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NFL TV Ratings Down 10%, Even More For Prime Time Games

landtuna said:
This is not good news for the NFL nor for their broadcasters and sponsors:

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nfl-ratings-dip-forces-tv-networks-to-repay-advertisers-205733576.html
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It doesn't help that the quality of football overall is down again this year. Add to that, the number of top-market teams (Jets, Rams, Bears, 49ers, Eagles) that are already out of the playoffs, plus the real possibility that both of last year's Super Bowl teams are about to join them.
 
KeithE4 said:
It doesn't help that the quality of football overall is down again this year. Add to that, the number of top-market teams (Jets, Rams, Bears, 49ers, Eagles) that are already out of the playoffs, plus the real possibility that both of last year's Super Bowl teams are about to join them.
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meanwhile in Dallas, the Cowboys are doing well, and your forgot that New York has 2 NFL teams, not one. and while the Jets are a bad team this year, the Giants are doing ok for themselves as they are the only team to beat the Cowboys and they did it twice.

edit: almost forgot about the New England/Boston area with the Patriots too, they too are doing well this season.
 
RadioPatrol said:
http://adage.com/article/media/dirty-dozen-nfl-s/307368/

update for the NFL in 2017
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makes since that the Cowboys are on top ratings wise, in Dallas, the Cowboys are always a must see team in terms of sports when they are winning, and the royal Cowboys fans who stick though the bad times watch anyway cause they bleed blue and silver. and compare to the Stars, Mavs and Rangers, unless they are winning, no one cares about them.

when it comes to pro sports in Dallas, we are bandwagon town when it comes to all teams except the Cowboys.
 
RadioPatrol said:
http://digiday.com/publishers/slow-bleed-nfl-ratings-drop-indicates-tv-decline-gradual/

Another read on the NFL
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The NFL is fine.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2016/12/16/nfl-ratings-rebound-in-most-competitive-season-since-1932/

Plus, the final 8 feature not only some large markets, but some country-wide favorites. Houston, Dallas, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, and Kansas City. KC is probably the least "national" team, but overall, a pretty decent lineup going into the divisionals.
 
seatownmedia said:
The NFL is fine.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2016/12/16/nfl-ratings-rebound-in-most-competitive-season-since-1932/

Plus, the final 8 feature not only some large markets, but some country-wide favorites. Houston, Dallas, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, and Kansas City. KC is probably the least "national" team, but overall, a pretty decent lineup going into the divisionals.
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Atlanta actually doesn't really care for the pro-teams, locals prefer college football, transplants follow the teams back home
 
Wild Card Weekend featured a bunch of snoozer blowouts. That surely is not going to help.

Though I noticed they made a HUGE production out of the anthem and flag unfurling in the Raiders-Texans game. Not by coincidence I'm sure.
 
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Late word tonight, the San Diego Chargers are moving to L.A. This is good for the NFL, as providing two competing teams in the LA market. Unfortunately, both teams are not very good.
 
The latest news seems to be that the Chargers will play in a 30,000 seat arena. That is about half capacity for most NFL teams. I don't see how they can financially support the team with that small field. Wonder what happened to the co-sharing of the Rams field? I don't see this as viable for the Chargers long term. Too much competition from three other football teams in the area - two of which tend to be better than the professionals.
 
landtuna said:
Wonder what happened to the co-sharing of the Rams field?
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The new stadium to be built on the site of Hollywood Park will house both teams. The Rams can't share their temporary home, the Coliseum, with the Rams. Pro football there every Sunday right after a college game the previous day would mean horrendous field conditions for whichever pro team is home.
 
RadioPatrol said:
ESPN paying high for the NFL and low ratings are mentioned here.
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But here's the key point:

“Our new cost level data clearly shows that while ratings on football have been under pressure early in the season, average unit costs continue to increase."

So it doesn't matter what the ratings are, as long as revenues increase.
 
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/super-bowl-li-ratings-patriots-falcons-24-1201978629/
data for Super Bowl LI Ratings are out
Super Bowl LI was the first Super Bowl in history to have gone to overtime play, but that may not necessarily translate into an automatic record. Sunday’s Big Game on Fox drew a 48.8 household rating and a 72 share in Nielsen’s metered market overnights, representing about 70% of the country.

Last year’s Big Game, a joyless slog between the Carolina Panthers and eventual winners the Denver Broncos on CBS, pulled in a 49.0 rating in the metered market overnights and a 73 share. That ended up translating to 111.9 million viewers — shy of the previous year’s monster record of 114.4 million viewers on NBC.

At this point, the exact number of viewers for a given Super Bowl telecast is almost immaterial: The Super Bowl is the biggest event on television every year, and it is the only way for advertisers to simultaneously reach more than 100 million Americans (thus the exorbitant $5 million price tag just for 30 seconds of air time).
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Some additional numbers from a poster at the506(dot)com's forum, football section:

50.0 overnight for halftime. Peaked at a 52.1/74 from 10-10:30 ET.
Boston (WFXT 25) rating opened at 51.9 at kickoff. Grew through 1st half. 56.2 for halftime. Fell to 52.1 when score hit 28-3. Rallied to peak of 57.6
Atlanta (WAGA 5) opened at 52.2 rating. Grew steadily through 1st half. 56.4 for halftime. 58.3 at 9p. Peaked at 62.0 and 88 share (!) at 10p.
Pittsburgh led all local markets with 57.9/78 household rating/share, followed by: Buffalo (57.2/78); Atlanta (57.0/82); Norfolk (55.9/75); Richmond (55.7/73); Milwaukee (54.8/75); Providence (54.6/78); Boston (54.3/81); Indianapolis (54.1/75); and Minneapolis (54.0/78) and HARTFORD/NEW HAVEN (54.0/72).
Houston did a 47.4, lower than last year's San Francisco rating. Houston was only 46th of 56 markets. @CBS11BillJones: In DFW, Super Bowl 51 posts a 47.1 TV rating, peaking at 51.7. Packers/Cowboys playoff was 46.9, with a 54.4 quarter hour high in DFW.
Lowest two markets per @sportswatch: Miami 37.8, Salt Lake City 38.6. New York 46.6. 47th rated market.
 
http://tvpredictions.com/fox020617.htm

WOw!! Techincal issues over on the app edition of the Super Bowl were mentioned in this link.

Washington, D.C. (February 6, 2017) -For most fans last night, the Super Bowl delivered one of the most thrilling nights in sports history thanks to the improbable comeback victory by the New England Patriots. But for online viewers, and some subscribers of DIRECTV and Comcast, the broadcast was marred with technical issues that sometimes rendered it unwatchable.

Much like the Atlanta Falcons, the Fox Sports Go app, which offered the game online for free, operated with near precision for the first few hours of action. There were few reports of the usual live streaming problems during a big event such as picture freezing, buffering and login failures.

However, in the fourth quarter, online viewers stormed social media sites to report that the stream had crashed, another reminder that live streaming is almost always a poor first choice to watch a must-see show or sporting event. Over the last few years, the live stream of nearly every major event has experienced at least a small technical snafu.
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