Thursday, December 6, 2007

The power and popularity of the National Football League

More evidence that it is our # 1 sport and now our national pastime: "More people watched the New England Patriots squeeze past the Baltimore Ravens on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" than viewed any other program in the history of cable TV. Game drew a total aud of 17.5 million viewers, besting the previous record of 17.2 million set in August by Disney Channel's "High School Musical 2."...ESPN's Monday cablecast of the Patriots-Ravens bout finished first for the night among programs on all broadcast and cable nets in total viewers and in all of the key adult demographics. Eleven of the 12 most-watched shows on cable TV in 2007 are "Monday Night Football" games on ESPN."