Posted on 09/11/2020 9:00:16 AM PDT by EdnaMode
With the coronavirus pandemic still raging across America, this years NFL season opener was as different as night and day in many ways from the 100th season kickoff in 2019.
For one thing, as reigning Super Bowl champs the Kansas City Chiefs pummeled the Houston Texans 34-20, the ratings were down a lot.
In early numbers, the primetime NBC game scored a 5.2 among adults 18-49 and 16.4 million viewers between 8 11 PM ET.
Now, those numbers for the 8:25 11:30 PM ET game itself will certainly be adjusted upward later, but right now thats a 16.1% drop over the spectacle of the September 5, 2019 season opener among the advertiser rich demographic. In an America and a NFL still adjusting to the new normal of live sports in the era of COVID-19, last nights Kansas City victory also fell 16.1% in total sets of eyeballs from last years fast affiliate results but remember, those numbers will change in one form or another later today.
Having said that, right now, the TV viewership results for the game in front of 17,000 socially distanced fans at KCs more than 76,000 capacity Arrowhead Stadium is looking like a 10-year low for the NFL and NBC.
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Numbers = number of govt employees and agencies., that’s who’s watching the Nebuchadnezzar brain to animals now.
Mockery only, no value no payment.
This thread has 79 replies as I write this... I hope they all said, “Who cares?”
“even with the Texans taking an early lead in last nights game, once halftime came and Kansas City led 17-7, the game lacked drama. By the time the scoreboard read 31-7, a fourth-quarter rally by the Texans was a noble but wasted effort. Add to that the fact that KC and Houston are not big national draws and this opening stumble may end up being a footnote once the Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams face off this weekend on the Sunday Night Football opener.”
The ratings should go back up once the peaceful protesters stop. D’oh.
Ratings won’t go back up, except the bribed ones.
Nebuchadnezzar brain to animals now. No one wants to pay to see animalNebuchadnezzars
November 4,2020
Clearly, they need a stronger anti-racism message.
UPDATE, 12:25 PM: The game ended over 12 hours ago and now the final numbers are in from last nights NFL season opener.
The primetime match-up between the easily victorious Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans snared 19.3 million viewers.
Thats a fumble of 12.3% from the Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears opening game of the 2019-2020 season on September 5. With racial justice center stage at the beginning of the game, the contest between the mid-market reigning Super Bowl champions and the Lone Star state team is up just a touch over the 9-year low of the weather delayed 2018 season opener low in total sets of eyeballs.
When data from NBC Sports Digital and NFL Digital platforms are added, the 8:28 11:05 PM ET game had Total Audience Delivery of 20.3 million. Thats an 11% drop from last years TAD, even with the digital numbers up 55% over 2019 to a non-Super Bowl high. Last nights game peaked at 22 million viewers early in the 9:15 9:30 PM ET period.
An easy win for NBC on Thursday night, the kickoff game is the most watched sporting event since KC beat the 49ers on February 2 in Super Bowl LIV. [...]
At one point, COVID had people yearning for live sports. Just looking for a few hour escape from all of the crap they’re being bombarded with.
Then the NFL decided to be a part of the crap.
THAT’S why their ratings are down. They could have been huge.
Baseball Lives Matter??
Maybe some just like the game they probably played as a kid or in school but weren't good enough to be at the college or professional level and respect those who were.
I listen to sports radio probably more than I should. They dance around the issue as to why the ratings are down.
Even the cardboard cutouts were booing.
There was at the beginning, then it stoped.
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