To show you how big the NFL is

[pstall]

Ratings for the Hall of Fame game.

The first game of the NFL preseason put up solid numbers on NBC Sunday.

The Bills/Titans NFL Hall of Fame Game drew a 4.9/9 final rating and 7.9 million viewers on NBC Sunday night, up 4% in ratings and 7% in viewers from a 4.7/8 and 7.4 million last year, but down 28% in ratings and 25% in viewers from a 6.8/12 and 10.6 million in '06.

To put the numbers in perspective, the 7.9 million viewers for the Hall of Fame Game -- a meaningless preseason contest -- tops the average viewership for the 2008 MLB postseason (6.8 million), the 2008-09 college football bowl season (6.0 million), and the 2009 NBA Playoffs (5.4 million). The Hall of Fame Game even drew a higher rating than Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals (4.9 to 4.3), and nearly matched the game -- the most-viewed NHL game in 36 years -- in viewership (7.9 mil to 8.0 mil).

The daddy still.

http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/

[Falcons1stPanthers2nd]

Because every other professional sport sucks dick at marketing whereas the NFL does it very well. Well that and the NFL is the best.

[thejimmy]

No doubt about it. the NFL is the grandaddy of all American sports. And it isn't even close.

[Panthro]

And they will fall...no plummet if there is a work stoppage. People are making way too much money on both sides to piss off the avg american viewer

[c0r]

And they will fall...no plummet if there is a work stoppage. People are making way too much money on both sides to piss off the avg american viewer

word.

[shinner]

Ratings for the Hall of Fame game.

When do they play that? Pretty soon, right?

[mantal]

When do they play that? Pretty soon, right?

Yeah, last Sunday night. Buffalo got beat by Tennessee, 21-18, but it wasn't as close as the score indicates...

[shinner]

Yeah, last Sunday night. Buffalo got beat by Tennessee, 21-18, but it wasn't as close as the score indicates...

Ack...how could I have missed it!

[scpanther22]

it seems like there are too many games played in the other sports..that and there marketing and player system sucks bad..

[jkeough]

Ack...how could I have missed it!

you were prolly smashing your head into the wall after that debacle of a series against the Evil Empire

[Bobby]

it seems like there are too many games played in the other sports..that and there marketing and player system sucks bad..

They also shoot themselves in the foot a lot.

[TheSaint]

interesting, but i find pre-season football unwatchable...but, i had the TV tuned to it, while doing other things.

[jkeough]

interesting, but i find pre-season football unwatchable...but, i had the TV tuned to it, while doing other things.

most of the time....but you gotta admit that fake punt was pretty badass

[shinner]

you were prolly smashing your head into the wall after that debacle of a series against the Evil Empire

Nah, I think that was the night we were at the minor league baseball game.