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Originally Posted by rubecube
Yeah! Damn that NFL for being so popular that a major network wants to carry it! Jerks!
EDIT: I'm guessing those ratings don't take into account the people who watched on FOX and CBS?
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LOL, if they were on tsn they would've gotten near the same ratings as the CFL div finals....so how are they more popular?
the NFL gets to be on CTV because they don't have to produce it, they just air it. TSN usually airs content that it produces (such as the CFL).
I mean, hockey doesn't ever appear on CTV, yet it is infinitely more popular in Canada than the NFL.
yep, NFL is popular, they want to maximize the ratings because they pay alot for them, so they put it on CTV, which doesn't have anything that will compete with the NFL anyways. TSN can then show an alternative, essentially capturing two different sports viewers (3 with tsn2). i guess because they don't pay as much for the CFL (because the CFL has less pop culture cache and there was no bidding for the rights when they signed the deal) also, they aren't as focused on getting it out the most people. CFL fans can only watch CFL on TSN (in Canada), so why would they move it to CTV when all the CFL fans already have TSN (somewhat flawed logic by TSN, as just like in the NFL, some fans only tune in for the playoffs/parties)
EDIT: yea you are probably right about FOX and CBS, what channels were games actually on? im suprised competing networks would be showing the games, also somewhat surprised Canadians would choose to watch the games on american channels instead, not sure why people do that