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Why is NBC showing the 40 Year Old Virgin instead of the NFL next week?
- Thread starter philosofy
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Most likely to not compete against the World Series on Fox. ABC used to do this with Monday Night football as well.
anotherguy said:
I don't recall, in recent memory, a World Series game on a Monday night. The old format was Sat/Sun, Tue/Wed/Thu (if nec), Sat/Sun (if nec).
This year, a potential Game 5 will take place on a Monday night, yet ESPN has a game scheduled: 3-3 Indianapolis at undefeated (6-0) Tennessee.
MLB changed the start date for the WS last year, moving to a Wed/Thu, Sat/Sun/Mon, Wed/Thu formula in an effort to boost TV ratings and to avoid competing with college and NFL games two weekends in a row. The WS started on a Wednesday prior to 2007 but not since the early 20th century. Regarding those TV ratings, expect a Rays-Phils series
to be an all time low.
to be an all time low.
anotherguy said:
ABC in the final few years didn't schedule a Monday Night game on the last week of the season. Usually it was meaningless, and it didn't help if a playoff-bound team was scheduled.
Sunday Night Football could actually beat the World Series in the ratings this year.
And that's coming from a huge Rays fan. :
And that's coming from a huge Rays fan. :
Saturday's World Series game was the lowest-rated
ever (the 10:06 PM ET start didn't help), averaging
just above a 6 rating nationally. Ratings were, of course,
much higher in Philadelphia and Tampa, and the game did
better (I think in the 9s) on the West Coast, where most
of the game aired in prime time.
This is, if I'm not mistaken, the second game in this World
Series to run past 1 AM in the East. No wonder people are
tuning out.
Although I'd like to see the Rays come back, having lived
in Tampa, I'd also like to see the Series end and won't cry
if the Phillies finish it off tonight.
ever (the 10:06 PM ET start didn't help), averaging
just above a 6 rating nationally. Ratings were, of course,
much higher in Philadelphia and Tampa, and the game did
better (I think in the 9s) on the West Coast, where most
of the game aired in prime time.
This is, if I'm not mistaken, the second game in this World
Series to run past 1 AM in the East. No wonder people are
tuning out.
Although I'd like to see the Rays come back, having lived
in Tampa, I'd also like to see the Series end and won't cry
if the Phillies finish it off tonight.
bpatrick said:
ESPN Radio host Colin Cowherd is wrong about a lot of things, but the start time of the World Series is one thing he's been absolutely right on. Start the game no later than 8pm ET (if not earlier) and tell Fox to stuff its primetime concerns in a sack. CBS and NBC stations can handle odd start times with both March Madness and the Olympic games. What's Fox's excuse?
Nate Wesley said:
They don't broadcast games, they broadcast "events". This is hardly a new development. The game doesn't matter. After all, you can get the score online or on the radio when you wake up tomorrow. What matters is how many teases for the regular schedule they can hype, how many Fox Network stars can be found in the crowd, how many people can receive free tacos. Hmm, time to map out my Tuesday Taco run.
I have heard it mentioned that the next "bubble" to collapse could be sports/marketing/hype. First the dot.coms, then housing, then banking. Next, sports. After all, the reason Fox does "events" is partly because the sports industry has such huge costs/revenue streams. They pay oodles of money and the only way to recoup it in a country with 400 channels is to make it an "event", with all the "extras".
Nate Wesley said:
Fox is based in Los Angeles, not New York. They seem to care more about being seen in LA than in the east. Haven't all the previous World Series' started at around 8:30 PM ET - even those involving the Yankees and Red Sox?
Hopefully the Phillies will put this to bed tonight. It's been a good series, but Joe Buck couldn't possibly act more bored. I'd love to see the WS go back to NBC - at least they could make Al Michaels the play-by-play man (Can John Madden do baseball? ;D ).
March Madness (at least through the Final 16) runs all day and half the night. IIRC, the NCAA Tournament finals started at 8 PM ET. But basketball games are shorter than football or baseball (2 vs. 3 hours), so they end at a decent hour. Plus, there are no rain delays.
And the less said about NBC's Olympic coverage, the better - even considering the time-zone challenges that come with the territory in China. Should be better (and more east coast-friendly) in London in '12.
Now we have a first: a World Series game suspended
on account of rain. Last night's game is scheduled to
resume tonight with the score tied in the bottom of
the sixth.
As for March Madness, it's only in the early rounds
that you get coverage all afternoon and all evening,
but (and I guess I'm saying this because I live in a
basketball-crazy state) there's always the possibility
of a surprise--who would have predicted that Davidson
would go as far as it did last year--and the announcers
rarely seem bored, at least to me.
And nobody could do baseball like NBC. Harry Coyle,
the longtime director, knew how to present the game
on television. Al Michaels would be a perfect play-by-
play announcer (didn't he do games on ABC), although
I don't know who should do color.
on account of rain. Last night's game is scheduled to
resume tonight with the score tied in the bottom of
the sixth.
As for March Madness, it's only in the early rounds
that you get coverage all afternoon and all evening,
but (and I guess I'm saying this because I live in a
basketball-crazy state) there's always the possibility
of a surprise--who would have predicted that Davidson
would go as far as it did last year--and the announcers
rarely seem bored, at least to me.
And nobody could do baseball like NBC. Harry Coyle,
the longtime director, knew how to present the game
on television. Al Michaels would be a perfect play-by-
play announcer (didn't he do games on ABC), although
I don't know who should do color.
Yes, Al Michaels did indeed cover baseball for ABC Sports. In fact, he and Tim McCarver were doing the pregame for game 3 of the 1989 World Series when the earthquake struck at 8:04 PM eastern. Al also called the 1988 All-Star Game for ABC. I have no clue who would call the games with him. It definitely will NOT be John Madden. (LOL)
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