Sports is the only thing keeping the networks afloat, once they go, and they will, it’s all over for them.
Yep. Live sporting events are the only thing keeping 40 million American households from cutting the cord.
Eventually, a subscription-based streaming service "SportsFlix" or some such, will cut a deal with all the professional and college sports for live streaming of everything. They'll charge $29.95/month and that'll be the end of the networks.
The last network program I watched as a must-see was 24. Other than that one program, I haven’t watched network shows in decades.
I do, however, watch Johnny Carson every night on Antenna TV.
They paid so much for football, they don’t have much money left over.