[NFL] Sagging National Economy Raises NFL TV Ratings

At the halfway point of the season, the National Football League has never been a more dominant ratings force. Each of the networks televising NFL games has shown an increase in viewership vs. last year, and the primetime packages on Sunday and Monday consistently rank among the top programs in key demos. Through the first nine weeks of the pro football season, an NFL game has stood as the No. 1 primetime program in adults 18-49 eight times (seven weeks for "Sunday Night Football" and once for "Monday Night Football") while the World Series accounted for the other.

Source: Variety.com

[CaptainStubing]

and beer sales are up as we all drown our sorrows ....................

[Dougerrrr]

I think we here at GIF all said this about 5 weeks ago when they were talking about the blackouts in Detroit. We were ahead of the game....we're so smart!!!!