Those were some crazy games. Too bad people weren't watching. Football's divisional round viewership down 16 percent
NEW YORK (AP) - Critics of the National Football League have some new ammunition, with viewership of its four divisional round playoff games down 16 percent from last year. But there are a couple of compelling explanations. The Nielsen company said the weekend's games averaged 30.43 million viewers. Last year's comparable games averaged 36.22 million. The NFL has received some blowback from President Donald Trump and his supporters for protests involving the National Anthem, with some suggesting that had something to do with the audience being smaller for games this season. But last year had a game between popular rivals Green Bay and Dallas that drew more than 48 million, far more than any divisional round game this year. Two of last year's games were also in prime time, compared to one this year. On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 6:40 AM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Jan 5, 2018, at 11:59 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Now that LA has not one but two teams, I know several local football > fans who are pissed they no longer get the “good” games so they watch with > less frequency > > L.A. had already been getting all the Chargers away games, as a secondary > market for the Chargers, so I question that this is much more of an issue > in 2017 versus 2016. (2016 versus 2015, when the Rams moved here, I might > agree with.) Obviously, it's also somewhat subjective -- the Rams and > Chargers both finished with winning records, so one could argue that they > both provided a number of "good" games. > > There were actually four weeks when L.A. got more games than the rest of > the country -- when both the Rams and Chargers happened to be scheduled for > the non-doubleheader network, L.A. also got two games on the doubleheader > network. I don't remember seeing any data on the local ratings in those > weeks, which is too bad, because it would be very interesting. > > That said, I am a fan of the Bucs, and they never aired on Sunday in L.A. > this year -- so the only NFL I really watched in L.A. was their Thursday > and their Monday night game. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
