TV ratings

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Paulo Senra Retweeted

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2.2M Canadians watched @sskroughriders vs @BCLions. With an avg audience of 750,000 it's the 2nd most-watched @CFLonTSN game this year. #CFL

[AngeloV]

Paulo Senra Retweeted

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2.2M Canadians watched @sskroughriders vs @BCLions. With an avg audience of 750,000 it's the 2nd most-watched @CFLonTSN game this year. #CFL

For those that believe the CFL shouldn't play on Sunday's.

[Neely2005]

For those that believe the CFL shouldn't play on Sunday's.

I think most of the people who believe that mean once the NFL is playing regular season games.

[AngeloV]

I think most of the people who believe that mean once the NFL is playing regular season games.

I get that, but when the CFL thrived (late 70's early 80's), they used to play strictly on Saturdays and Sundays after Labour day. The reason there aren't a lot of Sunday games in the fall isn't because of bad ratings IMO, but more because CTV/TSN has the NFL rights in Canada and wants to maximise all of their football coverage. If they really feared bad ratings on Sundays, they wouldn't play playoffs on Sunday afternoons. The only thing they should avoid IMO, is going head to head with HNIC on Saturday nights.

[BATKINSON001]

I get that, but when the CFL thrived (late 70's early 80's), they used to play strictly on Saturdays and Sundays after Labour day. The reason there aren't a lot of Sunday games in the fall isn't because of bad ratings IMO, but more because CTV/TSN has the NFL rights in Canada and wants to maximise all of their football coverage. If they really feared bad ratings on Sundays, they wouldn't play playoffs on Sunday afternoons. The only thing they should avoid IMO, is going head to head with HNIC on Saturday nights.

it makes sense to have the cfl games scheduled around the nfl game times as much as possible and not have them compete for viewers. I am glad the rest of the argos home games this year are all Saturday games.

[Neely2005]

I get that, but when the CFL thrived (late 70's early 80's), they used to play strictly on Saturdays and Sundays after Labour day. The reason there aren't a lot of Sunday games in the fall isn't because of bad ratings IMO, but more because CTV/TSN has the NFL rights in Canada and wants to maximise all of their football coverage. If they really feared bad ratings on Sundays, they wouldn't play playoffs on Sunday afternoons. The only thing they should avoid IMO, is going head to head with HNIC on Saturday nights.

I think that Sunday night games are great for TV but not so great if you're attending the game in the Stadium.

[AngeloV]

I think that Sunday night games are great for TV but not so great if you're attending the game in the Stadium.

I don't disagree. But I really think the league would draw high viewership on Sunday afternoons as well. The issue IMO, as I previously mentioned, being Bell's TV rights deal with the NFL. They want the best of both worlds in terms of ratings.

[ArgoRavi]

I don't disagree. But I really think the league would draw high viewership on Sunday afternoons as well. The issue IMO, as I previously mentioned, being Bell's TV rights deal with the NFL. They want the best of both worlds in terms of ratings.

I believe that you are correct, AV. Remember when Bell/TSN first took over exclusive coverage to CFL games back in 2008? The first move they made was to switch playoff games to Saturdays (save for the Grey Cup). Ratings subsequently fell and playoff games were promptly moved back to Sundays the next year.