It was business as usual here in California as well, aside from those agencies/companies which normally had the entire week between Christmas and New Years off. Sure, Christmas Eve is usually a half day (or earlier) but not New Years.
As far as the scheduling, the old Chick-Fil-A Bowl at 7:30-8 pm ET had decent viewership and was good background programming at bars and restaurants. From Wikipedia, it got ratings in the 5-7 range despite not being one of the BCS bowls, and the timing for Atlanta was ideal because bowlgoers could simply ring in the New Year following the game (as opposed to the Cotton Bowl which ended at 10:30 pm CT). I think the ceiling for a New Years Eve game will likely be a 10. Maybe the old BCS system, of staggering bowl games out on weekday nights, may work better. For 2016/17, you have the odd situation of New Years Eve with championship games and New Years Day bowl games on Monday since January 1 is a Sunday and that's reserved for the NFL. I for one would have wanted to see a college championship qualifier than the meaningless Sunday Night game. On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote: > “working New Year's Eve isn't the norm if you have the option not to.” > > > > And just to be clear, nobody I’m acquainted with “had the option not to.” > New Year’s Eve just generally isn’t considered a paid holiday here. > > > > Doug Fields > > Tampa, FL > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *David Lynch > *Sent:* Monday, January 4, 2016 2:14 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] SportsTV: College f-ball bowl scheduling > leads to sucky ratings > > > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote: > > Seriously, who **doesn’t** work New Year’s Eve if it falls on a weekday? > > > > Among my family and social circles, working New Year's Eve isn't the norm > if you have the option not to. Almost all of the people I know who worked > on New Year's Eve this year are in retail or the kind of jobs that get no > holidays (first responders, doctors, reporters.) > > > > My father's big multinational employer issued an order that anyone who > worked that week had to do it from home because there weren't going to be > enough people coming in to justify the expense of keeping the lights and > heat on. > > > > -- > > David J. Lynch > [email protected] > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
