Comments on: NFL cleans up during “premiere week”

By: realfann

realfann — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:33:18 +0000

So what?

Sports gets the highest TV ratings in every country in the world. In most places that means soccer. In fact the most watched TV program in the world is the final of the soccer world cup.

What would be surprising would be if the NFL didn’t get top ratings here. That’s why the networks pay the big bucks. Despite idiotic commentators and irritating programming they get guaranteed audiences. A license to print money.

By: gunpowderjones

gunpowderjones — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:30:16 +0000

Some people in those cities did watch nfl games. Believe it or not, the average person is not the type that comments on PFT. Of course you’d watch nfl games on your teams bye.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:04:04 +0000

I’m a Steelers fan, though not in the Pittsburgh market, but my TV (DVR) is tuned to football whenever football is on–Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. It doesn’t matter who’s playing.

By: bobzilla1001

bobzilla1001 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:02:01 +0000

I’m a Pittsburger, and I know firsthand that most Steelers “fans” are fans of being fans. They like to dress up in jerseys, paint their faces, crowd into bars and be passed out from too much drink before halftimes.
They don’t actually watch football, which explains their insistence that Ben Roethlisberger has somehow won six Super Bowls.
Very sad.

By: vinceofdarkness

vinceofdarkness — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:37:21 +0000

@shamburg. Dude I totally agree, if the Iggles aren’t playing, I’m watching the NFL red zone which I do now, cept for when the birds are on.

By: bigdawg24

bigdawg24 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:27:18 +0000

I live in Kansas City, and I watch the Bucs.

They play hard, they just don’t have the talent.

By: spartyfi

spartyfi — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:24:23 +0000

The facts don’t lie, Goodell is great as commish regardless of what the meatheads think!

By: madmanleo

madmanleo — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:08:47 +0000

What about redzone viewers? Does that get counted too? I can’t watch anything but redzone nowadays. Not with 7 fantasy teams to keep track of.

By: bordner

bordner — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:29:13 +0000

Even the most boring NFL game is better than 99% of what passes for entertainment on regular TV. Aside from a few shows on cable, most of what’s on these days is crap.

And as far as the numbers – just think of all of those TV’s in bars and restaurants across the country that are turned onto the games but don’t get counted in the ratings. That’s got to bump up the totals even more.

By: DubZ480

DubZ480 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:22:27 +0000

How do the Sunday Ticket views factor into this?

By: mrlaloosh

mrlaloosh — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:21:00 +0000

Tampa is always off. Nobody wants to waste valuable time watching the Bucs. In person or on TV.

By: shamburg

shamburg — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:11:00 +0000

If the Eagles are on a bye, I’m sorry, but I’m still watching football. Tampa didnt have a choice, but Pittsburgh and Indy residents should be ashamed of themselves.