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‘The Walking Dead’ Ratings Thrash ‘Sunday Night Football’ For Third Week In A Row
Deadline Hollywood ^ | November 17, 2014 | Dominic Patten

Posted on 11/17/2014 12:32:32 PM PST by C19fan

Well, this is becoming a bit of a weekly tradition now isn’t it? For a third consecutive week and the fourth time this season, The Walking Dead has solidly beat Sunday Night Football among adults 18-49. In the sixth episode of its fifth season, the blockbuster AMC series drew a 7.3 rating among the key demo while the New England Patriots’ 42-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts got a 6.2. That’s a 15% spread.

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TOPICS: Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: football; nfl; thewalkingdead; twd; walkingdead; zombies
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To: southernmann
Zombie cheerleaders!!

Too late...


21 posted on 11/17/2014 12:54:09 PM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: rjsimmon

SiS BOOM BRAAAAAAINNNNNNNSSSS!


22 posted on 11/17/2014 12:55:05 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
SiS BOOM BRAAAAAAINNNNNNNSSSS!

I dated a few cheerleaders... they could use them...

23 posted on 11/17/2014 12:56:00 PM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: glorgau
IMHO, Too many sport on TV anyway. The NFL is oversold.

After the NFL on Thursday night, some college games on Friday, college games from noon to past midnight on Saturday and two rounds of NFL games on Sunday afternoon maybe people are just a little overdosed on football by Sunday night.

If there were 24 hours of zombie shows before the Sunday night showing of Walking Dead it might suffer in the ratings too.

24 posted on 11/17/2014 12:58:02 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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To: C19fan
Fifty years of a national obsession with football and basketball dropped the US national IQ from 100 to 98.

Those combined with more stuff like "Walking Dead" should push it down to 80 or 75 in another ten years.

We'll have half the population talking and functioning like Radio.

25 posted on 11/17/2014 12:59:03 PM PST by meadsjn
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To: KarlInOhio
If there were 24 hours of zombie shows before the Sunday night showing of Walking Dead it might suffer in the ratings too.

We would only watch TWD.

26 posted on 11/17/2014 1:03:23 PM PST by Eaker (Radical muslims want to cut off your head. Moderate muslims want a radical muslim to cut it off .)
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To: cripplecreek

ROLFMAO.


27 posted on 11/17/2014 1:03:48 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: meadsjn
Those combined with more stuff like "Walking Dead" should push it down to 80 or 75 in another ten years.

Yeah, Modern Family and other homo shows are much better for society.

28 posted on 11/17/2014 1:04:36 PM PST by Eaker (Radical muslims want to cut off your head. Moderate muslims want a radical muslim to cut it off .)
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To: C19fan

1. Most of the games have been boring blowouts

2. We’re sick of Bob Costas and other sportscaster types getting political on us.


29 posted on 11/17/2014 1:09:27 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: cripplecreek

LOL, to Mullet Man...


30 posted on 11/17/2014 1:12:02 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Eaker

It’s all the same garbage. Homos in the locker rooms; homos in the florist shops. Same/Same.


31 posted on 11/17/2014 1:16:59 PM PST by meadsjn
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To: hawgwalker

Me too.

I was flipping back and forth all night. My wife wasn’t home, so we will rematch the zombies tonight.


32 posted on 11/17/2014 1:34:22 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: southernmann

“Zombie cheerleaders!”

How ‘bout:

Zombie Strippers! (really bad movie with Freddie Krueger as strip club owner)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960890/?ref_=nv_sr_4


33 posted on 11/17/2014 1:37:33 PM PST by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: C19fan

“New England Patriots’ 42-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts”, not much of a game after half-time.


34 posted on 11/17/2014 1:57:52 PM PST by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: C19fan

It is really difficult to watch televised football anymore. I love to watch football. The NFL is trying to figure out why rating keep falling. I would offer the following Problems:
1. Too many constant and incredibly stupid commercials.
2. attempting to appeal to the female audience. On filed interviews asking athletes how they feel about loosing, winning, getting injured, losing career, etc.
3. announcers that want to talk about everything under the sun except the play on the field.
4. Not showing the cheerleaders enough. These ladies go through a lot to retain their place in the squad but seem to be blacked out due to 2 above.
5. The NFL is not the judicial system. It is not up to the NFL to hand down punishment for off the field infractions unless it affects the individual ability to play the game.
6. Too damn many assigning commercials.
7. Let the players play the game. We are not watching to see how many yellow flags can be thrown or how the officials can effect the game.
8. Too damn many stupid and insulting commercials.
9. Too many idiotic and moronic commercials.

Thank you for listening.


35 posted on 11/17/2014 2:48:26 PM PST by dirtymac
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To: 3Fingas

Agree. They’ve really stepped it up a notch.


36 posted on 11/17/2014 2:51:49 PM PST by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents and supporters are Traitors.)
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To: Dagnabitt

The show is great when they are on the move. Whenever they stay put, it gets all boring and soap opera’y.


37 posted on 11/17/2014 3:13:38 PM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededication to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution)
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To: C19fan

You wanna increase rating in football. Make the game 4 minutes in length, 1/2 2 minute warning and 2nd half 2 minute warning...a lot of the time, the rest of the game is boring.


38 posted on 11/17/2014 3:18:46 PM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededication to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution)
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To: 3Fingas

Oh, if you threw in zombie cheerleaders, that might also help. :-D


39 posted on 11/17/2014 3:19:37 PM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededication to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution)
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To: Vermont Lt
"wife wasn't home"

I'm retired, but my wife has two years to go. While she's working and we don't see much of each during the week, I feel it is my spousal obligation to watch (actually sit on the sofa with her) her lousy tv shows. I thoroughly detest virtually all her favorite shows.. Dancing With The Stars, Biggest Loser, Survivor, Home And Garden Channel.

When she's retired, and home all the time, things will change. We do have more than one tv.

40 posted on 11/17/2014 3:45:04 PM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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