If XFL football ratings don’t show marked improvement in April 14...
If XFL football ratings don’t show marked improvement in April 14-15 playoffs and championship game week later, network will pull out of 2nd year of its commitment, according to NBC Sports Pres. Dick Ebersol as quoted in Washington Post.…
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That partly confirms our earlier report that NBC wouldn’t continue XFL telecasts next year (CD March 15 p7). Last Sat. night game on NBC had 2.1 national rating, and viewers have decreased weekly from high 9.5 rating for opening game in Feb. Ratings last 2 weeks are reported to be lowest-ever national audience for any Big 4 network prime-time program. XFL rating is meager 1.6 when combined with Sun. XFL games on Viacom’s UPN and TNN.