TW, IG) # of Posts
1 WOIO - Cleveland 19 News 116.7K 778
2 WJW - Fox 8 News 89.6K 580
3 WKYC Channel 3 - Cleveland 54.6K 601
4 News 5 Cleveland 33.9K 278
5 WMFD TV 722 15
Source: Comscore Social, PowerRankings, Jun. 26 – Jul. 2, 2023, US.*Disclaimer: All preliminary data should be used for directional purposes only
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