‘Sunday Night Football’ Ratings Hit Season Low As Stadiums Fail To Fill Seats
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Mon, 10/01/2018
The NFL suffered another blow this weekend after ratings for its most watched program, Sunday Night Football, hit a season low according to Deadline – thought metered market results are up year-over-year 12% after last year’s SNF aired one day after the Las Vegas shooting at Mandalay Bay.
In a 26 -14 win on SNF, the Baltimore Ravens are now 3 – 1 this season and the Keystone State team are hung near the bottom of the AFC North. The game in Pittsburgh also saw another type of bottoming out in the ratings for the league and the NFL.
The primetime Week 4 match-up drew a 12.3/21 in metered market results
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Last year’s Week 4 game went on to earn 16.7 million viewers and a 5.8/21 rating among adults 18-49 in the final numbers. Last week’s SNF scored a 6.4/25 in the key demo and 19.5 million sets of eyeballs. -Deadline
Empty seats
Meanwhile, as TV ratings dwindle, stadiums suffered from low attendance this weekend – as photos of thousands of empty seats made their way around Twitter – such as the Bengals vs. the Falcons game (Bengals won 37-36):
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