According to the Nielsen Ratings for Pittsburgh for the week of July 9th through the 15th, the city is obsessed with baseball. The Home Run Derby on ESPN was the most watched show of the week with a 6.6. The All Star Game was the second most watched show of the week with a 5.9. Anyone surprised that the Derby beat the All Star Game? It obviously wouldn't have popped the same number without Andrew McCutchen. The third most watched show of the week was a Pirates game on Root Sports, six of the top nine shows were Pirates related. Only America's Got Talent and the Big Bang broke up the baseball in the most watched shows in Pittsburgh. Check them out for yourself.

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Weekly Ranker
Total DMA : PT Live +SD
Market Time-shifting
PT Live +SD
Variable RTG SHR (000) Rank
Stns/Cbl Nts Title (grouped) Date Prg Air Times DaysHH/Demo (r) Persons 2+ Persons 2+ Persons 2+ Persons 2+
ESPN HOME RUN DERBY 07/09/2012 8:15 p – 11:00 p M—— 6.6 16 176 1
53 WPGH FOX FOX MLB-STR GM 07/10/2012 8:15 p – 11:15 p -T—– 5.9 15 157 2
RTPT MLB-PIRATES 07/13/2012 8:00 p – 12:15 a —-F– 5.9 18 156 2
11 WPXI NBC AM-TLNT-TU-NBC 07/10/2012 8:00 p – 10:00 p -T—– 5.7 15 151 4
ESPN HOME RUN DERBY 07/09/2012 8:00 p – 8:15 p M—— 5.6 16 149 5
RTPT MLB-PIRATES 07/14/2012 7:00 p – 10:45 p —–s- 5.6 17 149 5
2 KDKA CBS BG BNG-SPC-CBS 07/12/2012 8:30 p – 9:00 p —R— 5.3 15 140 7
2 KDKA CBS BIG BANG-CBS 07/12/2012 8:00 p – 8:30 p —R— 4.6 15 122 8
53 WPGH FOX FOX-ALLSTR PRE 07/10/2012 7:30 p – 8:15 p -T—– 4.3 14 114 9
4 WTAE ABC AMR-VIDEOS-ABC 07/15/2012 7:00 p – 8:00 p ——S 3.9 11 105 10
2 KDKA CBS NCIS-CBS 07/10/2012 8:00 p – 9:00 p -T—– 3.9 11 105 10
2 KDKA CBS 60 MINUTES-CBS 07/15/2012 7:00 p – 8:00 p ——S 3.9 11 104 10
11 WPXI NBC AM-TLNT-WE-NBC 07/11/2012 9:00 p – 10:00 p –W—- 3.6 9 97 13
4 WTAE ABC SECRET MIL-ABC 07/15/2012 8:00 p – 9:00 p ——S 3.5 9 93 14
TNT CLOSER, THE 07/09/2012 9:00 p – 10:00 p M—— 3.5 8 93 14
HIST PAWN STARS 07/09/2012 10:00 p – 10:30 p M—— 3.3 7 87 16
HIST PAWN STARS 07/09/2012 10:30 p – 11:00 p M—— 3.3 8 87 16
2 KDKA CBS BIG BR14TH-CBS 07/12/2012 9:00 p – 10:00 p —R— 3.2 8 86 18
2 KDKA CBS MIKE&MOLLY-CBS 07/09/2012 9:30 p – 10:00 p M—— 3.2 7 86 18
4 WTAE ABC BACHLRTTE-ABC 07/09/2012 8:00 p – 10:00 p M—— 3.2 8 85 18
TNT PERCEPTION 07/09/2012 10:00 p – 11:00 p M—— 3.1 7 83 21

Source: Nielsen
Note: Ratings are Live + Same Day