* Royals’ 12.3 is best for any MLB team in 13 years
* Telecasts dominate prime time
Kansas City Royals telecasts on FOX Sports Kansas City averaged an all-time high 12.3 household rating in 2015, the best for any MLB team on a regional sports network since 2002.
Royals local market ratings ranked No. 1 in MLB for the first time. Viewership rose 84 percent over last season, with similar increases for the Hy-Vee Royals Live pregame (+105%) and Boulevard Royals Livepostgame shows (+89%).
Royals telecasts on FOX Sports Kansas City were the highest-rated, most watched programming in Kansas City during baseball season. Prime-time games averaged a 13.0, 136 percent higher than the closest competitors.
FOX Sports Kansas City continues its coverage into the postseason with postgame shows after all playoff games.
Data courtesy of Nielsen Media Research, through Sunday, Oct. 5; household ratings for the Kansas City DMA.
| Kansas City Prime-Time Ratings During Baseball Season
April 5-Oct. 4, 2015; 7-11 p.m. Royals vs. other channels prime time averages |
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| Royals in prime on FSKC | 13.0 |
| 5 KCTV CBS | 5.5 |
| 9 KMBC ABC | 5.5 |
| 4 WDAF FOX | 4.0 |
| 41 KSHB NBC | 3.7 |
| FOX News | 1.5 |
| ESPN | 1.4 |
| HGTV | 1.2 |
| Disney | 1.1 |
| 29 KCWE CW | 1.1 |
Facts and figures
- Royals games on FOX Sports Kansas City averaged an all-time best 12.3 rating/114,000 households in 2015.
- Highest local TV rating for an MLB team on a regional sports network since the 2002 Mariners (13.2).
- Number 1 in MLB.
- Up 84 percent from a 6.7 in 2014.
- Highest-rated game on FSKC: April 26 at White Sox (17.3)
- Most-watched moment: Sept. 24 when the Royals clinched the AL Central (23.1 rating/42 share/213,000 households).
- Highest-rated, most-watched programming in prime time in Kansas City during baseball season. Royals prime time games on FSKC averaged a 13.0, outdistancing second-place KMBC-ABC and KCTV-CBS by 136%.