Posted on 10/17/2017 7:38:10 AM PDT by EdnaMode
It felt like a little bit of history was being made on Monday Night Football as the Tennessee Titans finally snapped their 11-game consecutive losses to the Indianapolis Colts last night.
However, as the Titans stopped the streak going to a clean dozen with a 36-22 win and social media sparked with ESPN not showing the playing of the national anthem, another type of history was also being made. Last night’s primetime broadcast of the NFL game stumbled to a season low with a 6.1 in metered market results.
In a season stained by overall ratings declines and political controversy, that NFL Week 6 rating is down 13 % from the early numbers of the much tighter October 9th match-up between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears.
That MNF season low of last year went on to deliver a 3.7 rating among adults 18-49 and a total viewership of 10.3 million. It’s worth noting that the peek of last week’s MNF came in the halftime on the Disney-owned cabler when the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer was debuted.
Year-to-year, last night’s MNF dipped just over 3% in the MM results from the Arizona Cardinals 28-3 demolition of the New York Jets on October 17, 2016. With a rating that matched the Jets score, that demo season low game eventually drew a 3.0 among the 18-49s and 8.4 million viewers, an almost audience bottom.
Last night’s Titans vs. Colts battle peaked in both the 10:30 – 10:45 PM and 11:15-11:30 PM ET slots with a 6.9.
On a day that will see the NFL owners huddle in NYC to discuss the protests that have started many a game this season and a possible rule change around the national anthem, we’ll update with more MNF numbers and other ratings later today as they come in.
Even without the controversy, those AFC South ‘powerhouses’ Tennessee and Indianapolis aren’t much of a draw...
Pretty interesting chart.
Looks to me as if interest started to decline around 1983, and again in 1986?
I looked back at various timelines to see what happened then. In 1982, the Raiders moved to Los Angeles. In 1986, the Colts moved away from Baltimore. Maybe that lack of city loyalty started to chip away at the game.
They also initiated new rules against “chop blocking”. But, I doubt that did much.
Tired of all the winning yet? Who in the Hell cares about Tennessee and Indianapolis even if the NFL weren't collapsing?
It’s called Black Privilege
I’m more of a mind that they can’t win me back no matter what. I’m only interested in the football threads like this one to see whether the public is still putting its entertainment dollars where their heart is.
Living in PA (outside of Philly) I picked the wrong season to boycott-I ain’t going to lie, it’s been tough but I will stick to my guns—LOL. I told my wife, I can guarantee because I am boycotting football they’ll (Eagles) finally make it to the Superbowl!
What is this “football” of which you speak?
Me too. I'm surprised at how little I miss it.
I've decided that I'm not "boycotting", that would imply that I actually miss it, or that I might return if they modify their behavior. Nope, I'm just "indifferent", which from the NFL's point of view, is much, much worse.
I know how to make the game more interesting. Just use real cops as referees. LOL.
Thanks for the link.
Good point.
They still have that grown men chasing a ball thing going on?
Monday Night Football used to be an event. Great teams, great players, great announcers. That’s no longer the case and it hasn’t been for many years.
Who in his or her right mind would even think about attending or watching. This kneeling thing has gone over the top . . .as in insanity at its peak.
The ignorant spoiled brat black players have brought the NFL fan outrage onto themselves. These wretched cop-hating players continue to give fans the finger every day.
Let the players continue to prove how unpatriotic and phony they are.
And they can thank their race-baiting leader, Barack Hussein Obama, as their world falls apart.
I tend to think the same way but then again they could go full patriotic, law and order. No bad language, no felons, no dreadlocks, no un-sportsmanship conduct, open each game with a prayer in Jesus' name like many race tracks do.
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