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Seahawks Insider
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Ratings for Saturday's game
Posted by Frank Hughes @ 03:45:10 pm

NEW YORK – Jan 6, 2008 – NBC Sports scored the best overnight rating for an NFL Wild Card Saturday in four years. NBC's Wild Card Saturday, featuring Washington-Seattle in the afternoon and Jacksonville-Pittsburgh in primetime, averaged a 16.1 overnight rating and 28 share – the best overnight rating for an NFL Wild Card Saturday in four years (2005 on ABC: St. Louis-Seattle in afternoon and NY Jets-San Diego in primetime, 16.5/28).

The 16.1 overnight rating is also a three percent improvement over the 15.6/28 average for the two Wild Card Saturday games last year (Kansas City-Indianapolis in afternoon and Dallas-Seattle in primetime).

Gm 1: BEST OVERNIGHT RATING IN 3 YEARS
The afternoon Wild Card Saturday game (Redskins-Seahawks) was the best overnight rating for that game in three years. The Seahawks 35-14 home victory over the Redskins earned a 15.4 overnight rating and 29 share, the best for an afternoon Wild Card Saturday game in three years (2006 on ABC: Redskins-Buccaneers, 15.7/30). The 15.4 overnight rating was also a 12 percent improvement over last year's afternoon Wild Card game (Chiefs-Colts on NBC,13.8/27). The overnight rating peaked with a 17.5/31 from 7-7:30 p.m. ET as the Seahawks sealed their victory.

Gm. 1 Top 10 Markets:
1. Seattle: 35.8/70
2. Washington DC: 33.8/58
3. Richmond: 23.8/36
4. Jacksonville: 22.4/35
5. Portland: 19.9/42
6. Milwaukee: 19.2/32
7. Indianapolis: 18.8/33
8. Fort Meyers: 18.1/30
9. Charlotte: 17.6/31
10. Nashville: 17.0/27

Categories: National Seahawks Coverage • 18 comments

COMMENTS:

hawkowl @ 16:22 - Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Email
That's awesome! The game had better ratings in Seattle even though 60 some thousand people were at the game and couldn't use their TV? I thought DC was a rabid football town?
Oldslow @ 17:02 - Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Email
Someone please explain the rating system. The share, I assume, is what percentage of the TV's that are on that are tuned to the program, but what is the first number?
Ruskell_Guy @ 17:10 - Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Email
What is the news about some Seahawks being around a shooting at TOI resturant in Seattle?
Chance12 @ 17:13 - Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Email
All those people saw a really entertaining game...an absolute barn-burner 4th Quarter.
GeorgeOhWell @ 17:42 - Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Email
Hey Frank, could you talk to the TV producers for next weeks game and have them get rid of those big fatties that hang around the line of scrimmage. They make the game hard to watch and nobody knows who they are.

Thanks.
mjhpro @ 20:04 - Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Of course we have already been assigned the "B" broadcast crew for Saturday again. Is anyone else going to Green Bay? We have a group of about 10 people going now but are looking for a Seahawks base camp for pre game tailgate.....gonna be cold but Im hoping this will be the best franchise upset since Miami in 84. Then we root like heck for the Giants and get the NFC championship back home...
Aidiamo @ 22:20 - Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Email
Oldslow, Wikipedia breaks down the Nielsen ratings pretty well if you want basic info on how the system works.

Basically, the 15.4/29 national share means 15.4 percent of the country which could have turned on the tv and viewed the game during the telecast did. The 29 share means that 29 percent of all tv's turned on during the game were watching it. The local numbers (35.8/70) represent the Seattle market only. The 70 share is really pretty impressive actually. Essentially, of all tv's on in the Seattle area during the game, 70 percent were tuned into the game. That's great to see really that the citizens are so faithful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Ratings
BraveNewWorld @ 22:51 - Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Email
mjhpro:

How'd you get tickets? Is RazorGator the way to go (and reasonably fraud-proof)? If I'm flying out there, I want 100% assurance my tickets actually going to get me in the door when I get there...
Oldslow @ 00:14 - Monday, January 7th, 2008 Email
Thank you, Aidiamo. That is clear enough for me. And, yes, it is impressive.
mjhpro @ 09:05 - Monday, January 7th, 2008
BraveNewWorld, I bought mine at ticketsnow.com but razorgator, stubhub all promise you will get your tickets, just make sure you do it soon and make a note in your order when you have to have the tickets. We also had family back there so part of that was that connection but we are in section 124 row 47 and 138 row 1!!!!
m_b @ 09:06 - Monday, January 7th, 2008 Email
I want to offer up something before we really start hearing about the Seahawks inability to run the ball...and pointing to the game against the Redskins as an example. Did you realize that there was any RB that rushed for 100 yards over the weekend? Actually, not even 70 yards! LenDale White led the weekend in rushing with 69 yards, Shaun was 7th with 46, outgaining Tomlinson, Jacobs, and Jones-Drew. Nobody could run the ball, and I imagine that will happen again this coming weekend.
mjhpro @ 09:10 - Monday, January 7th, 2008
PS Brave new world, Ive seen on ebay some good tickets at near face value but I would only buy them if the seller has good positve feedback..
roddychops @ 09:37 - Monday, January 7th, 2008 Email
M_B---
i was noticing the same thing when the stats were running by on the ESPN ticker.

NO ONE can run right now. interesting trend and yeah--not unique to the hawks in the playoffs or last few weeks of the regular season.

i'm interested to see if this means the old madden dictum or "you have to run to win in the playoffs" will be on it's head. teams who get stumped on the run but still find ways to win (passing, defense, and turnover differential) will win the playoffs.

the pats have that. but so do the hawks so far.

go hawks!!!
STTBM @ 09:48 - Monday, January 7th, 2008
I think teams have realized that if you stop the run early, and dont let up, it is harder for the offense to consistently move the chains, and interceptions and incompletions happen much more often than fumbles. Especially in the playoffs, when qb's face HUGE pressure, and like Hass, usually force one or two balls a game in a panic, which can be the decisive factor in the game...

Only Brady and Manning are so scary that you fear making them win the game through the air. I think the key to beating most teams is to stop the run at all costs, and not to give up the big pass. You do that, and the qb will eventually throw a pick or a key third down incompletion...

Teams are learning also that with defenses stacked against the run, winning depends on short passing with consistency, and running EFFECTIVELY, not necessarily spectacularly. The game is changing....again.
m_b @ 10:47 - Monday, January 7th, 2008 Email
It's a QB league right now. Manning/Brady/Romo/Favre/Hasselbeck
Phillyhawk @ 10:49 - Monday, January 7th, 2008 Email
The concern (from my standpoint) isn't gaining 100 yards on the ground - it's getting key 3rd and 1 or (gasp) 4th and 1 yardage when we need to move the chains.

Across the league, the passing game has become a short-yardage, 5-7 yards at a clip strategy. Gone are the days of Marino (or my god even Dave Krieg) throwing 50+ yard deep balls to Duper / Clayton or Darryl Turner. Brady to Moss, Manning to Wayne, and Romo to Owens/Witten/Crayton are the exceptions.

Favre has had such a good year because he's letting his receivers run AFTER the catch instead of forcing balls 30-50 yards down field into double coverage. The short slants and outs, and RB screens are accomplishing the same thing as a run. High percentage plays that keep the clock moving and wear down defenses.

We need an answer on 3rd / 4th and short.
bruzyb @ 11:37 - Monday, January 7th, 2008 Email
With all the flap about the Mariners and Sonics, these TV ratings are a pretty solid indication that Seattle fans pay attention big-time...if the product offered is worth their time! Otherwise, there's simply too many other interesting things to do around here. When they're able to play on all cylinders, the Seahawks--since Allen, Holmgren, and Ruskell arrived--have had a good to excellent, steadily improving product. Hopefully these ratings will be just as good, or better, in the next weeks. So enjoy our good fortune, while we've still got Holmgren, etc.
klm008 @ 13:20 - Monday, January 7th, 2008 Email
"the best overnight rating for an NFL Wild Card Saturday in four years (2005 on ABC: St. Louis-Seattle in afternoon ... " I'm guessing that was referring to January '05 (the '04 season).

Does everybody expect Brady to beat JAX's DBs, and the PAT's DBs to stop Gerrard? Can JAX's RBs keep Brady off the field? Likewise, can SA's, MoMo's and Weaver's running game get 1sts and keep Favre off the field? Will Hawks shut down Grant?

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