twenty-eight Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 POSTED 5:43 p.m. EST, December 5, 2007 PATS-RAVENS TRIGGERS RECORD RATINGS Monday night's game between the New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens resulted in the largest audience ever for cable television, ESPN has announced. The game was seen by an average of 17.5 million viewers, leap-frogging High School Musical 2 and its 17.2 million viewers from August. With 10 million viewers seeing portions of last Thursday's Packers-Cowboys game on NFLN, the new record could be in jeopardy if New England is 15-0 when it heads to Jimmy Hoffa's graveyard on December 29 for the final NFLN tilt of the year. And the local ratings in New York and Boston for the broadcast version of the game will likely be off the charts, as well. Meanwhile, before anyone else sends an e-mail suggesting that the NFL's officials are intentionally giving the Pats calls in order to ensure that they're 15-0 when they play on NFLN, we suggest re-watching the Hail Mary pass that nearly ended the game with a Ravens win. During the play, Baltimore receiver Derrick Mason literally tackles New England cornerback Asante Samuel while the ball is coming down. But no flag was thrown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom [Giants fan] Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 But if the Ravens would have scored on that Hail Mary play, a late flag would have magically appeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Meanwhile, before anyone else sends an e-mail suggesting that the NFL's officials are intentionally giving the Pats calls in order to ensure that they're 15-0 when they play on NFLN Is that game for real scheduled for NFLN?? If so, and if the Pats are still undefeated going in to the game, I would HATE to be a Comcast customer service person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty-eight Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 Is that game for real scheduled for NFLN?? If so, and if the Pats are still undefeated going in to the game, I would HATE to be a Comcast customer service person. giants game i think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenegadeTK Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 man thats ridiculous... i wonder how many people heard what was happening, and just tuned in for the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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