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Monday Night Football Ratings Crash by 30%, ESPN’s Least Watched Week 9 Game Since 2004
Breitbart ^ | 11 Nov 2020 | DYLAN GWINN

Posted on 11/11/2020 3:23:05 PM PST by Hojczyk

There was a time when Bill Belichick and the Patriots meant big time ratings for whichever network was televising them, that time is apparently over.

The Patriots took on the New York Jets on Monday night and not only was there virtually no one in the stands to watch the game, but there was also virtually no one watching at home either.

According to Sports Media Watch:

The Patriots’ narrow Monday Night Football win over the Jets averaged 9.83 million viewers on ESPN, down 30% from last year (Cowboys-Giants: 13.98M) and the network’s least-watched Week 9 contest since 2004 (Browns-Ravens: 7.71M).

That outcome is not entirely unexpected. The Patriots are without Tom Brady and aren’t nearly as good as they once were, and the Jets are still the Jets.

However, after putting the Patriots-Jets Monday Night Football debacle together with a disastrous season for Thursday Night Football and six straight weeks of single-digit numbers for Sunday Night Football, it’s clear that the NFL is no longer dominating primetime the way it once was.

The NFL has done comparatively better on Sunday, though, overall, ratings are still down seven percent from where they were at this point last year.

Even more disturbing for the league is that the anthem protests and social justice messaging that were so rampant at the beginning of the season have largely faded away. Yet, despite that, fans who were clearly turned-off by those protests have not returned. Which, of course, begs the question: Will they ever return?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; chat; football; nfl; ratings; sports
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To: Hojczyk

IN all fairness, though, it was the Jets.


21 posted on 11/11/2020 3:47:45 PM PST by mak5
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To: Hojczyk

They are putting out a sh***y product combined with telling 3/4 of the fans they are racists.

Not a good business model.


22 posted on 11/11/2020 3:49:33 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: Hojczyk

I know diehard, decades-long REDSKIN fans who have told the league to FOAD.


23 posted on 11/11/2020 4:19:14 PM PST by VeniVidiVici
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To: Hojczyk

I remember the NFL.


24 posted on 11/11/2020 4:19:58 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (We flattened the heck out of that curve, didnÂ’t we?)
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To: Hojczyk

they are playing football again? I thought they were just kneeling!

f them!


25 posted on 11/11/2020 4:20:38 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Seruzawa
The current TV contract is up for renewal in 2022. Currently each team receives $255 Million from the TV Contracts with 5 networks CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN, and the NFL Network. The prices the nets charge for ads is based on high ratings.

There is no way nets will pay this for the ratings they are getting.
26 posted on 11/11/2020 4:26:13 PM PST by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe
NFL, NBA, FNC, Drudge Report...

I would add NASCAR as well...I have sent several emails to NASCAR informing the idiots that they have lost a loyal fan and I will not return until they and the crybaby moron Bubba Wallace apologize to the nation for the stupid "noose" incident.
What is wrong with these idiots?!

27 posted on 11/11/2020 4:27:36 PM PST by Cuttnhorse (Nothing dies harder than a lie that people want to believe)
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To: Hojczyk

We nearly fell off our chairs. One of those Hollywood shows. They said the leading candidate to replace Alex Trebek was Joe Buck!


28 posted on 11/11/2020 4:50:00 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Hojczyk

Taking a knee and supporting BLM has its disadvantages maybe they can get together with fox news and cry in thier hankies. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK PATRIOTS!


29 posted on 11/11/2020 5:05:13 PM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: Hojczyk

What is the NFL, and why should I care?


30 posted on 11/11/2020 6:06:33 PM PST by Taxman (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AGAIN!)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

When I moved to Florida from Colorado...football was very seldom no the tv....

If your not skiing then you watch football...

ESPN has been losing money for years....Disney could go bankrupt

the iris could do them in...


31 posted on 11/11/2020 6:16:44 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: 100%FEDUP

Perhaps the players will go on strike or complain about the owners, which will add to the downward spiral.


32 posted on 11/11/2020 9:54:33 PM PST by Tymesup
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To: Hojczyk

Embrace the suck, you losers!


33 posted on 11/12/2020 1:52:11 AM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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