NFL Preseason Games

[mgsports]

ESPN will be showing their Second Game tomorrow as FOX and CBS hasen't shown any yet and CBS could have shown Tim Tebow on Friday and Luck today and also Payton Manning first Game with the Broncos.

 

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[Joe_Capitano]

mgsports: And your problem is...

BTW: Fox has its first preseason game this Thursday. They and CBS carry two or three each. NFL Network has them all, mostly delayed.

 

[KeithE4]

mgsports: And your problem is...

BTW: Fox has its first preseason game this Thursday. They and CBS carry two or three each. NFL Network has them all, mostly delayed.

Or you can pay $20 and watch the games online, live or on-demand. The broadcast networks' and ESPN games are blacked out, but not the ones that are live on NFL Network. All are archived. Picture quality is spotty - not anywhere near as good as MLB.TV, but viewable.

 

[mgsports]

What I meant is that CBS and Fox should show one with their own Crews before ESPN is allowed to show second one and NBC can take pass this year with Olympics.

 

[Joe_Capitano]

Week 1 of the Preseason is not a priority for any of them. Nor are 2, 3 or 4 for that matter.

 

[KML0224]

I saw some of the Giants preseason game covered here in Connecticut. The graphics package looked like what you'd see on NBC. The game was being produced by WWOR-TV (MY) channel 9 of New York City. It aired in this market on WCCT-TV (CW) channel 20 of Waterbury/Hartford.

 

[MarcB]

I saw some of the Giants preseason game covered here in Connecticut. The graphics package looked like what you'd see on NBC. The game was being produced by WWOR-TV (MY) channel 9 of New York City. It aired in this market on WCCT-TV (CW) channel 20 of Waterbury/Hartford.

In the past WNBC out of NYC has aired Giants preseason games. Maybe they farmed it out to WWOR because they were tied up with The Olympics. Maybe WNBC will carry the next one.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

Week 1 of the Preseason is not a priority for any of them. Nor are 2, 3 or 4 for that matter.

they when do they charge the same ticket and parking prices as they do for games that count (the regular season)

 

[nomadcowatbk]

Same stations will be pre-empting the CBS or Fox preseason games with pre-season games not picked outside the team's regional networks

 

[BRice16]

What I meant is that CBS and Fox should show one with their own Crews before ESPN is allowed to show second one and NBC can take pass this year with Olympics.

That's not what CBS and Fox want to do. They have found their best success with preseason games by showing them on back to back nights, which is what you see them do.

Contractually, CBS, NBC and Fox can carry up to four preseason games, but usually only do two. ESPN shows a full schedule.

 

[KeithE4]

Week 1 of the Preseason is not a priority for any of them. Nor are 2, 3 or 4 for that matter.

The only time that the networks bother with the preseason is when the starters are playing for at least half the game. That's Weeks 2 and 3, not 1 and 4 which are reserved mostly for second- & third-stringers and draft picks trying to earn jobs - no national interest there. ESPN also does Week 1, but none of the networks bother with Week 4. NFL Network just carries local feeds of a few games live.

The networks want to give their top broadcast crews some practice, but it's not that big a deal. Like MLB spring training, NFL preseason is mostly of local interest to a team's fans.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

I think one reason why there have not been many nationally-televised NFL preseason games so far (August 13th) had to do with the Olympics.

 

[mgsports]

So does NFL Network a full Schedule of Local Feeds not their own and they can send out like Scott Hanson,Rich and so on to call the Games.

 

[KeithE4]

So does NFL Network a full Schedule of Local Feeds not their own and they can send out like Scott Hanson,Rich and so on to call the Games.

They carry local feeds - a few live, most on delay. They split between the home and road team's broadcast, one per half.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

Why aren't preseason game available on Sunday Ticket?

 

[KeithE4]

Why aren't preseason game available on Sunday Ticket?

Because (1) they don't count, and (2) they're only of interest to a particular team's fan-base. The networks carry a few of them because they need the practice too.

Do you think there's any national interest in this weeks games on Fox (Bengals-Falcons and Lions-Ravens)? The only interesting aspect of NBC's Sunday night Colts-Steelers game is Andrew Luck. But overall, it's practice for the network crews just as much as it is for the players. ESPN is carrying two Thursdays and two Mondays, but again it's for their own practice. The games mean nothing to anyone but the teams themselves.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

Why aren't preseason game available on Sunday Ticket?

Because (1) they don't count, and (2) they're only of interest to a particular team's fan-base. The networks carry a few of them because they need the practice too.

Do you think there's any national interest in this weeks games on Fox (Bengals-Falcons and Lions-Ravens)? The only interesting aspect of NBC's Sunday night Colts-Steelers game is Andrew Luck. But overall, it's practice for the network crews just as much as it is for the players. ESPN is carrying two Thursdays and two Mondays, but again it's for their own practice. The games mean nothing to anyone but the teams themselves.

Sunday ticket carries December playoff-meaningless dog games, a Lions fan in California (if they exist) who subscribes to ST would probably be interested in Lions preseason games?

 

[nomadcowatbk]

What are the ratings of nationally televised preseason games? How much do ESPN, NBC, CBS and Fox spend on the production of those compared to regular season games? I guess they get better ratings then normal August reruns

 

[mgsports]

The Cheifs had a Friday Game and it was shown on TV on Sunday Night.