The NFL’s Divisional Round ratings were predictably impressive
Great games and big names led to a huge weekend for NFL ratings.
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ESPN will air Monday Night Wild Card game starting this postseason, including a ManningCast
The five-year deal comes after ESPN added a Divisional Round game starting in 2023 in the last rights change.
NFL reportedly adding Monday night game to Wild Card weekend
The change might make it possible for Monday's winner to play on very short rest by Saturday.
The NFL’s Amazon deal could reportedly see a playoff game air there exclusively if they hit certain viewership numbers
Amazon might wind up with a playoff game if their Thursday Night Football broadcasts draw well enough.
CBS and NBC expected to air new NFL Wild Card Playoff games
CBS and NBC would both air two games on Wild Card Weekend, leaving ESPN and Fox with one game.
Three ways that the new CBA will change how the NFL is televised
NFL CBA proposal reportedly includes two extra playoff teams and two fewer byes, adding two wild card games annually for TV
Wild-card games drew from 26.4 million to 35.8 million viewers in 2019-20, so there could be a lot of TV benefits from this plan.
The early Conference Championship game ratings are a bit of a mixed bag
The AFC Championship, in particular, was a low point for the NFL's otherwise solid season in the ratings book.
A whole lot of people watched the Patriots lose to the Titans
It could be a bit bittersweet for CBS executives, but they're certainly at least happy with the Saturday night numbers.
The Houston Texans will play in a sixth-straight Saturday afternoon wild-card slot, continuing an unusual streak
The Texans are back in the playoffs, and once again back in the Saturday afternoon wild-card slot.
NFL reduces single-headers, moves back Sunday divisional playoff game times, cuts number of Super Bowl ad breaks
Divisional playoff games on Sunday will now start at 3 p.m. Eastern and 6:30 p.m. Eastern, the same times as the conference championship games.
Tony Romo, not incorrectly: “Rivers is pissed.”
Philip Rivers is a demonstrative player on the field even when things are going well, so when a...
The Houston Texans are set for their fifth-straight appearance in the Saturday afternoon wild-card game, the only wild-card slot they’ve had
The Texans have played five wild-card playoff games, all on Saturday afternoon and all the lowest-rated of the weekend.
