Beastmode

Guiddo said it was not going to happen. I stated before the season even started ratings would be down the entire season.

I was correct. Pathetic people can't own they were wrong. They firmly believed ratings would not drop and still refuse to own they were phucking wrong 100%.

This is the world we live in now. Refusing to accept reality. Truly sad and believing they can talk to their dead daddy about the current situation. They can't. Ratings are down. Truly sad but this is our country now. Trying to reason with the insane on facts.

AsylumGuido

No. I quickly agreed that ratings would indeed be down and you provided a perfect reason why ... the large drop in fantasy play and you can add in the drop in "legal" betting through casinos, both due to COVID-19.

What I did claim and continue to claim is that broadcast revenues would not be down and and they aren't. The NFL continues to be the top rated shows on broadcast television every week and continue selling out every ad spot. Ratings are down from last year by a few percent which is expected, but are still by far the most viewed programs every week. Once again, ad spending is not tied to overall ratings numbers. It is driven by relative ratings - the ratings compared to other shows in the same timeslots.

What about that do you not understand?

You also don't seem to realize is that advertisers know, as well, that the ever growing number of people that are streaming the games are still getting their national ads even if they don't count toward the broadcast television numbers.

It is indeed an ever changing landscape, and this pandemic is certainly a factor, but the NFL will outlive all of us.

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

AsylumGuido

And one more thing, Beast, since you seem fixated on my "dead daddy", how many years did your father serve in the military? For that matter, how many years were you on active duty?

AsylumGuido

Six of the top seven primetime programs on broadcast TV in the last Nielsen Top Ten ... all NFL programming. Every week it looks the same. That's why NFL ad revenues continue to climb.

Week of Nov. 30, 2020

RANK PROGRAM NETWORK RATING VIEWERS (000)
1 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 9.8 17,067
2 FOX NFL SUNDAY-PST GN-NAT FOX 6.8 12,314
3 60 MINUTES CBS 6.8 11,466
4 NBC NFL WED SPECIAL AFT NBC 6.6 10,797
5 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK NBC 6.3 11,138
6 NBC NFL WED POST AFT NBC 5.8 9,587
7 FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 NBC 5.1 9,086
8 YOUNG SHELDON CBS 4.5 7,575
9 VOICE NBC 4.5 7,175
10 VOICE-TUE NBC 4.4 7,130

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

AsylumGuido

The top two programs on cable for the week ... both NFL programming content.

Week of Nov. 30, 2020

RANK PROGRAM NETWORK RATING VIEWERS (000)
1 NFL REGULAR SEASON L (SEATTLE/PHILADELPHIA) ESPN 6.7 11,879
2 MONDAY NIGHT KICKOFF L ESPN 3.5 6,038
3 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 2.7 4,159
4 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 2.5 3,755
5 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 2.3 3,443
6 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2.3 3,570
7 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2.3 3,583
8 CNN SPECIAL EVENT CNN 2.3 3,588
9 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 2.3 3,412
10 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2.3 3,534

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

AsylumGuido

Syndication TV? Guess what? Yup! #1 program NFL.

Week of Nov. 23, 2020

RANK PROGRAM ORIG. RATING VIEWERS (000)
1 ESPN NFL REGULAR SEASON ESPN 7.6 13046
2 JUDGE JUDY (AT) CBS TV DISTRIBUTION 6.0 8604
3 DATELINE WKLY (AT) NBC UNIVERSAL 5.1 6872
4 FAMILY FEUD (AT) CBS TV DISTRIBUTION 5.0 8137
5 JEOPARDY (AT) CBS TV DISTRIBUTION 5.0 8475
6 WHEEL OF FORTUNE CBS TV DISTRIBUTION 4.9 8531
7 MONDAY NIGHT KICKOFF ESPN 3.7 6371
8 BIG BANG-SYN (AT) WARNER BROS. TV 2.4 3792
9 INSIDE EDITION (AT) CBS TV DISTRIBUTION 2.2 3293
10 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT(AT) CBS TV DISTRIBUTION 2.1 3271

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

Rugby Saint II

I wonder if they counted me in that number?