Word is Clinton beat the NFL opener in ratings last night

[Thrill]

Good News for the good guys !

[JaneQPublic]

1. Any linky? (nt)

[SheilaT]

2. Since when is professional football played on Wednesday nights?

Okay, so I don't follow the sport at all, but I'm totally befuddled by the fact that if I go into restaurants with TVs, I seem to be able to watch live football every single night of the week right now.

[fishwax]

4. normally the season opener is on Thursday, but they moved it so as not to conflict with Obama's

speech tonight.

[caraher]

5. I'm not even used to Thursday games

Yeah, it's been more than a decade, but didn't God create Fridays for high school football, Saturdays for college and Sunday for the pros (with a chaser of MNF)?

[fishwax]

8. yep, that was the original intelligent design

"but didn't God create Fridays for high school football, Saturdays for college and Sunday for the pros (with a chaser of MNF)?"



I don't mind the Thursday/Friday creep for college football, since there are so many games to be played, but the NFL belongs on Sunday (with the Monday chaser and the Thanksgiving exception).

[RagAss]

13. Actually, God is a Hockey fan.

Not that I wanted to burst your bubble.

[sharp_stick]

9. They moved it to Wednesday back in February

to not compete with the Pres on his convention night.

[Ishoutandscream2]

3. Couldn't beat last night

Great speeches, and a Cowboy victory. Yes, a perfect evening!

[JRLeft]

6. Here is the link.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2012/09/bill-clinton-outpolls-nfl-season-opener.html

[didact]

7. Funny...my link says different?

Some 21 million Americans watched the National Football League's season kickoff game on NBC between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants on Wednesday night, dwarfing the 7.5 million who watched Clinton's lengthy, humorous and detail-heavy address on the ABC and CBS networks, according to Nielsen data.

http://news.yahoo.com/football-blitzes-bill-clinton-speech-tv-match-180149601--nfl.html

[RagAss]

14. I bet that makes you really happy doesn't it ?

They are out in force this fucking election season.

[Greybnk48]

15. I'd like to see a more reliable source than Yahoo. n/t

[alp227]

16. Only counting the broadcast nets (corrected)

So confirms The Wrap (http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/ratings-nfl-wins-nbc-dem-convention-slightly-down-rnc-54961).

Another thread shows that when you count the cable channels (CNN, FNC, MSNBC) there were half a million more viewers of Clinton's speech than the football game (http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014220858).

The Wrap also reports that the ratings for this week's DNC slightly exceeded the RNC coverage 7 days ago.

[davepc]

10. In Orlando, FL

Nationally more people watched the football game.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. Which is still very good news for us!

There's a lot of voters there we needed to sway.

[davepc]

12. These days, TV numbers don't matter.

I was *at* the football game in question.

I watched the Clinton speech this morning on youtube.