sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com - 4/29/2008
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The overnight ratings for the NFL Draft resemble the exit polls for the 2004 Presidential Election.
While the overnight rating for the Draft fell 15% from last year, indicating a sharp and surprising downturn in viewership, the final rating for the event was down only 3%. ESPN drew a 3.4 national rating with 5 million viewers for its coverage of the 2008 NFL Draft, down slightly from a 3.5 and
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ESPN NFL Draft Ratings Drop
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Filed under: NFL Draft, NFL Media Watch, ESPN, NFL Network NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said the decision to change the start time of the draft to later in the day on Saturday, and to cut the amount of time between picks, was an attempt to make the draft more appealing to fans. Preliminary TV ratings suggest that it didn't work. From Sports Media Watch: the final rating for the event was down only 3%. ESPN drew a 3.4 national rating with 5 million viewers for its coverage of the ...
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