Pats/Giants on Saturday night to be on free TV: "The Saturday night game in which the New England Patriots will be trying to set an NFL record by finishing the regular season with an undefeated record, will be simulcast on CBS and NBC, the NFL has just announced.
Originally, the 8:15 p.m. game against the Giants in East Rutherford, N.J., was scheduled to be carried only on the NFL Network. Because of a dispute with Time Warner and Comcast, that network is available in fewer than 40 percent of the nation's homes that have televisions.
"We have taken this extraordinary step because it is in the best interest of our fans," Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement."
Well, yes, and because the NFL didn't want to look bad.
Key to this: this is in the ratings interest of both CBS and NBC. Even though the game will be available on another major network, both NBC and CBS figure to get higher ratings than they would have with yet more recycled episodes of "Dateline NBC" and "48 Hours Mystery."
Again, we see the power of the NFL--they offer this game, and TWO networks jump at it.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
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."
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