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Move Over, Hollywood. NFL’s in Town!
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(c) Denver Post: Peyton Manning throws record-tying 7 touchdowns for Broncos win.

Move over, Hollywood! The NFL’s in town!

Thursday nights used to belong to ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy surgeons and Scandal’s gladiators or CBS’s Big Bang Theory gang and Big Brother house. Well, it’s going to be tight this year. Because NBC has showed up to reclaim its Thursday night MUST-SEE TV crown back with the NFL’S THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!

Did you see the ratings, Fam? 23.2 million viewers for the Kick-Off showdown between reigning champs Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos. The game started late because of lightning, but Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning did not disappoint. He threw a record-tying seven touchdowns for a Broncos 49-27 win.

Drama!

Apparently, there was also drama. Ryan Seacrest got booed making the opening announcements. Hey, Mile Highers, why yal hating on the American Idol host? He has a deal with the Peacock, produces the Kardashian show for E! Network, and has a new NBC game show. That was not a proper Hollywood greeting! LOL!

Must See TV

“Must-See TV” was coined by NBC when they dominated Thursday nights a couple of decades ago. #1 shows like The Cosby Show, Seinfeld, Fraser and Friends secured Mr. Peacock’s at the top of network ratings with big advertising dollars pouring in per commercial. But all that declined in the 2000s. NBC had fallen to #4 over the years, only seeing a spike during events like the Olympics.

Big Deal About Thursday

Thursday nights have traditionally been the ‘biggest dollar’ ad night on TV because the studios would buy premium spots to advertise movies coming out on Friday (and you know we need big Friday/Saturday opening numbers). Have you ever taken the time to count how many movie ads play during your television shows on Thursday?

But all of that’s been changing since we’re watching more TV shows online and movies are being advertised on iTunes and YouTube. Who knows how all of this will end up!

Here We Go

Either way, NBC has shown up to the party to dance. And that 23 million ain’t going anywhere anytime soon. I don’t know what those doctors are going to have to do on Grey’s Anatomy, but they better think of something. If quarterbacks keep breaking records, we might look up and have not only Thursday Night Football, Sunday and Monday Night Football, but also Friday Night Football, and they might bring Saturday Night Football back.

I like football as much as the next fan, but my friends and I also need to work. And the last time I checked, we were actors and artists, not quarterbacks and running backs…. though I did score a couple of touchdowns in a Powder Puff championship in high school. Just saying…

Lots of love from the LaLa,
Naima

Rev. Naima Lett, D.MIN, ABD
The Hollywood Christian®
Author of coming release Confessions of a Hollywood Christian®

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