Nobody watched the MLB All-Star game

A. Isaac Senior Editor

mythbusters 246x214 Nobody watched the MLB All Star game

Are all-star games a thing of the past? Well, if you believe those quirky Tv-ratings, the viewers seem to think so. Ratings were the lowest for the game since 1972 and down 16% from last year.

The 81st edition of the MLB All-Star game ended up in a sore note Tuesday, as television ratings dropped to a record low 7.5 percent of household audiences.
The tilt failed to match the success gained by last year’s Midsummer Classic as viewership plummeted by almost 16 percent.

I once heard Charles Barkley rant about how the Nielsen ratings were completely made up. In true Charles fashion, it was insanely hysterical and hilariously ignorant. However, he did bring up one point that I’ve yet to disprove him on.

Do you know anybody who participates in Nielsen ratings and furthermore, do you know anybody who has used their elusive black box?

With just some brief internet research it seems there are about 100 million households in the U.S. with televisions. Nielsen gets about 5,000 of them to complete their surveys. And while that represents a small fraction (.005%) of Tv watchers in the U.S., you’d figure at one point in your life you’d meet one of these people.

And yet, I don’t know of one. And I don’t know of anybody who has met one.

Maybe Chuck isn’t so crazy after all.

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