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10 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

Not the case. That's MNF you're thinking of. 

Gotcha.  I thought for some reason I wanted to watch a TNF game this year but couldn't since it was only on NFLN.

Posted
1 minute ago, The Wiz said:

Gotcha.  I thought for some reason I wanted to watch a TNF game this year but couldn't since it was only on NFLN.

 

I believe the Bills at Jets was the only occasion where that was the case. 

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Dear God, Fox has the worst production of NFL games than anyone else. Their commentators suck, the pre/post game analysts suck, and they always try some stupid gimmick to make it better, like robots playing football.

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On 1/22/2018 at 9:16 PM, Mr. WEO said:

Fact: TNF games have fewer injuries than Sunday games and fewer injuries for the teams playing in them after their previous Sunday game.

 

Fact: TNF is still a ratings bonanza for the NFL--more so than MNF.

 

But carry on....

 

Yes, the one game on Thursday has a lot less injuries than the games combined on Sundays.  That's NFL logic 101....

 

Posted
35 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

That was only for the local markets I thought?

 

I believe you are partially correct.  Local stations affiliates can and usually do.   There were a few not broadcast on CBS this past season and you could only watch it on ch 212.

 

 

 

12 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

Yes, the one game on Thursday has a lot less injuries than the games combined on Sundays.  That's NFL logic 101....

 

Maybe its because both are too damn tired and are not hitting as hard.  

Posted
52 minutes ago, wagon127 said:

As much as people don't like them. I guess Joe Buck and Troy Aikman may finally call a bills game.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/fox-sports-nfl-thursday-night-football-games-joe-buck-troy-aikman-erin--andrews-announcer-ratings/1cgziuvhnwyb71mc0cvxtixhm1

 

Maybe not

 

The network doesn't want to use its No. 1 announce team of Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Erin Andrews for all of the new Thursday Night games, sources told Sporting News.

Posted
1 hour ago, Kelly the Dog said:

Fox paid average of 660m per year til 2022. About 100m per year above the last contract. 

 

I guess the NFL is not dead. 

It's only brain-dead.

Posted
12 minutes ago, TheTruthHurts said:

TV as we once knew it is dying, not the NFL. 

Bingo, this is a terrible move for Fox, IMO.

The Broadcast companies are losing millions and FOX just said, lets give you more money. Extremely unlikely this is profitable for them. 

Posted
19 minutes ago, CountDorkula said:

Bingo, this is a terrible move for Fox, IMO.

The Broadcast companies are losing millions and FOX just said, lets give you more money. Extremely unlikely this is profitable for them. 

 

you have a budget for the actual football content and then you have another budget for the lead-in that football provides

 

60 Mintues and Murder She Wrote took a bloodbath without the NFL on CBS lead-in for the time in the desert...  :D

 

 

Posted
37 minutes ago, CountDorkula said:

Bingo, this is a terrible move for Fox, IMO.

The Broadcast companies are losing millions and FOX just said, lets give you more money. Extremely unlikely this is profitable for them. 

But the deal allows them more mobile capabilities I believe. 

Posted
40 minutes ago, CountDorkula said:

Bingo, this is a terrible move for Fox, IMO.

The Broadcast companies are losing millions and FOX just said, lets give you more money. Extremely unlikely this is profitable for them. 

NFL football has been a loss leader for the four major networks for years. But there’s a method to the madness as carrying the most popular sport on TV has an impact on the lead-in to the prime time programming that they plug during football telecasts. 

Posted
1 hour ago, CountDorkula said:

Bingo, this is a terrible move for Fox, IMO.

The Broadcast companies are losing millions and FOX just said, lets give you more money. Extremely unlikely this is profitable for them. 

Having the NFL is not really about making a profit. NBC learned that lesson a couple decades ago. They let CBS wrest away the AFC and didn't have any NFL for years. They realized how awful it was not to have the cache and the loss leaders and promos. Then had to get back in the game by grossly overpaying for a Sunday Night Package. That did, however, jettison them back in the ballgame so to speak, and then they conned the NFL into giving them the best games, which tore a monster hole into their rival, MNF.

 

But the point is, the NFL is still the biggest thing in broadcasting.

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Posted
3 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

Most of the TNF games on NFLN were also broadcast on CBS or NBC depending on what crew was assigned. 

Still though, there were five or so games you could only get on NFLN.

Posted
Just now, Doc Brown said:

Still though, there were five or so games you could only get on NFLN.

Right. I believe it is going to be that way this coming season, too. Fox is going to produce all of the games. They will likely use their announcers. But I think that about five will not be shown on Fox. They will be, however, on the streaming service the NFL makes a deal with, if they haven't already for next year.

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