2012 Patriots Set TV Ratings Records

[PatsWickedPissah]

Patriots set TV ratings record in regular season | Boston Herald

"New England Patriots finished the 2012 regular season with a franchise-record average household television rating of 36.36 per game"

Not a football region. No.

 

[PATSNUTme]

Patriots set TV ratings record in regular season | Boston Herald

"New England Patriots finished the 2012 regular season with a franchise-record average household television rating of 36.36 per game"

Not a football region. No.

The Patriots games are also big rating winners when on MNF or SNF, I read recently.

And while a certain local sports talk radio station continues to try to push the "other sport" whenever they can (even on their so called "Patriots Monday & Friday") their ratings continue to tumble.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

if the pats play broncos for afc champ..that game will break all sorts of records

 

[Salva135]

Can we call ourselves "America's Team" yet?

 

[Deus Irae]

The Patriots games are also big rating winners when on MNF or SNF, I read recently.

And while a certain local sports talk radio station continues to try to push the "other sport" whenever they can (even on their so called "Patriots Monday & Friday") their ratings continue to tumble.

Both stations talk close to the same amount of football and baseball. Where they used to diverge was basketball v. hockey.

 

[Jackson 2]

The Patriots games are also big rating winners when on MNF or SNF, I read recently.

And while a certain local sports talk radio station continues to try to push the "other sport" whenever they can (even on their so called "Patriots Monday & Friday") their ratings continue to tumble.

Correct. And the other station from 2-6 treats the Pats like crap. Thanks anyway. If I have to listen to Vulgar and Spazz trash the Pats for 4 hours, I'll pass thanks. Ordway is an insufferable Dbag and Holley went from being great to a borderline apologist for Ordway. It's a great choice from 2-6 in the greatest sports town in America

 

[Angry Man]

Correct. And the other station from 2-6 treats the Pats like crap. Thanks anyway. If I have to listen to Vulgar and Spazz trash the Pats for 4 hours, I'll pass thanks. Ordway is an insufferable Dbag and Holley went from being great to a borderline apologist for Ordway. It's a great choice from 2-6 in the greatest sports town in America

And to think Vulgar and Spazz is also broadcasted on CSN NE as well. What a good waste of HD bandwidth. Thank the heavens for Patriots.com Radio.

 

[Rusty Coupe]

Always wondered how some of this comes about

David Hill, former chairman and CEO of Fox Sports Media Group, why ratings continue to increase and he’ll immediately answer with the “Katz Theory” — as in Howard Katz, the NFL’s senior vice president of broadcasting and media operations. For the past eight years, the former ABC Sports president has led a small team of NFL executives through strings of endless schedule possibilities to develop ones that work best, both on the field and for TV. Earlier this year, the group sifted through as many as 14,000 potential schedules in a quest for the perfect one, or as close to perfect as they could get.

Monday, Monday
Teams with the most “Monday Night Football” appearances and their average ratings from 2006-2011:

Saints: 11 appearances, 8.8 (average U.S. rating)
Ravens: 10 appearances, 7.9 rating
Broncos: 10 appearances, 7.5 rating
Packers: 10 appearances, 9.1 rating
Vikings: 10 appearances, 9.2 rating
Patriots: 10 appearances, 9.2 rating

Source: Austin Karp, SportsBusiness Daily

Katz also fields requests from all 32 teams, who send along their wish list, with stadium availability and requests for specific start times. Team requests can be particularly detailed, as NFL coaches are known to prefer consistent game times, while ownership aims to balance national exposure with fan preferences. For example, Patriots owner Robert Kraft has said that he requested more 1 p.m. ET starts this season because his team has played so many prime-time games over the years, which can be an inconvenience to fans.

Prime-time power - SportsBusiness Daily | SportsBusiness Journal | SportsBusiness Daily Global

 

[gmtaxi27]

This is nice to hear. As a New Yorker I am curious to know if the Pats narrowed the gap on the Red Sox in popularity.

Despite the Pats run the past decade I have heard that it's still a Red Sox town with a Pats a distant 2nd.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

See I'm not exaggerating when I call them THE most MUST-SEE dynasty in NFL history.
Because I'm the PATRIOTS.......
AND I'M....................
AWWWWWWWWWEEEEEESSSSSSSSSOOOOOOMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[DocHoliday]

This is nice to hear. As a New Yorker I am curious to know if the Pats narrowed the gap on the Red Sox in popularity.

Despite the Pats run the past decade I have heard that it's still a Red Sox town with a Pats a distant 2nd.

Its a small vocal minority that loudly keeps the red sox in the conversation.

In truth I feel this is Patriot territory.

 

[Deus Irae]

This is nice to hear. As a New Yorker I am curious to know if the Pats narrowed the gap on the Red Sox in popularity.

Despite the Pats run the past decade I have heard that it's still a Red Sox town with a Pats a distant 2nd.

It's still a Red Sox town. It's also a Patriots town. Really, it's a pro sports town, with 2 top tier teams and two second-level teams.

 

[PATSNUTme]

It's still a Red Sox town. It's also a Patriots town. Really, it's a pro sports town, with 2 top tier teams and two second-level teams.

Mostly a RS media town with casual fans who view going to a game like a day at the beach.

The NFL is by far more popular than MLB, and NE is no exception. It might be a tie with the pick hats inside 128.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Mostly a RS media town with casual fans who view going to a game like a day at the beach.

The NFL is by far more popular than MLB, and NE is no exception. It might be a tie with the pick hats inside 128.

Yeah, it's still so Boston au currant to be a RS fan. Perplexingly, Beesball has the cache of being "intellectual" which appeals to the urban hipster crowd, while football with its deeper strategic component, and far more complex play analysis is viewed as Neanderthal by the style setters.

I'm still amazed that in this fast paced age of text & twit that something as glacially slow as MLB has any broad appeal.

The aged Boston media dinosaurs are fighting a losing battle with their MLB fixation, at least until Das Kommissar Goodell finishes completely gelding NFL football.

 

[Sparetire]

It's still a Red Sox town. It's also a Patriots town. Really, it's a pro sports town, with 2 top tier teams and two second-level teams.

Who's the other top tier team? cause both the sox and the c's suck at the moment (and i dont see that changing for the sox with their weak offseason).

 

[Deus Irae]

Who's the other top tier team? cause both the sox and the c's suck at the moment (and i dont see that changing for the sox with their weak offseason).

The Red Sox and Patriots dominate the town, but the Celtics and Bruins have avid followings as well. I do find it amusing that people here feel the need to bash baseball and the Red Sox, while crying about the supposed short shrift given to football and all the "negative" Patriots people.

There's never a shortage of irony in this place.

 

[shmessy]

The Red Sox and Patriots dominate the town, but the Celtics and Bruins have avid followings as well. I do find it amusing that people here feel the need to bash baseball and the Red Sox, while crying about the supposed short shrift given to football and all the "negative" Patriots people.

There's never a shortage of irony in this place.

The silliness of this forum, obviously, is the main reason you've kept your posting frequency so low.

 

[Deus Irae]

The silliness of this forum, obviously, is the main reason you've kept your posting frequency so low.

I've got no problem dealing with silliness and irony. Hell, I respond to your posts, don't I?

 

[Zeus]

The Red Sox and Patriots dominate the town, but the Celtics and Bruins have avid followings as well. I do find it amusing that people here feel the need to bash baseball and the Red Sox, while crying about the supposed short shrift given to football and all the "negative" Patriots people.

There's never a shortage of irony in this place.

Other than a handful of seasons, the Red Sox have been competitive since 1967. There have been ebbs and flows with the other teams. When Orr played, this was a hockey town. When Bird, McHale and Parrish played, basketball was #1. Oddly enough, in the 60s, the Bruins (perennial cellar dwellers) sold more tickets than the greatest sports dynasty of all time - Russell's Celtics.

The Patriots were last to the dance and their chaotic roots led to people not really taking them seriously on a consistent basis until Belichick and Brady.

 

[shmessy]

I've got no problem dealing with silliness and irony. Hell, I respond to your posts, don't I?

Awesome! I think we just saw Deus actually make an attempt at humor! This is a GOOD day!