Five sports media stories to watch in 2019
Which sports media stories should you keep an eye on in 2019?
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Cowboys-Saints records a 14.6 overnight rating, the largest ever for Thursday Night Football
Last night’s Thursday Night Football contest saw the Saints head to Dallas to take on the Cowboys. The game...
The Seahawks’ win over the Packers earned Fox the highest Thursday Night Football overnight in nearly two years
This is why Fox paid so much money for TNF rights.
First week of fall TV season sees Fox up 70 percent (boosted by Thursday Night Football), NBC flat, CBS and ABC way down
Week 1 of the TV season saw Fox no longer in last in adults 18-49, and Thursday Night Football was a big reason why.
Vikings-Rams thriller results in ratings increase for Fox and NFL Network
Fox enjoyed an eight percent increase in overnight rating compared to last year's Thursday game on CBS.
Fox and Wieden+Kennedy debut “Now It’s A Game” Thursday Night Football ads, focused on how “good” their matchups are now
The new ads hype up the schedule with lines like "Man, these games are good!" But are they really?
Jets-Browns was NFL Network’s highest-rated, most-watched Thursday night game since December 2015
The 5.2 rating and over 8.6 million viewers were the best NFLN TNF numbers since Vikings-Cardinals in December 2015.
Michael Irvin disregards Steve Smith, Smith says Irvin’s route-running degree is “from a community college”
"There ain't no route I couldn't run that you hoped you could run. I got a doctorate in route running, you got an associate's degree, playa, from a community college."
Media buyers bullish on ‘Thursday Night Football’ on Fox in spite of recent NFL ratings decline
Despite a downward trend in NFL ratings, there may be a rise in one part of the NFL schedule.
Fox will add Kristina Pink as a sideline reporter on Thursday Night Football, likely in addition to Erin Andrews
It sounds like Fox will use both Pink and Andrews on TNF.
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman to call Fox’s Thursday-night package in addition to Sunday duties
Thursday Night Football will feature some familiar voices.
Amazon renews digital rights to Thursday Night Football, will also air games on Twitch
Amazon reportedly paid $65 million to re-up its rights to Thursday Night Football.
Troy Aikman is reportedly in line (of course) for a massive raise to call Thursday Night Football
Aikman wants a chunk of that $10 million Fox offered to Peyton Manning.
If a World Series game is rained out, Fox could move a Thursday Night Football matchup to FS1
Fox could be rooting for rain this fall.
Comcast will move NFL Network off its most-widely distributed tier
NFL Network moves to Comcast’s second-most popular tier.
