Phillies Postgame Live: TV’s Surprise Fall Hit

The Philadelphia Business Journal notes the high number of viewers who tuned in around midnight for Phillies Postgame (no space) Live on Comcast SportsNet:

The show attracted an average of 98,000 households and peaked at midnight with 155,000 households, according to Maureen C. Quiltner, director of communications for the Philadelphia-based Comcast SportsNet.

During the regular season, “Phillies Postgame Live” averaged 80,000 households.

This was a show that was so enthralling it spent several minutes each on interviews with Chris Wheeler (above, with Marshall Harris) and Dallas Green. And hundreds of thousands of people were watching at midnight. Well done, Phillies fans. Well done.

Comcast SportsNet ratings peak after Phillies clinch [PBJ]

Conlin Suspended From DNL For… Something

Oh, yes. Bill Conlin. The Daily News columnist (and erstwhile king of the world) has been suspended from Daily News Live because of a comment he made on Tuesday’s program.

Responding to an email from Raul from Vineland, Conlin said: “Amazing that guy would leave the blueberry harvest to send that off.” Oh-ho! How offensive! You see… um… well, the blueberry harvest is probably usually done in Hammonton, right? Or… hmm… okay, how about this: The people working on the blueberry harvest are usually Mexican, and to say that someone in Vineland is Mexican is offensive! (If only Anthony DiMeo were here to clear this up!) Or maybe Comcast SportsNet just wanted Conlin off the program to make it a little less watchable.

Look, Daily News Managing Editor Pat McLoone has defended him: “I’ve known Bill Conlin for 28 years. I know he would never say anything racist.” Um, then why is he suspended?

Anyway, Neil Hartman’s apology the following day was way more hilarious than Conlin’s original joke. Courtesy of The Fightins, it’s after the jump.

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Current Eagles TV Lineup Making You Long For The Glory Days Of ‘The Randall Cunningham Show’

Official guest list for Monday Night Live, airing on Comcast SportsNet tonight at 7 p.m.:

• Jeff Garcia, Eagles backup quarterback-turned-starter.
• Carmella DeCesare, officially “Guest Reporter” but best known as Garcia’s fiancee and former Playboy Playmate of the Year. Also was a finalist in the “WWE Raw Diva Search.”
• Dirk Johnson, Eagles punter.
• John Nash, former 76ers and Blazers GM.

There’s your star-studded lineup there, folks! Who won’t be tuning in tonight?

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