TMC
09-15-2018, 02:11 AM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/the-nfls-tv-ratings-have-become-a-weekly-referendum-on-everything/2018/09/12/4a14a77e-b6b2-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html
When the NFL season opener on NBC debuted down from last year, it drew a tweeted reaction from President Trump. When CBS' first Sunday of the season was up 30% from a year ago, Bloomberg described the numbers as a "ray of hope" for the league. As Ben Strauss points out, "the NFL’s weekly ratings can feel like a referendum on the future of TV, on America’s most popular sport and on Trump, a man with a certain fondness for ratings."
When the NFL season opener on NBC debuted down from last year, it drew a tweeted reaction from President Trump. When CBS' first Sunday of the season was up 30% from a year ago, Bloomberg described the numbers as a "ray of hope" for the league. As Ben Strauss points out, "the NFL’s weekly ratings can feel like a referendum on the future of TV, on America’s most popular sport and on Trump, a man with a certain fondness for ratings."