local NFL ratings Archives - Awful Announcing

Gambling

Legalized gambling doesn’t seem to be boosting NFL ratings yet, with operators “yet to scratch the surface with those casual bettors”

"As the sports gambling market matures and you have more [casual] people coming in, it will be those people who will tune in more often and for longer. There are early signs that that will be the case. But you’re not going to see that at the moment."

ESPN

Monday Night Football’s Bengals-Steelers game sees 21 percent viewership drop year-over-year, but rises slightly from Week 3

Shockingly, the winless Steelers and Bengals drew less viewers than last year's Chiefs-Broncos matchup.

Dish

Texans’ loss to Panthers on Fox pulls in less Houston viewers than Cowboys-Saints on NBC, with Dish-Fox dispute a factor

Panthers-Texans averaged 436,000 households on Houston Fox affiliate KRIV, while Cowboys-Saints averaged 461,000 households on Houston NBC affiliate KPRC.

CBS

Super Bowl LIII boycott in New Orleans led to an all-time market-low rating there, with a 51 percent year-over-year drop

Last year, New Orleans was the seventh-highest metered market in Super Bowl ratings. This year, it was 56th of 56.

CBS

CBS San Diego GM: “We’re going to be carrying a lot of Chargers games next year”

The Chargers may have moved from San Diego to Los Angeles (or more technically, Carson), but it looks...