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Television ratings in 1980 were the second-best in NFL history, trailing only the combined ratings of the 1976 season. All three networks posted gains, and NBC's 15.0 rating was its best ever. NFL broadcasts on CBS and ABC had their best ratings since 1977, with 15.3 and 20.8 ratings, respectively.
This is a list of U.S. weekly (or smallest available unit for time period) television ratings archives from 1948 through 1997. (Primarily Nielsen ratings) . National Nielsen ratings for United States television viewing began in March 1950.
Television ratings for season and playoff broadcasts in 1980 were the second-best in NFL history, trailing only the combined ratings of the 1976 season. All three networks posted gains, and NBC's 15.0 rating was its best ever. CBS and ABC had also experienced their best NFL ratings since 1977, with 15.3 and 20.8 ratings, respectively.
The two evening games — Ohio State topping Tennessee (14.3 million) and Notre Dame's rout of Indiana (13.4 million) — each delivered strong numbers with no competition from the NFL.
[99] [100] Aside from Super Bowls, the most recent broadcast to receive a rating above 40 was the Seinfeld finale in 1998, with a 41.3. [101] [102] Nielsen only began recording a list of ratings for individual broadcasts starting in July 1960, therefore ratings before that time are not included in their official count. [103]
Here's something you don't hear every day, considering how the league's cemented itself at the top of American sports.
The NFL has an anti-siphoning regulation, where all games televised on cable or streaming are blacked out in each of the primary markets of both teams, and instead air via broadcast syndication to an over-the-air station. This rule is to maximize television ratings, as well as to protect the NFL's ability to sell television rights collectively.
This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1980–81 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. [1] Rank Program Network Rating 1: Dallas ...