Wow, this is the quietest I've seen this forum after a win

[gosaints1]

Don’t listen to anybody else wrt ratings. There are very few ppl who aren’t blindingly biased on this topic and are trying to sell a Pontiac Fiero with a body kit to you as a Ferrari. Do your own research as far as ratings. Anybody in the football biz or network media who tells you things are great is selling you the Pontiac Ferrari, same can be said for the opposite “I hate the NFL” boycott crowd, anybody who’s telling you the NFL sky is crumbling is selling you the same Pontiac Ferrari. The truth is there..., in the middle somewhere, changing from game to game, week to week, network affiliate to..., well you get the point.

I use the site below for my “raw” viewer numbers. But choose your own weapon:

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/nfl...hip-2020-2019/

I’m not buying that load AG, you’re quoting network tv and media, their nom de plume is pro NFL bias.

[AsylumGuido]

Originally Posted by gosaints1

Don’t listen to anybody else wrt ratings. There are very few ppl who aren’t blindingly biased on this topic and are trying to sell a Pontiac Fiero with a body kit to you as a Ferrari. Do your own research as far as ratings. Anybody in the football biz or network media who tells you things are great is selling you the Pontiac Ferrari, same can be said for the opposite “I hate the NFL” boycott crowd, anybody who’s telling you the NFL sky is crumbling is selling you the same Pontiac Ferrari. The truth is there..., in the middle somewhere, changing from game to game, week to week, network affiliate to..., well you get the point.

I use the site below for my “raw” viewer numbers. But choose your own weapon:

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/nfl...hip-2020-2019/

I’m not buying that load AG, you’re quoting network tv and media, their nom de plume is pro NFL bias.

You're missing the point, gosaints1. Advertising revenues are not tied to absolute ratings. The pricing is based upon relative ratings and is measured in cost per minute. Most of the season's TV advertising spots have already been sold during scheduled NFL broadcasts and pricing per minute was up over last season. That's pretty much the same MO as every year.

Revenues can, and do, rise even while ratings may be down when the programming is bringing in a greater share than all other programming on at the same time. "Raw" viewer numbers are fine and how the viewership should be measured. Now go a step further and compare those "raw" numbers to the "raw" numbers for all other programming in the same windows.