Final hour of Darvish's near-perfect game most watched program in DFW

Published Apr. 3, 2013 1:51 p.m. ET

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Yu Darvish's near-perfect game Tuesday night against the Houston Astros on FOX Sports Southwest scored a 5.2 rating and was the most-watched program in Dallas-Fort Worth from 9:15-10:15 p.m.

The final hour of the game averaged a 7.7 rating making it the No. 1 program in Dallas-Fort Worth during that time period with an audience of 199,500 homes. The telecast peaked with an 8.3 rating/214,300 homes from 9:45-10:00 p.m.

Tuesday’s game was the first of 127 Rangers telecasts scheduled on FOX Sports Southwest this season.