Posted on 09/08/2017 9:00:48 AM PDT by EdnaMode
We all knew NBC would win last night — but how many of you had the Chiefs? (And be honest, commenters.)
The 2017 NFL Kickoff Game slipped 12 percent versus 2016’s version, putting up a 14.6 rating/25 share. Last year’s — a rematch of Super Bowl 50 — was already down 7 percentage points when compared with its own predecessor.
The 2016 season-opener (a 16.5 overnight rating) featured a rematch from the prior year’s big game. And it was a close contest, as the defending champion Denver Broncos edged the opposition Carolina Panthers by just one point. This time around, the reigning champ Pats suffered a surprise loss at home, 42-27.
Here are the particulars from Thursday: NBC was a clear No. 1 among adults 18-49, with the 14.6 more than doubling the primetime averages for the other three Big 4 broadcast networks combined. Additionally, that gaudy Nielsen number is the best rating for any network telecast since June 12.
And here are the Top 10 local markets last night — the biggest ones should come as no surprise, given the matchup: 1. Providence 35.6/55 2. Kansas City 35.5/55 3, Boston 35.0/59 4. Denver 20.6/38 5. New Orleans 20.4/29 6. Norfolk 18.9/31 7. Richmond 18.9/30 8. Buffalo 17.7/30 9. Milwaukee 17.2/28 10. Seattle 17.1/32
Final viewership numbers should be available later on Friday.
If we knew the Patriots were going to get their a*ses kicked that game would have shattered ratings records.
I would like to see that happen. It would be a good omen.
I've just lost interest. Tired of the political nonsense.
Well, if you need to ask, then you probably wouldn't understand.
;-) I kid, I kid.
So you gave up on the NFL in the 20th Century. What did you do about this century, the 21th?
Well, it made it easy for me to dump television in 1997. and never turned back.
I’ve been exposed to televized sports from time to time, obviously. I find the floating cable camera over the football field fascinating. Really makes it like a video game. I also like the CGI lines across the field depicting the progress. But the game is now so riddled with commercials that it is virtually unwatchable.
When a bunch of guys get together to watch a game, the game is really just the excuse to get together. What they end up doing is talking and watch commercials or analysis with a few brief moments of actual football squeezed in.
I enjoy watching minor league baseball live. We get seats three rows up from the third base line dugout for $13 each. And that is the shady side (important in Louisville).
Yes indeed: Way too many commercials, and they repeat the same commercial,in the same break, even local ads! I counted one time and they showed literally the same truck commercial four times in the same single commercial break. It’s ridiculous.
That’s what I’m talking about.
I heard that there is about 11 minutes of solid game action in a 60 minute football game.
It sure seems that NFL games are getting longer. Decades ago, a game would take between 2:45 and 3 hours to play. Now games routinely take about 3 1/2 hours. What is that extra half hour comprised of? Some of it is chatter on the halftime report, but most of it seems to be more commercials.
Or, for sake of argument, assume the entire 60 minutes is live game action, even if they are just in the huddle. Then there are 2 1/2 hours more taken up with other things, mostly commercials.
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