The 100 Most Watched TV Broadcasts of 2023: 93 of 100 Are NFL

[Dali Llama]

NFL Swallows TV Whole, With 93 of Year’s Top 100 Broadcasts

Perhaps no image better exemplifies the NFL’s hegemonic stranglehold over the American imagination than that shot of a vaguely dyspeptic-looking Rob Lowe taking in the 2020 NFC Championship Game wh…

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The non-NFL broadcasts:

21) State of the Union Address
45) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
58) Big 10 Football: Ohio State-Michigan
60) Academy Awards
71) SEC Championship: Alabama-Georgia
74) National Championship: TCU-Georgia
92) Super Bowl Lead-Out (Next Level Chef)

Not a single NBA game.

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

just crazy

not even a good product to watch -- i can't imagine watching a whole regular season game that didn't feature my team in this redzone world


to be fair, I can't imagine watching a full regular season game of any sport that didn't feature my team, but my interest in primetime NFL games has never been lower -- not sure I watched a minute of any Monday Night Football games this year

Redzone only

 

[PhDeac]

Or game from any sport besides football.

 

[rawarr]

just crazy

not even a good product to watch -- i can't imagine watching a whole regular season game that didn't feature my team in this redzone world


to be fair, I can't imagine watching a full regular season game of any sport that didn't feature my team, but my interest in primetime NFL games has never been lower -- not sure I watched a minute of any Monday Night Football games this year

Redzone only

Completely agree

 

[BeachBumDeac]

just crazy

not even a good product to watch -- i can't imagine watching a whole regular season game that didn't feature my team in this redzone world


to be fair, I can't imagine watching a full regular season game of any sport that didn't feature my team, but my interest in primetime NFL games has never been lower -- not sure I watched a minute of any Monday Night Football games this year

Redzone only

If you watch on red zone does that count towards ratings?

Also have to figure part of the huge ratings is every bar having games on on Sunday afternoons

 

[PhDeac]

If you watch on red zone does that count towards ratings?

Also have to figure part of the huge ratings is every bar having games on on Sunday afternoons

Where it serves as background for the most part. Individual games are typically the same. I keep them on and pay attention when something big happens.

 

[deacdixieboy]

I don’t watch anything in any sport that isn’t my team anymore. I have a life at this point. Took a long time, but I got there.

 

[MichDeac25]

That is really a wild stat.