Game Three Tackled by NFL

From Sports Media Watch:

Mercury/Fever Game 3 drew a 0.29 U.S. rating and 389,000 viewers on ESPN2 Sunday afternoon, up 36% in viewers from Silver Stars/Shock Game 3 last year (286,000) last year, but down 40% from Shock/Mercury Game 3 in '07 (646,000).

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Game 3 ranks as the lowest rated, least viewed game of the '09 WNBA Finals. Ratings have declined from game to game, going from 0.37 (Game 1) to 0.35 (Game 2) to 0.29 (Game 3).

It will be interesting to see the numbers for Game Four (Wednesday) and Game Five (Friday night).