With Florida and Alabama separating themselves from the rest of the SEC and sitting atop the national polls, CBS plans to keep riding them to higher TV ratings.
By late November, Florida or Alabama will likely have appeared on CBS in nine of the 11 weeks the network broadcasts SEC regular-season games. Florida figures to be on CBS six times and Alabama will be on five or six times.
"Our ratings are through the roof," said Mike Aresco, vice president of programming for CBS. "We've got star power. We've got two teams in the top two or three. Life is good at the moment, knock on wood."
CBS reports college football ratings are up 36 percent from last year, with a 3.8 rating that is the network's highest at this point since 1999.
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"knock on wood"
the brutal honesty from the guy is kinda funny and a bit refreshing
Terrence Cody drinks your milkshake!
by Wallacewade04 on Oct 15, 2009 6:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
We’ve got star power. We’ve got two teams in the top two or three. We’ve got plenty of incompetent announcers who struggle to recite simple facts. We’ve got a hard on for Tebow. TEBOWWWW!!!! Life is good.
"LOSE HIS COOOL?!?!? I DUN LOST MY COOOL!!!!"
by brandonh on Oct 15, 2009 6:35 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Fact of the matter
CBS’s tebowner produces ratings. We watch so we can get pissed off at how dumb Verne and Gary are, and the rest of the country watches so they can keep idolizing the new touchdown Jesus.
by Bama philosophe on Oct 15, 2009 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alabama has always produced good ratings even when we sucked. Combine Alabama and a Teboner and they are raking it in.
CBS will gladly pay for the adult diapers for times when Danielson talks about awaiting the great Tebow meeting the “Nick Saban Defense.”
by Paranormal on Oct 15, 2009 6:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What he said!!!
There are 3 kinds of men. The ones who learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. And the rest have to pee on the electric fence to find out for themselves. Will Rogers
by jtCRIMSON on Oct 16, 2009 6:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder
what the powers at CBS thought of Tim Brando’s “SEC Refs are racist” screed, considering the ratings SEC games are bringing in. Seems like a poor idea for a media personality to disparage his company’s cash cow. Hopefully we won’t be hearing any more about that.
by Go Hide in the V-berth on Oct 16, 2009 10:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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