Late-night time slots do not command a premium. If you’re not on Network TV or

Aug 10, 2022
7:51:04am

rainorsnow

ESPN (main ESPN channel), you’re not being seen unless you’re a blue blood or Oregon. Utah doesn’t garner much viewership.

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So about those coveted late night timeslots...

moknowssports

8/10/22 1:15am

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The_ATL

8/10/22 4:36am

They aren't that interesting to me and I live in Utah

Bert609

8/10/22 5:08am

So coveted that BYU was eager to give them up by joining Big XII

Y05

8/10/22 5:11am

I believe BYU will still be filling that time a lot in the B12.

Refugee

8/10/22 5:34am

At least the majority of their road games will be in central and eastern time

rainorsnow

8/10/22 6:04am

Of course, but by saying it is coveted implies ESPN will pay big bucks for teams

Y05

8/10/22 6:29am

Credible rumors said ESPN helped keep BYU from B12 to keep that slot cost low.

Ripliancum

8/10/22 12:06pm

I haven't seen those. You got any links?

Y05

8/11/22 1:29pm

It absolutely is if you are on ESPN

Blue Cat

8/10/22 6:20am

This means teams want ESPN not the late night time slot.Not the same as networks valuing the late time slot games highly

ImBlueDaBaDe

8/10/22 6:43am

Not entirely.

Blue Cat

8/10/22 7:33am

Not me. Fox has had way better broadcast quality for a few years now.

SWKTDweller

8/10/22 6:46am

But you don’t watch FS1 or FS2

Blue Cat

8/10/22 7:24am

RE: But you don’t watch FS1 or FS2

SWKTDweller

8/10/22 7:46am

You need to think about how many viewers alternative programming would bring in

CaliWG

8/10/22 7:08am

Doesn’t the USC/UCLA move to B1G and BYU to BIG12 create more competition?

The_Cuss

8/10/22 7:53am

Reportedly there will be no B1G after dark

CaliWG

8/10/22 8:31am

That's going to be the very interesting things in how many of those games get put on late

krindorr

8/10/22 8:32am

Agreed, but we have to be careful throwing around the word premium

krindorr

8/10/22 8:28am

Absolutely

CaliWG

8/10/22 8:32am

Exactly, well said!

The_Cuss

8/10/22 11:28am

Can anyone provide a TLDR?

MojosDojo

8/10/22 7:45am

Late-night time slots do not command a premium. If you’re not on Network TV or

rainorsnow

8/10/22 7:51am

If late night games were so important, more schools would do them.

Iki_Balam

8/10/22 10:50pm

Utah fan reading Utah’s performance:

The_Cuss

8/10/22 7:55am

Honestly pretty solid analysis

krindorr

8/10/22 8:24am

I took straight average viewership; would be interesting to look at SD

moknowssports

8/10/22 8:49am

Yeah, I definitely want to get multiple years of data with average/median/SD

krindorr

8/10/22 8:53am

Sportsmediawatch.com has data back through 2012 but...that's a lot!

moknowssports

8/10/22 9:00am

Utah doesn't have a large fanbase though. Average numbers are expected. The selling point for Utah

TFL

8/10/22 11:28am

Good points. Gonna be fun when Whitt retires.

YOHONOMOTO

8/10/22 12:13pm

I think the point is: blue bloods and highly ranked teams get the slots that

moknowssports

8/10/22 12:51pm

What is the delta between Utah vs. Oregon and Oregon vs. those other schools though?

TFL

8/10/22 12:58pm

Oregon's viewership for every game in the last 3 years

krindorr

8/10/22 1:29pm

The Washington game is the only other 2021 game that had the ABC Primetime slot

moknowssports

8/10/22 1:59pm

That's fair; I think there's a few narratives that have gotten out of hand

krindorr

8/10/22 2:25pm

Agreed; B12 is big unknown in my mind for the sole reason that OU has dominated

moknowssports

8/10/22 2:52pm

On your last sentence, Utah does have tremendous value

TFL

8/10/22 4:51pm

Wow. Impressive work man.

TFL

8/10/22 2:08pm

I already have the data for every PAC, Big 12, and SEC game for the last 5 years

krindorr

8/10/22 2:15pm

Those numbers are more favorable than they look

MyTwoCents

8/10/22 4:37pm

Amazing analysis. And posting it at 2AM?

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