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ESPN posts second-worst 'Monday Night Football' season
By Tim Baysinger
December 29, 2016
If not for this past Monday night's highly watched NFL game, The Walt Disney Co's ESPN network would have had its smallest audience for "Monday Night Football" in 2016 since the 2006 season.
The National Football League has been plagued all season by ratings downturns, forcing its TV partners to give free extra commercial time to advertisers to compensate for lower-than-promised ratings. Advertiser demand has remained high though, as NFL games still attract more viewers than almost everything else on television, according to the Nielsen ratings service.
Monday's Dallas Cowboys-Detroit Lions game averaged 18.6 million viewers, the most ESPN has garnered for a "Monday Night Football" game since 2014. That helped ESPN post an average of 11.4 million viewers for its 17 games this season, finishing ahead of only the 2007 season, when it drew 11.2 million, according to Nielsen data provided by ESPN.
The NFL franchise moved from ABC to ESPN for the 2006 season; both companies are owned by The Walt Disney Co
This year marks the third consecutive year that ESPN's "Monday Night Football" audience has declined, and the fifth decline in the past six years.
The NFL ratings downturn was most notable in primetime. ESPN was among the hardest hit, with viewership falling nearly 12 percent from last season, according to the Nielsen data. ESPN had to contend with the contentious U.S. presidential election, often cited by league officials as a key cause for lower ratings this season.
While the election hurt NFL ratings, the three major U.S. cable news networks – 21st Century Fox's Fox News, Comcast Corp's MSNBC and Time Warner Inc's CNN – all benefited from the unpredictable race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Fox News finished 2016 as the most-watched U.S. cable network in primetime for the first time in its history, according to Nielsen data released late on Wednesday. Time Warner's CNN and Comcast Corp's MSNBC also had huge viewership gains.
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Ironic, isn't it?
When looking at possible NFL MVP's, many TV and radio sports pundits continue to lobby for the likes of Brady, Rodgers, Carr, and Ryan. Apparently a full season is now 12 games (Brady), doesn't start until after Thanksgiving (Rodgers), increases value during December if you can't play (Carr) and translates to elite with a 3 game positive differential; from last season (Ryan)
Pundit: "Other guys are first in percentage, first in TD's, first in yards, what stat can you name in which the Cowboy rookie is in first place"
Cowboy Nation: "Well, that would be under the column marked "w", genius. most folks in the sport consider that number pretty significant."
So, our two rookies are the toast of the sports world, must see sports, and they are having this debate right now, right this second somewhere. The right choice is right there , so to speak, for all voters to see.
This is a special situation, to have two players, much less rookies, make such a combined contribution for one team and it calls for a special out of the box decision that recognizes something fans have never seen before.
Co-MVP's
Anyway, this was my response to the news that NFL ratings were rescued by these two heroes:
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Don't worry, NFL, Dallas Cowboys to the rescue!
If you don't love them, you love to hate them. Either way, you want to watch them. Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott shouldn't just be Co-MVP's in the NFL this season, they have been Co-MVP's FOR the NFL.
Four of the top five highest rated NFL games this season were games in which the Cowboys played. The NFL is truly lucky this postseason, obviously the Cowboys are going all the way.
Starting next season, Monday Night Football should just be the exclusive venue for the Dallas Cowboys. Congress should have no problem changing the name of the day from Monday to Cowboyday.
Anyway, talk to you later this Dakternoon, have a good Zekening!
ESPN posts second-worst 'Monday Night Football' season
By Tim Baysinger
December 29, 2016
If not for this past Monday night's highly watched NFL game, The Walt Disney Co's ESPN network would have had its smallest audience for "Monday Night Football" in 2016 since the 2006 season.
The National Football League has been plagued all season by ratings downturns, forcing its TV partners to give free extra commercial time to advertisers to compensate for lower-than-promised ratings. Advertiser demand has remained high though, as NFL games still attract more viewers than almost everything else on television, according to the Nielsen ratings service.
Monday's Dallas Cowboys-Detroit Lions game averaged 18.6 million viewers, the most ESPN has garnered for a "Monday Night Football" game since 2014. That helped ESPN post an average of 11.4 million viewers for its 17 games this season, finishing ahead of only the 2007 season, when it drew 11.2 million, according to Nielsen data provided by ESPN.
The NFL franchise moved from ABC to ESPN for the 2006 season; both companies are owned by The Walt Disney Co
This year marks the third consecutive year that ESPN's "Monday Night Football" audience has declined, and the fifth decline in the past six years.
The NFL ratings downturn was most notable in primetime. ESPN was among the hardest hit, with viewership falling nearly 12 percent from last season, according to the Nielsen data. ESPN had to contend with the contentious U.S. presidential election, often cited by league officials as a key cause for lower ratings this season.
While the election hurt NFL ratings, the three major U.S. cable news networks – 21st Century Fox's Fox News, Comcast Corp's MSNBC and Time Warner Inc's CNN – all benefited from the unpredictable race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Fox News finished 2016 as the most-watched U.S. cable network in primetime for the first time in its history, according to Nielsen data released late on Wednesday. Time Warner's CNN and Comcast Corp's MSNBC also had huge viewership gains.
______________________________________________________________
Ironic, isn't it?
When looking at possible NFL MVP's, many TV and radio sports pundits continue to lobby for the likes of Brady, Rodgers, Carr, and Ryan. Apparently a full season is now 12 games (Brady), doesn't start until after Thanksgiving (Rodgers), increases value during December if you can't play (Carr) and translates to elite with a 3 game positive differential; from last season (Ryan)
Pundit: "Other guys are first in percentage, first in TD's, first in yards, what stat can you name in which the Cowboy rookie is in first place"
Cowboy Nation: "Well, that would be under the column marked "w", genius. most folks in the sport consider that number pretty significant."
So, our two rookies are the toast of the sports world, must see sports, and they are having this debate right now, right this second somewhere. The right choice is right there , so to speak, for all voters to see.
This is a special situation, to have two players, much less rookies, make such a combined contribution for one team and it calls for a special out of the box decision that recognizes something fans have never seen before.
Co-MVP's
Anyway, this was my response to the news that NFL ratings were rescued by these two heroes:
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Don't worry, NFL, Dallas Cowboys to the rescue!
If you don't love them, you love to hate them. Either way, you want to watch them. Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott shouldn't just be Co-MVP's in the NFL this season, they have been Co-MVP's FOR the NFL.
Four of the top five highest rated NFL games this season were games in which the Cowboys played. The NFL is truly lucky this postseason, obviously the Cowboys are going all the way.
Starting next season, Monday Night Football should just be the exclusive venue for the Dallas Cowboys. Congress should have no problem changing the name of the day from Monday to Cowboyday.
Anyway, talk to you later this Dakternoon, have a good Zekening!
