Yes theres reasons:
- byes dont start till wk4 cause teams dont want a bye so early so that means tnf wouldnt start till wk5 in october meaning no tnf at all in september.
- last bye wk12 cause not fair to give teams a late bye rest advantage so that means no tnf after wk12 since wk13...
Games are not blacked out & not seen on tv at all if they arent sold out anymore - they stopped that few yrs ago.
Every local teams game is on tv now sellout or not sold out.
& yea as far as tv they want you to watch the local commercials.
18-49 is the key - total viewers hardly matter for advertising anymore.
Thats why real ratings sites like tvbythenumbers & showbuzzdaily rank by 18-49 not total.
Same thing with 7 days they dont care about numbers that far out its just meaningless numbers for networks to pump up viewership for...
Also just to show how much you dont know about ratings TNF it wasnt beaten.
That articles numbers didnt include the NFLN broadcast yet only FOX.
When that was added in TNF beat big bang theory 3.1 vs 2.1.
nanananana. :p
Top 10 shows:
Your "network comedy" got its butt kicked over the course of the season.
1 Sunday Night Football NBC 5.83
2 Thursday Night Football CBS 4.46
3 Thursday Night Football NBC 4.02
4 The OT FOX 3.7
5 Roseanne ABC 3.29
6 Football Night in America NBC
7 This Is Us NBC 3.07
8 The Big...
Actually 9:30. ;)
& as ive posted before:
Well theres 109 game windows this yr -- thats exactly the same as 2015.
So not sure how that means less value every yr.