Quick note from the NFL. It’s crowing about winning the Sunday TV ratings over everything else. And it was a meaningless exhibition or “preseason” game as the NFL likes to call it.
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on NBC Most-Watched Sporting Event of WeekThe Pro Football Hall of Fame Game (Bills-Titans) on Sunday, Aug. 9 on NBC was the most watched sporting event of the week with 7.9 million viewers. Following are the five most watched sports programs of the week:
NBC NFL Preseason (Bills-Titans), 8/9, 7.9 million viewers
CBS World Series of Golf (Bridgestone Invit. Final Round-Tiger Woods won), 8/9, 6.3 million viewers
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball (Red Sox-Yankees), 8/9, 4.7 million viewers
FOX Saturday Baseball (Red Sox-Yankees & Rangers-Angels), 8/8, 4.0 million viewers
ESPN NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (At the Glen…Rain Delay), 8/9, 2.5 million viewers
You think the NFL likes those numbers? Is the Pope Catholic?
