In this final week of the NFL regular season, the playoff fates of those trans still mathematically in contention will be decided in games played in the late afternoon window on New Year’s Eve: The Atlanta Falcons can clinch a playoff berth with: 1) A Falcons win 2) A Seahawks loss 3) A Falcons tie […]
Typically, the NFL Most Valuable Player award is given to the best QB, although RB has also been known to be a popular position for the coveted MVP award over the years. We have to go as far back as 1986 to see a player at neither of those positions being named MVP. That essentially […]
NBC begins its ‘Thursday Night Football’ coverage this season (in conjunction with NFL Network and Amazon) featuring an NFC West battle on Nov. 9 between the Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals. Four potential playoff contenders face off in the early Sunday afternoon window on various Fox affiliates (check local listings): 45 percent of the […]
CBS returned its regularly-scheduled scripted lineup on the evening and won on Thursday among total viewers and adults 25-54. The time slot premiere of “Big Bang Theory” spinoff “Young Sheldon” continued to thrive for CBS, and showed much improvement in the time slot (81 percent retention; 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, from BBT’s 2.7) over recent […]
ESPN again won Monday night in total viewers and all key demos with Buffalo Bills-Seattle Seahawks on “Monday Night Football.” The timely Election Eve comedy special “SNL Election Special” on NBC easily defeated its 10 p.m. competition on ABC and NBC and well retained its “The Voice” lead-in: 80 percent in viewers (8.022 million from […]
There have been many dubious, controversial official calls this NFL season and the Nov. 7 “Monday Night Football” game between the Buffalo Bills and the Seattle Seahawks featured no exception. To close the first half, Seattle defender Richard Sherman ran into the Buffalo kicker Dan Carpenter during his attempt at a field goal. The referees […]
What follows are the fast affiliate results for Thursday, September 15 broken out by network and by each half-hour. As a reminder, results for any live sporting event are always approximate. -Total Viewers: CBS: 10.91 million, ABC: 3.04, NBC: 2.92, Fox: 2.20, CW: 830,000 -Adults 18-49: CBS: 3.6 rating/13 share, NBC: 0.8/ 3, ABC: 0.6/ […]
[socialpoll id=”2387923″] What follows are the metered market (overnight) results in households by network and by half-hour for Thursday, September 15: Household Rating/Share CBS: 8.1/13, ABC: 2.2/ 4, NBC: 2.0/ 3, Fox: 1.5/ 3, CW: 0.6/ 1 -Percent Change from the Year-Ago Week: Fox: +67, ABC: – 4, CW: -14, CBS: -21, NBC: -44 8:00 […]
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 ABC 8:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy” (R) 9:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy” (R) 10:00 p.m. “How to Get Away with Murder” (R) CBS 8:00 p.m. NFL Kick-Off 8:25 p.m. “Thursday Night Football”: New York Jets at Buffalo Bills (season premiere) NBC 8:00 p.m. “Superstore” (R) 8:30 p.m. “Superstore” (R) 9:00 p.m. “Superstore” (R) […]
