Phans Phlock to PHOX29

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Don’t worry, I’ll stop doing the Ph- thing. 

The national ratings may have been lame for the World Series and the most anti-climactic finish since the Seinfeld finale, but Philly fans tuned in en masse. The game did a 51.8 rating/69 share on WTXF, and the post-game/late news posted a 10.5/19. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.