The New Orleans Saints shattered the Dallas Cowboys’ unbeaten run this NFL season so far with the Louisiana hosting team not even scoring a touchdown in the 12-10 victory. Lacking starting quarterb…
Certainly the Saints dissecting the disintegrating invincibility of the Cowboys was aided by injuries suffered by Dallas, and an overly predictable playbook plus splintered offense.The thinking at the Comcast-owned net and the NFL has long been if you put current Super Bowl champions the New England Patriots or, as was the case on
last night, the long self-proclaimed “America’s Team” of the Cowboys on a primetime match-up, the ratings will rise.Not facing the record low rated Emmys like last week, NBC’s flagship football show scored a 15.5/27 in metered market results. Four weeks into the competitive 100th NFL season, that’s a season hight forOn the field of the soon to disappear early metrics, last night’s 8:30 to 11:15 PM ET game is also up 21% frombetween the winning L.A. Rams and the Cleveland Browns.
Season-to-season, last night’s low scoring Saints’ win in a season that has seen ratings gains overall in the early days rose 26% from the Week 4in metered market results – a season low at the time. That 26-14 win by the Baltimore Ravens over the Pittsburgh Steelers was finalized with an audience of 16.2 million and a key demo rating of 6.1/24.
So, all in all, a good night for the Saints and a very good night for NBC and the NFL as the league’s much hyped 100th season is now well underway.numbers as they come in. Plus we’ll also get the low-down too on how Fox’s
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