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Thursday was a busy one as broadcast primetime offerings ranged from the usual sitcoms on CBS and dramas on CW to Annie Live! on NBC, football on Fox and Alec Baldwin’s dramatic Rust tell-all on ABC. Of the offerings, however, Fox’s coverage of Thursday Night Football‘s Dallas Cowboys-New Orleans Saints game took the…

Fox’s coverage of NFL Football’s showdown between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons lead the charge on Thursday evening. Like most live football games, the matchup, which saw the Patriots pummel the Falcons 25-0, obviously marked the highest-rated and most-watched program of the evening. The latest Thurs…

Fox has a good night Thursday, just days after the 2021 World Series ender, as its coverage of NFL Football topped primetime, again. The match up between the Indianapolis Colts and New York Jets, which saw the latter win 45-30, drew in a 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demo and 7.32 million viewers in preliminary…

For the third week in a row, Fox has topped Thursday primetime with its coverage of NFL Football. Last night, the network’s broadcast of the Denver Broncos-Cleveland Browns game drew in the evening’s highest rating and most viewers. The game saw the Browns walk away victorious 17-14 against their Denver opponents. Per…

Fox touched down strong in Thursday primetime with its Thursday Night Football matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks, which saw the former earn a 26-17 victory on Fox. Per Nielsen fast affiliates, the game drew in a 2.1 rating in the 18-49 demo and 8.15 million viewers, easily surpassing the…

Mike Muriano, a 20-year veteran of the NFL Network, has joined Amazon as Executive Producer, Live Sports at Prime Video as the streaming powerhouse continues to ramp up its sports efforts. About a year from now, Amazon will begin a significant new chapter, taking over exclusive rights to the NFL’s Thursday Night Footba…

On the last day of the turbulent 2020-21 television season amidst a year of pandemic and programming chaos, we have once again learned you don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind and you don’t mess around with the NFL, NCIS or The Masked Singer. Standing on data reminiscent of last year’s results, CB…

After a weird but ultimately successful campaign amid the Covid pandemic last year, the NFL released its full 2021 schedule today. It’s the first one to include the newly added 17th regular-season game for all 32 teams. The slate was revealed live on NFL Network from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles — site of Super Bowl…

In its debut appearance at the NewFronts, Amazon offered some eye-opening statistics to illustrate its ramped-up efforts in ad-supported video streaming. The company said all of its over-the-top streaming reaches more than 120 million monthly viewers of ad-supported OTT content, up from 20 million viewers in January…

Amazon Prime Video is running a hurry-up offense on its NFL push. The streaming giant said it will begin exclusive carriage of Thursday Night Football in 2022, a year ahead of schedule. The streaming giant paid $1 billion a year to lock up rights in a set of long-term media packages exceeding $100 billion. The league…

The Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders went to overtime last night on Thursday Night Football, which helped spike the ratings for Fox’s midweek primetime game. The Chargers’ overtime victory in the showdown of West(ish) Coast rivals drew a night-leading 2.2 rating and 8.64 million viewers, which is actually…

Fox’s Thursday Night Football game pitting the Los Angeles Rams against the New England Patriots scored a night-leading 2.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 9.12 million viewers, returning to action after last week’s game was postponed because of positive Covid-19 tests. The game, a 24-3 Rams win, was the…