NFL ratings - Page 2

It’s often said that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. However, if the first impression the NFL made on the television ratings this season in any indication of where they’re headed, Commissioner Roger Goodell is going to ask for a second chance.

The NFL saw a modest rebound in their regular season television ratings this year. However, that trend did not continue in the Super Bowl.

After two years of massive TV ratings declines largely due to anthem protests, the NFL finally stopped the bleeding and posted a small gain as the anthem protests all but disappeared.

Football during Christmas weekend has been an American tradition, but this year’s Christmas Eve game on Monday hit a record low in TV ratings.

Thursday Night Football suffered an 11 percent ratings decline, as the San Francisco 49ers routed the Oakland Raiders 34-3.

Ratings for Monday Night Football fell to a near season low this week, as the New York Giants took on the Atlanta Falcons at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The NFL’s TV ratings slide seems to have stabilized this season, and in some cases even seen gains. Moreover, the good ratings news coincides with dwindling player protests during the national anthem.

TV ratings for Thursday night’s Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots game, fell 11 percent over the ratings for the Patriots-Buccaneers Week Five game last year.

Ratings for the September 30 broadcast of ‘Sunday Night Football’ fell to another low as the Baltimore Ravens took on the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The ratings for Week Two’s Monday Night Football game between the Chicago Bears and the Seattle Seahawks, crashed to the lowest numbers ever recorded for a Week Two Monday night game.

Given the highly politicized nature of NFL ratings, the Week 2 numbers bring good news for both sides. If you desire to see NFL ratings improve, there’s good news for you. If you want to see the NFL fade into ratings mediocrity, there’s something here for you as well.

The NFL’s primetime numbers suffered greatly during the season opener, and on Sunday Night Football. And as the early returns from Monday Night Football start to trickle in, that trend doesn’t look like it’s changing.

Ratings fell once again for the Week 1 broadcast of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, according to several reports.

While millions of commuters arrived at work stricken with a “case of the Mondays,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the network executives who broadcast his league were undoubtedly celebrating something that has not been the case for them on many Mondays in recent history, a positive ratings day.

The NFL season opener between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons did not impress either on the field, or in the television ratings.

The National Football League Could lose even more viewers during the coming 2018 season, in what may be another “brutal blitz” on the league’s ratings.

Ratings for the NFL Hall of Fame Game and induction ceremony, crashed to lows not seen since 1998.

During a rally in Montana on Thursday night, President Trump blasted the NFL’s new anthem policy, calling it “worse” than the old policy.

Raise your hand if you do not work for the NFL and are allowed to express yourself in whatever way you please while you are on the job. Speak up if your employer allows you to protest and politick in front of the customers. Take one step forward if you can say whatever you want in front of your company’s clients while on the clock…

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady admits he does not follow the NFL like he used to reflecting a general decline in TV Ratings for the National Football League.

During a Friday appearance on ESPN Radio’s “Golic and Wingo,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell brushed off the drop in ratings for his league, saying he “wouldn’t switch ratings with anybody.” “I don’t think you can find anything on television where the

Never let a little thing like declining ratings, a product in decline, and national public backlash, get in the way of making a buck. At least, that seems to be the message DirecTV is sending after the company raised prices for the NFL Sunday Ticket.

During Monday’s Fox Sports 1 broadcast of “The Herd,” Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long shrugged off the NFL’s ratings drop being attributed to players like teammate Malcolm Jenkins protesting the National Anthem. Long said that “a lot of people

The massively disappointing numbers from Sunday’s Super Bowl continue to come in. The contest between the Patriots and Eagles drew an average of 103.4 million viewers, down seven percent from last year.

Super Bowl LII will go down as one of the most entertaining championship games in recent memory. However, for the NFL, it will go down as the lowest-rated Super Bowl game in recent memory.

If you’re the NFL this morning, looking at the ratings from Sunday’s conference championship games, chances are you’re mixing something extra strong into that morning coffee.

With ratings on the decline, the NFL “desperately” needs its biggest winner on the biggest stage, says ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. According to Smith, the National Anthem protests and other “negative publicity” have caused the ratings to drop and a Super

While NFL ratings have dipped the last couple of years, their television rights are still a hot property.

The NFL had high hopes that their all-important postseason games, would reverse the terrible ratings trend which has plagued the league all year long.

Who would have thought that alienating over 60 percent of the country would backfire?

Earlier this week we brought you the news that NFL ratings crashed in all four Wild Card games this past weekend. That news, came on the heels of last week’s story which showed that the NFL’s ratings for 2017 were down by 10 percent.

NBC will not look back on 2017 with a sense of fondness, instead, they’ll remember it as the year in which they hit their lowest NFL ratings mark in a decade.

Both the NFL and the NBA had high hopes and expectations, for the ratings gifts Christmas would have in store for them.

The New England Patriots suffered the end of their eight-game winning streak in a game that saw a small rise in the ratings over last week. But the NFL is still not winning because even with better numbers this week, Monday Night Football was still a loss compared to last year’s Week 14 game.

On Monday, Verizon announced a massive deal that will allow the media giant to “distribute live games and content” for the NFL.

The Week 14 edition of Sunday Night Football represented one of the NFL’s last chances to right the ship, and prevent a large amount of coal from being delivered into their stocking just before Christmas.