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NFL Week 5 in the L.A. TV market: Chargers shoved aside by Rams again on channel hierarchy
By
TOM HOFFARTH |
thoffarth@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: October 3, 2017 at 9:05 pm | UPDATED: October 4, 2017 at 11:18 am
It was a
simple tweet by KNBC-Channel 4 sports anchor Fred Roggin on Monday that provided enough red meat for many to feast upon: Ranking the NFL games from Week 4, the Chargers were at the bottom (or tied for fifth) for the least-watched game in the L.A. market. The Rams, however, were second behind the prime-time Colts-Seahawks.
But what the numbers really say behind that?
Checking with our sources, we got more information and found out:
1. Indianapolis at Seattle, Channel 4, 5:20 p.m.: 10.1 rating/19 share (824,000 viewers)
2. Rams at Dallas, Channel 11, 10 a.m.: 9.1 rating/24 share (750,000 viewers)
3. Oakland at Denver, Channel 2, 1 p.m.: 9.0 rating/21 share (750,000 viewers)
(*Insert a large gap here)
4. Pittsburgh-Baltimore, Channel 2, 10 a.m.: 3.6 rating/9 share (281,000 viewers)
5. Chargers vs. Philadelphia, Channel 13, 1 p.m. 3.2 rating/8 share (266,000 viewers)
6. Miami-New Orleans at London, Channel 11, 6:30 a.m.: 2.8 rating/11 share (251,000 viewers).
Really not sure how an extremely early-start Dolphins-Saints could have been ranked higher in the Roggin listings than any other game, but … Let’s just go with our numbers.
It was easy enough to forecast that the Raiders-Broncos on KCBS-Channel 2 last Sunday – even if it was joined in progress because the network wanted to get to the overtime end of the N.Y. Jets-Jacksonville (yawn) game – would trump the Chargers-Eagles going head-to-head on KCOP-Channel 13 last Sunday. But it had almost three times the audience.
The Rams matching the Raiders was a bit of a surprise, but as the Rams’ game got closer to the end, and the Raiders’ started falling apart early, that outcome could be a tipping point in L.A. loyalty.
Last week, CBS had the NFL’s national doubleheader, but in L.A., Fox, which was only supposed to have a single game, had both the Chargers and Rams on their menu. And Fox then had to decide to dump the Chargers on sister station KCOP (Channel 13).
This week, it reverses, with even more give and take. But again, the Chargers have to give up the prime real estate again.
The Chargers shift on CBS’ KCAL-Channel 9 sister station Sunday to avoid a collision with the Rams’ game on KCBS-Channel 2. The Rams are on KCBS, even with the NFC Seahawks in town?
Yes, that’s another one of those network compromises to make up for last week, and Fox is happy to do it so it can carry a much better contest to the nation in the afternoon window.
To make it fair, Fox also gets to do a game up against the Chargers on CBS, who can’t catch a break even in the early window.
Here’s how it plays out:
Thursday
>> New England at Tampa Bay, 5:25 p.m., Channel 2 and NFL Network (Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth)
Sunday
>> Chargers at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m., Channel 9 (Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts). Finally, we get to hear the Chargers Hall of Fame QB talk about his old franchise since they moved out of San Diego. Just sorry this isn’t at StubHub Center. This game blots out any chance to see Jacksonville-Pittsburgh, Buffalo-Cincinnati or Tennessee-Miami
>> Carolina at Detroit, 10 a.m., Channel 11 (Kenny Albert, Charles Davis). Fox gets this on the schedule instead of Arizona-Philadelphia, N.Y. Jets-Cleveland and San Francisco-Indianapolis.
>> Seattle at Rams, 1:25 p.m., Channel 2 (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta). This competes with CBS’ coverage of Baltimore at Oakland
>> Green Bay at Dallas, 1:25 p.m., Channel 11 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman). It’s the only Fox afternoon game on the schedule
>> Kansas City at Houston, 5:20 p.m., Channel 4 (Al Michaels, Cris Colinsworth).
Monday
>> Minnesota at Chicago, 5:15 p.m., ESPN (Sean McDonough, Jon Gruden)
Bye weeks: Atlanta, Denver, New Orleans, Washington
