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AsylumGuido

These are the numbers (Nielsen Top Ten) that matter to the advertisers and what generates the revenues. Four of the top five and five of the top seven programs were NFL content. The "struggling" Sunday Night Football continues to be the #1 rated broadcast on television.

Week of Nov. 9, 2020

RANK	PROGRAM	NETWORK	RATING	VIEWERS (000)
1	NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL	NBC	8.9	15,787
2	60 MINUTES	CBS	7.4	12,384
3	FOX+NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL	FOX	7.1	12,505
4	SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK	NBC	6.4	11,819
5	FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3	NBC	4.8	9,033
6	CHICAGO MED	NBC	4.8	7,842
7	FOX+NFLN THU NT PRE-KICK	FOX	4.6	7,548
8	VOICE-TUE	NBC	4.6	7,641
9	YOUNG SHELDON	CBS	4.5	7,405
10	CHICAGO FIRE	NBC	4.5	7,236

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

AsylumGuido

By the way, Thomas Paine (ie. Michael Moore) is as objective as CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, Newsmax, etc. They are all trash.

SmashMouth

So this means the cap is reducing and salaries and going down?

AsylumGuido

The cap will be affected by lost gate revenues. Broadcast revenues are expected to be up, but not by enough to offset the losses of ticket sales and concessions, etc. So, yes, new contracts will be at lower levels for all but a handful of superstars. They'll still get theirs so the rank and file will take the hit in the short term. With NFL remaining the top rated shows on broadcast television the new network contracts are expected to set new records again this Spring, but it'll most likely be a couple of years before total revenues climb back to last year's record setting numbers.

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill