Week 7 Television Coverage; Pats-Saints top TV ratings, above Red Sox playoff games

[PatsFans.com Article]

Week 7 TV Coverage for the NFL and the New England Patriots
By: John Morgan

Even though it is an early game the Pats game will be broadcast in about 35 states, with Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf announcing the game. Last week's Pats game drew a 35.1 rating and 62 share, making it the most-watched program by far in the Boston area....

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[JMC00]

Damn it dierdorf again



3 of the 7 games so far.

 

[jmt57]

Damn it dierdorf again



3 of the 7 games so far.

I wonder what CBS will do next week. Their late games (Jets-Bengals, Steelers-Raiders) are not as enticing as the early games (Dolphins at Pats, Cleveland at KC). I would think that would use Nantz and Simms on the Pats game against Miami.

 

[Wax Frog]

Look at it this way - who better to narrate a Jets odyssey?

 

[Gronkandez]

Week 7 TV Coverage for the NFL and the New England Patriots
By: John Morgan

Even though it is an early game the Pats game will be broadcast in about 35 states, with Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf announcing the game. Last week's Pats game drew a 35.1 rating and 62 share, making it the most-watched program by far in the Boston area....

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More than Game 2 of the ALCS??

 

[AzorianPats]

Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

Wicked Local Rockport : Patriots-Saints scored high TV ratings

Also shows how times have changed. More people watched a regular season Pats game, than a post season Sox game

 

[jmt57]

More than Game 2 of the ALCS??

Yes; in fact it wasn't even close.

Sunday’s game against the Saints drew a 35.1 household rating and a whopping 62 share in the Boston area, which translates to about 1.3 million total viewers watching the game in the Boston area. That was the highest rated show of the week in Boston, even though it was not on during primetime, and the second highest rated show was the post-game show. By comparison baseball’s ALCS games one and two between the Sox and Tigers had 21.8 and 20.6 ratings respectively; good enough to be the third and fourth highest rated shows, but both were significantly less than the Pats game.​

 

[shmessy]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

Wow - - that is pretty clear cut:

BOSTON MARKET TELEVISON RATINGS, WEEK OF OCT. 7



Rank
Channel
Date
Time
Program
HH Rating
Share

1
WFXT
10/13/13
4:30P - 7:45P
Patriots vs. Saints
35.1
62

2
WFXT
10/13/13
7:45P - 8:00P
NFL on FOX – The OT
24.2
38

3
WFXT
10/12/13
8:00P - 12:15P
ALCS Game 1
21.8
42

4
WFXT
10/13/13
8:15P - 11:45P
ALCS Game 2
20.6
36

5
WFXT
10/13/13
8:00P - 8:15P
ALCS G2 Pregame
20.4
32




......but the old flatfoots at the Boston Globe want to somehow remind you that the Patriots are always second place to the Red Sox in Boston.
...

 

[shmessy]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

Checking in on the ratings game - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

Steve Melewski: NFL trumped MLB postseason in TV ratings

Patriots-Saints scored high TV ratings - Rockport, MA - Wicked Local Rockport

Patriots Journal: Thompkins has done what it takes to succeed | Sports - Patriots | providencejournal.com | The Providence Journa - The Providence Journal


***Hey, Ben, Shalise and Zuri (we know Shalise reads this forum) - - did Joe Sullivan and Dan Shaughnessy put a gag order on this information over there on Morrissey Boulevard?

 

[AzorianPats]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

To be fair, Shaugnessy has gone on the sports hub and conceded that the Pats rule Boston now, and Bob Ryan wrote an article about it last year.... but those numbers shocked me.

 

[shmessy]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

To be fair, Shaugnessy has gone on the sports hub and conceded that the Pats rule Boston now, and Bob Ryan wrote an article about it last year.... but those numbers shocked me.

That was only when Valentine steered them to last place and they were lobbying to have him fired.

Check out my last post - - where is ANY mention of this in the Globe?

Right, there isn't any. And there is a reason.

 

[Bella*chick]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

Oldtimers like my dad say they would rather have been at the Sox game than at the Pats game but from my POV, no freakin' way.

 

[AzorianPats]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

Thjat was only when valentine steered them to last place and they were lobbying to have him fired.

Check out my last post - - where is ANY mention of this in the Globe?

Right, there isn't any. And there is a reason.

None of the media as picked this up yet. .. including Felger, who's usually keeping track of this, but with that I get what your saying. The globe will never run this.

 

[AzPatsFan]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

Wow - - that is pretty clear cut:

BOSTON MARKET TELEVISON RATINGS, WEEK OF OCT. 7



Rank
Channel
Date
Time
Program
HH Rating
Share

1
WFXT
10/13/13
4:30P - 7:45P
Patriots vs. Saints
35.1
62

2
WFXT
10/13/13
7:45P - 8:00P
NFL on FOX – The OT
24.2
38

3
WFXT
10/12/13
8:00P - 12:15P
ALCS Game 1
21.8
42

4
WFXT
10/13/13
8:15P - 11:45P
ALCS Game 2
20.6
36

5
WFXT
10/13/13
8:00P - 8:15P
ALCS G2 Pregame
20.4
32




......but the old flatfoots at the Boston Globe want to somehow remind you that the Patriots are always second place to the Red Sox in Boston.
...

ML is suffering from too many gameanigless games. And a major growing flaw in its appeal.

Baseball si fun at the park wiht a hotdog and beer, It si OK as background radio when you are doing something else, IT si BORING on TV,

If they would only enforce the rules already in existence it would help immeasurably. Did you even know that there is a clock in Baseball? The Umps never enforce it, and games drag on from 2 + hour they used to be, to 3+ today as the pitchers and batters screw around, contemplate navel lint, wonder what the wife wants them to stop off, bring home etc.

MLB doesn't need 40 spring training games, and 162 summer training games, only to then get serious. for a short playoff to get to the World Serirs.

 

[Kontradiction]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

Oldtimers like my dad say they would rather have been at the Sox game than at the Pats game but from my POV, no freakin' way.

The only time I would rather be at a Sox game than a Pats game is if I was suffering from severe insomnia.

 

[AzorianPats]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

Oldtimers like my dad say they would rather have been at the Sox game than at the Pats game but from my POV, no freakin' way.

As the years go, I think there's less and less people like your dad. I'm not a sox or baseball guy, but I'll admit I thought their win Sunday was cool. I can care less if they win or lose though.

I'm still in shock with the numbers though. I guess a fair comparison for the sox is to see How did the Bruins do ratings wise vs the Penguins.

 

[FalconHeavy]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

The only time I would rather be at a Sox game than a Pats game is if I was suffering from severe insomnia.

Very true, I actually fell asleep watching a baseball game on my couch

 

[shmessy]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

None of the media as picked this up yet. .. including Felger, who's usually keeping track of this, but with that I get what your saying. The globe will never run this.

"None of the media as picked this up yet. .. "


That is 100% wrong. Look again at post #3.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

Wicked Local Rockport : Patriots-Saints scored high TV ratings

Also shows how times have changed. More people watched a regular season Pats game, than a post season Sox game

The "times...changed" a long time ago. The NFL has been a much bigger draw viewer-wise than MLB for years.

We also can be fairly certain that the MLB suits are praying for a World Series that features either/or (but preferably both/and) Boston/LA with their attractive media markets rather than their nightmare scenario of St. Louis-Detroit.

 

[PatsSox363804]

Re: Pats-Saints scored high tv ratings

The "times...changed" a long time ago. The NFL has been a much bigger draw viewer-wise than MLB for years.

We also can be fairly certain that the MLB suits are praying for a World Series that features either/or (but preferably both/and) Boston/LA with their attractive media markets rather than their nightmare scenario of St. Louis-Detroit.

Maybe they'd prefer LA because of the market but the Cardinals have a huge following, it's not like it's the Dodgers or the Rockies. Back in 2007 when the NLCS was Rockies vs Diamondbacks they must have been going crazy, they got lucky the Red Sox were on the other side.