Locally they remain as high as ever
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin (89) is knocked out of bounds by Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker (36) during the second half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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The debate that continues nationally about the reasons for declining NFL television ratings remains one that isn’t necessary in Seattle.
Local television ratings for recent Seahawks’ games has remained on par with where they have consistently been since the end of the 2012 season, when the arrival of Russell Wilson jumpstarted a string of winning seasons that also significantly boosted TV ratings.
In the 2013 season, when the Seahawks won the Super Bowl, local TV broadcasts of Seattle games had an average rating of 38.6 for the season. That number was at 28.2 in 2012 — when it jumped dramatically when the team went on a late-season surge — and 21.8 in 2011, the second year of the Pete Carroll era and the final season before Wilson arrived.
Recent Seahawks’ games have continued to draw ratings right at the number of the 2013 season.
Thursday’s game at Arizona had a combined local rating of 39.3 (34.2 on KING/NBC and 5.1 on the NFL Network), while last Sunday’s game against Washington had a 39.9 rating on Q13 Fox and the previous Sunday’s game against Houston on KIRO drew a 37.6 rating.
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Why would anyone waste 3 and 1/2 hours or more of a day to watch 11 minutes of so called “action” with over 100 commercials, replays and talking heads? A freak sport where bigger is better…..almost up to the NBA, but so far away from the real football……which Americans call soccer, where size doesn’t matter and the little guys do well!
Why? Because its more interesting than watching kids chase a ball. Thats why.