Opening NFL Divisional Playoff weekend on Jan. 13, the defending NFC champion Atlanta Falcons visit the Philadelphia Eagles and will air on NBC. As of Jan. 7, the Eagles — helmed by backup quarterback Nick Foles since the season-ending injury to MVP-contending QB Carson Wentz — are the first-ever No. 1 seeded NFL team to […]
It was the battle for AFC supremacy once again as the conference’s best two teams, the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers, faced off in Pittsburgh on Dec. 17 in their first meeting since the prior season’s AFC Championship Game back in January. The Patriots would win this game 27-24 that concluded with one […]
ESPN won Monday night among all networks (broadcast or cable) in households, viewers and all key male and adult demos (18-34, 18-49 and 25-54) for the eighth time this season, thanks to “Monday Night Football”. ESPN has also won the night among all key male and adult demos every week this season. The Patriots-Dolphins […]
Several key matchups highlight Week 15 of NFL action: the Los Angeles Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs battle for the AFC West lead on Dec. 16; NFC West rivals Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks — two of NFC’s best — face off on Dec. 17; and, in a matchup of the AFC’s two […]
The New England Patriots dominated the Denver Broncos on “Sunday Night Football” and so did the game’s broadcaster NBC over its Sunday night competition, nearly doubling its viewer average over runner-up CBS and nearly doubling its adults 18-49 output over runner-up Fox. Top markets for last night’s Patriots-Broncos game on NBC were: Boston 34.7/53; Denver […]
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2017 What follows are the metered market household results by half-hour for Sunday, November 12, 2017: Household Rating/Share NBC: 9.4/15, CBS: 5.7/ 9, Fox: 4.5/ 7, ABC: 2.4/ 4 -Percent Change From the Year-Ago Opening Sunday (9/25/16): ABC: + 9, NBC: -11, CBS: -30, Fox: -39 Ratings Breakdown: It was no contest […]
NBC led Sunday prime time with “Sunday Night Football”. The New England Patriots’ win over the Atlanta Falcons (19.24 million viewers on NBC), in a rematch from Super Bowl LI, was up 9 percent in total viewers from the year-ago SNF game (17.7 million for Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals from Oct. 23, 2016). The […]
The Oct. 22 edition of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” features a rematch of Super Bowl LI with the Atlanta Falcons versus the New England Patriots in Foxboro, Mass. Back in Feb., the Falcons took a 28-3 lead but the Patriots accomplished the largest comeback in Super Bowl history, winning 34-28 in overtime. This year, the […]
CBS again dominated Thursday night with its joint broadcast of New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneers on “Thursday Night Football” with NFL Network. FS1’s telecast of Game 1 of the “American League Division Series” between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians fell behind recent LDS Game One’s on the opening Thursday of […]
