Postseason TV viewership off to strong start

Fan enthusiasm from the exciting end to the regular season has continued through the first-ever Wild Card Games presented by Budweiser and into the start of the Division Series, with TV viewership up significantly.

Through its first two days of coverage, TBS is averaging 3.9 million viewers, up +26% over last year's first two days of Postseason coverage. The two Wild Card Games averaged more than 4.6 million viewers, up +61% over last year's first day of coverage and also exceeded the average 4.2 million viewers for the entire 19-game 2011 Division Series.