Titans-Colts to prime time, Chiefs-Jets . . . not
The NFL just announced that the Titans-Colts tilt would be moved into prime time Dec. 30, giving NBC a meaningful regular-season finale.
Yo, CBS, how are enjoying the "flex schedule" system this week?!
(The Jets and Chiefs originally were penciled in for prime time. Not anymore! They'll play in late afternoon instead.)
Anyway, NBC keeps getting stuck with stinker games. (As I write this, the Redskins are pounding the Vikings.) That has been reflected in the ratings, which have been modest.
Titans-Colts should be mildly interesting, though. More so than anything else on the schedule, at least.
Most of the time the NFL gives teams and fans 12 days' notice before moving a game. But in the final week the requirement drops to six days' notice.
People holding tickets in Indy for an early afternoon game now will be up quite late.
Maybe they have off from work New Year's Eve. Maybe not. Maybe they are traveling a great distance and now must find a hotel room in Indy.
Whatever. Reality check for fans who still purchase tickets: It's a TV show, people! You're only props!
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Since the Jets are playing at home, you can kiss goodbye the double-doubleheader we were in store for next Sunday on both CBS and FOX, due to some convoluted NFL rules :(...
Or am I mistaken?
-- IM'08
"It's a TV show, people! You're only props!"
That may be the saddest but most truthful comment I have ever seen about sports in the 21st Century.
And IM I believe you are right because Fox will have to blackout their game in NYC because the Jets will be home and on CBS.
Great job, NFL.
The #1 DMA only gets 2, instead of 4, out of market games the last weekend of the season.