| | | Monster TV ratings for FOX Sports: The Brady v Brees Duel ...
Not surprisingly, Tom Brady drew massive TV ratings in his first game as quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday afternoon.
>> There was some concern NFL ratings would be down this season in the midst of the pandemic and the upcoming presidential election. However, Sunday’s Buccaneers-Saints game drew the highest FOX NFL Week 1 game ratings over the last four years.
FOX Sports PR announced on Monday the Bucs-Saints game drew a 16.2 overnight rating. The network projects the game as the “most-watched telecast of any kind since Super Bowl LIV.”
Tom Brady’s debut as a Buccaneer earned a 28.3 rating in Tampa, a +33% gain over last season’s Bucs opener locally.
The latest ratings indicate two major points. First, the NFL is alive and well, drawing in massive TV ratings to start the year. Second, Brady continues to be a major catalyst for a giant audience. <<
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Barry Werner
Touchdown Wire on MSN Sports
September 14, 2020
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers-New Orleans Saints game Sunday that featured Tom Brady against Drew Brees delivered big time .. for FOX Sports,
The network released the ratings and they were through the roof.
The Saints-Bucs drew a 16.2/35 overnight rating, which was Fox’s highest such rating for a Week 1 game since 2016. Fox Sports PR projects that the game is on pace to become the most-watched event of any kind since the Super Bowl, eclipsing Thursday night’s Chiefs-Texans game.
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