New York Bretts have become national TV attraction
More evidence the New York Bretts' national profile has risen dramatically this season: The two most-viewed time periods of the 2008-09 TV season both prominently featured Gang Green.
That includes this past Sunday, when an estimated 25.5 million people watched CBS in late afternoon, when the country roughly was split between Broncos-Jets and Patriots-Steelers.
Here are the five most-viewed shows of the TV season:
1. CBS doubleheader game (Broncos-Jets/Pats-Steelers), Nov. 30, 25.5 million
2. CBS doubleheader game (mostly Pats-Jets), Sept. 14, 25.2 million
3. 60 Minutes (Obama interview, after Chargers-Steelers finish), Nov. 16, 25.1 million
4. Fox doubleheader game (mostly Cowboys-Cardinals), Oct. 12, 23.7 million
5. CSI (season premiere), Oct. 9, 23.5 million
Numbers 6-10 all are football games, the first two featuring the Giants.
(WatchDog kudos to first reader to identify the former Jet in the picture.)
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Comments (4)
I cross-referenced the Jets and Cornell and could only come up with Marinaro. And I know that's not him in the picture. Is it John Schmitt?
Gerry Philbin?
Larry Grantham???
I got a couple of correct answers emailed to me from readers fed up with trying to get comments posted on our wacky blog platform, but I'm going to have to give the kudos to John P. for both getting it right and being willing to get something posted here despite the maddening challenges therein.