Re: Versus move costs IRL race viewers

#1

On Oct 20, 1:18*am, TMC <tmc1... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/63813
place where we thought we’d be.”

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Actual viewership of races on ESPN/ESPN2 last
year and Versus this year showed a big drop.
*IndyCar Series TV viewership
* 2008 2009 Change
ESPN/ESPN2 (11 races) 778,000
Versus (12 races) *315,000 down 59.5%
Total across all nets 1.616M 1.157M down 28.4%

You've got to wonder if TGs sisters fired him before the fact because
this one boneheaded move has irretrievably hurt the IRL. They will be
very luck to last the 10 years of the contract with no one watching.

#2

On Oct 21, 7:27*am, Lenny <jameslong... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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You've got to wonder if TGs sisters fired him before the fact because
this one boneheaded move has irretrievably hurt the IRL. They will be
very luck to last the 10 years of the contract with no one watching.

With the Versus/DirecTV fustercluck, a good lawyer should be able to
get IRL out of the deal.

To where, God knows. The Weather Channel, maybe?

#3

On Oct 21, 6:29*pm, Cyclone Ranger <damonhy... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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With the Versus/DirecTV fustercluck, a good lawyer should be able to
get IRL out of the deal.

To where, God knows. *The Weather Channel, maybe?

The Spike channel will be looking pretty good after this season's
debacle...

#4

"Cyclone Ranger" <damonhynes (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

On Oct 21, 7:27 am, Lenny <jameslong... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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To where, God knows. The Weather Channel, maybe?

Maybe they can buy a network. DirecTV seems to have plenty of infomercial
channels. Buy one of those.

#5

On Oct 22, 3:07*pm, "Von Fourche" <khonak... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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"Cyclone Ranger" <damonhy... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message

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On Oct 21, 7:27 am, Lenny <jameslong... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

To where, God knows. *The Weather Channel, maybe?

* Maybe they can buy a network. *DirecTV seems to have plenty of infomercial
channels. Buy one of those.

I didn't think anyone would suggest a channel that would have less
viewers for IndyCar than VS, but apparently you have a knack for
promoting irrelevance.

Is an overnight rating of 0.01 possible?

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