Sex sells. It's that simple. NBC's Friday night ratings are down 36% from 2016. NBC is already looking at make goods to advertisers because rating are so low. Desexualizatioon is responsible for only a sliver of the decline, I am guessing. But it will take even a bigger chunk in 2024. And even more in 2028.
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/nbcuniversal-tokyo-olympics-make-goods-advertising-1235028563/ On Tue, Jul 27, 2021, 8:21 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I am very skeptical of the claim that less sexualizing of female athletes > will reduce ratings. If guys want to see images of hot women in bikinis (or > even out of bikinis) there are a lot better ways to do that than to suffer > through hours of beach volleyball hoping to catch a particularly revealing > shot. > > > > On Tue, 27 Jul 2021 at 7:19 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 6:55 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Each Olympics aims to set the highest level of television standards >>> >>> https://abcn.ws/2TAIUP3 >>> >>> Less sexualized images will mean lower ratings. How much lower, I don't >>> know. >>> >> >> Can you substantiate this? And even if it turns out that ratings are >> lower, can you filter out other factors to show that this is the cause? >> >>> >>> The first unitard picture I saw was of the New Zealand gymnastics team. >>> Before reading the headline to know what the story was about, I thought, >>> "That is hot." >>> Oops. >>> >> >> Hot is subjective. I am sure that there are straight men who think female >> weightlifters are hot. I wouldn't suggest uniform changes to enhance it or >> hide it, though. >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFdbgUPZXUQmz2RVhYUwuB30c2S3PFwOXbfX1FZxjhS8w%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFdbgUPZXUQmz2RVhYUwuB30c2S3PFwOXbfX1FZxjhS8w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BDLQn4-CBDvvxBZvwSh51ykt%3D-dnFgC_-Pty84mDdkGQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BDLQn4-CBDvvxBZvwSh51ykt%3D-dnFgC_-Pty84mDdkGQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywWb9tSOPjTkp4fG%2BqiWed5E10C_tmH%2BU8zZDAUZoi3_Q%40mail.gmail.com.
