NYJs May Become TV Darlings

championjets69 · Sep 14, 2008

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...jets_ratings_would_soar_with_win_over_pa.html

Don · Sep 14, 2008

Let's just win this one and play good next week before going crazy.

xxedge72x · Sep 14, 2008

Don said: ↑

Let's just win this one and play good next week before going crazy.
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Agreed.

No, wait. What am I talking about. Pats 140 Jets 3...

Jetsaholic · Sep 14, 2008

I wouldn't mind if that happened. I barely gat any games here in Florida!!!!

3rdandlong · Sep 14, 2008

who cares about the media, i want the jets to win the division.

#17 with a bullet · Sep 14, 2008

So if the Jets win. They will get as much coverage as that reporters mustache provides his face?

PleaseWinSuperBowlJets · Sep 14, 2008

Don said: ↑

Let's just win this one and play good next week before going crazy.
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I agree.......

CJLang · Sep 14, 2008

The Jets became media darlings the day they signed Favre! He's the biggest media darling in the NFL!

IATA · Sep 14, 2008

Jets ratings would soar with win over Patriots

Brett Favre's Jets could become must-see TV with a victory on Sunday.
A Jets win Sunday over New England not only increases the prospect of them becoming a legit squatter in the AFC East penthouse, but would instantly brand Gang Green, from a television perspective, as an NFL must-see team.

This is radical stuff, a title no one would have bestowed on the Manginis - even after Brett Favre and his agent engineered a trade out of Green Bay. The arrival of Favre made the Jets an intriguing story, albeit one that could not guarantee the kind of TV ratings produced by "national" teams such as the Patriots, Cowboys and Colts.

Now, with Tom Brady's season-ending injury providing the impetus, the Jets have a chance to fly outside the boundary of mere regional TV appeal. Last week, CBS brought Jets-Dolphins to a much broader audience (the network also assigned its No. 1 team, Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, to the game) than it would have if Chad Pennington were the Jets' opening-day starter.

Bringing the opener into more markets than originally scheduled was an easy decision. Sunday's tilt was already ticketed for a late start and large audience. The Patriots were the drawing card. Obviously the plot has changed. CBS Sports suits have the good fortune of being swept up in it.

The Jets stand on the brink of being more than just an interesting story with Favre running the show. That alone, according to industry mouths, would increase CBS' Jets ratings in New York by about 15%. The prospect of getting off to a fast start, with a win over the Brady-less Pats, would have huge ramifications. It would push the Jets' ratings - nationally - even higher. It would set the Jets on course to becoming a big-time ratings magnet.

"Think about it," one network suit said. "It would not be just about Favre. It would be the combination of a winning team, a superstar quarterback and New York rolled into one package. That's a recipe for significant ratings."

The Jets' schedule plays right into that theory. A win Sunday would springboard them into a national coming out party Sept. 22 on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" against San Diego. The following Sunday (Sept. 28) the Jets return home, making their season debut on Fox, against Arizona.

When the Jets acquired Favre, the Foxies decided to make that game available in markets it normally would not appear. If the Jets should roll into that contest undefeated, Fox would expand its plan, sending the game into even more markets.

The Pats were a proven ratings anchor for CBS, a rare commodity in the AFC. Now, without Brady, there is much uncertainty. Yet, the coming of Favre and a winning Jets team could begin filling the void. A win Sunday could set the tone.

Sunday, there's a lot at stake.

And not just for the Jets.

SNY may call on closer

If the Mets make it into the playoffs, Billy Wagner won't be with them - or will he?

It probably will depend on how the closer is feeling, but it would be no surprise if SportsNet New York suits take a run at signing Wagner for a role on their playoff pre- and postgame studio teams.

Wagner has the chops. He has proven that during his interview sessions and weekly radio gig on ESPN-1050. Also, SNY made a similar move - on a much lesser scale - more than two years ago.

In May 2006, after Brian Bannister went on the DL with a hamstring injury, Curt Gowdy Jr., SNY's executive producer, brought the pitcher in as a studio analyst. It's logical to speculate SNY would make a strong run at Wagner, who could bring insight and sizzle to the studio.

A move to Wagner would only build on what Lee Mazzilli, Matt Yallof and the rest of the studio crew have produced this month.

For example, Tuesday's postgame, following Nationals-Mets, recorded a 2.13 rating, putting it ahead of YES' Yankees-Angels telecast, which notched a 2.1 rating (Nats-Mets game coverage scored a 5.0 rating).

Like bad ol' days

First it was Brian Cashman going public, taking the blame for the Yankees' failures. Then, last week, Joe Girardi said it was his fault.

So now, as a tribute to each man's candor, and also as a commemorative gesture, there is only one thing left for the YES Network to do.

It must air multiple replays of the Don Mattingly "Yankeeography" next month as a reminder to Yankee fans of all the years the Yankees weren't playing in October.

Step 'Inside'

Considering the standard HBO Sports set all those years it produced "Inside the NFL," Showtime/CBS, along with NFL Films, have a big footprint to fill with their new production of the weekly studio show.

The debut of the new "Inside the NFL" provided evidence the new guys are capable of walking the walk.

While Showtime/CBS ain't spending the kind of cash HBO did on the program (the production value was very thin, suggesting the new "Inside the NFL" is being produced on the cheap), the content was cool, the cast compelling.

One thing is clear: No one is safe, or will be spared, when Cris Collinsworth (wonder if he took a pay cut to appear on this show?) and Phil Simms get together each week during the season.

After Collinsworth went into a riff about the Panthers having the best draft class in the NFL, Simms stuck his tongue in acid, saying (sarcastically): "Boy, we're sitting next to (ESPN's) Mel (Kiper Jr.) - Uh, I mean Cris."

Collinsworth: "Oh, excuse me Boomer (Esiason), I didn't mean to cut you off."

Simms: "Well, let me put on 30 pounds and I'll be Boomer."

Is that any way to treat another old (weight-challenged) quarterback?

Tune in to the next episode of "Inside the NFL" to see who Simms uses as his next human dustmop.

Francesa's dog days

A long, long time ago, it became clear Mike Francesa repeated himself. Now, working solo, his habit of making the same point over and over and over again is even more annoying.

Hey, if you bet the over - Friday - on the number of times Francesa called Rutgers "a fraud" football team, you won. If Francesa did not repeat himself, or if the repetition was edited out, his show would be over in less than two hours. That's why Francesa might want to consider stepping up his search for a new partner.

If someone is not brought in soon, like by the end of the month (or sooner), half the audience will be put to sleep. They might even be driven (by boredom) to migrate to Sirius XM to catch Chris (Mad Dog) Russo's high-energy act.

Speaking of Doggie, who begins serving Satellite Screamcheese tomorrow, well-embedded fleas say he has reached out to Adam (Nabob of Nugget) Schein, offering the Loud Mouth a gig on his "Mad Dog Radio" channel.
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What a gnarley mustache.

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