Those ratings will far exceed anything that the Patsy's could bring to the stage.

Despite the new encounters, the ratings of KO One exceeded expectations.

Specifically, it was the first time a tournament had reached Category 17, which means that the average rating of the participants exceeded 2650.

By comparison, the 49.9 rating in the Baltimore market exceeded the national one by 24 percent.

Then, the local rating (43.3) exceeded the national rating by only 1.4 percent.

"The ratings have exceeded our most optimistic expectations," Brosnan said.

At the beginning of 2010, almost 500,000 claims were awaiting rating decisions and the average time to approve a rating exceeded 6 months.

Advertisers do not have to pay more if ratings exceed the guarantee.

The overall rating of 4.52 - which is about 305,350 cable homes in the metropolitan market - exceeded the 30-game season average of a 3.44.

His ratings often exceeded the figures other stations recorded for their prime time programs.