Anatomy of a Baseball Broadcast

[Jagwar]

The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article today about what it is that the average fan sees in a televised baseball game.

Sorry, I didn't look for a link. WSJ is subscription based for the most part.

10.9% Game Action

68.6% Players Standing Around

7.5% Replays

13.0% Other

Other included

3.9% Coaches

2.7% Dugouts

0.9% Arguing

1.4% Mound visits, bullpen

1.9% Graphics

0.5% Announcers

1.2% Fans

0.9% Promos

They also gave stats for the NFL

9.4% Game Action

58.5% Players Standing Around

14.5% Replays

17.6% Other