2010 Versus TV-ratings are up

Sunday's F-1 race on Fox garnered a 0.9 rating.

That is higher than any Indy Car race this year expect the Indy 500!

So now you have a Series with No American Drivers, No American Teams and No American Race Beating the US's "Premier" formula car series.

Something has to be done......FAST!

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Originally Posted by chuck34

You believe what you want to for everything to be right in you little doom and gloom world.

Now I remember why I steered clear of you ratings threads. I thought that maybe after a year you would be able to have a civil conversation about what's the real numbers etc. But I guess I was wrong. I won't make that mistake again.

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come on chuck you took a second swipe at me a few posts back...and I'm the one whose not cival?

and your not smart enough to pay enough attention to the flow of a thread... who said what when etc...

your right.....dont join a discussion if your not going to pay attention

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Originally Posted by SarahFan

come on chuck you took a second swipe at me a few posts back...and I'm the one whose not cival?

and your not smart enough to pay enough attention to the flow of a thread... who said what when etc...

your right.....dont join a discussion if your not going to pay attention

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That's class. When did I take a swipe at you? Never ment to, if your little feelings got hurt then I'm sorry, or maybe not.

You really can't take anyone questioning anything you do or say can you? You MUST be right all the time. Even your posts can not be questioned. If someone doesn't quite understand EXACTLY what you are saying, then it MUST be THEIR fault because the great and all mighty Ken MUST be right 100% of the time.

Get over yourself. And don't expect any further response from me. I don't like to give attention to people as "classy" as you.

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Originally Posted by SarahFan

come on chuck you took a second swipe at me a few posts back...and I'm the one whose not cival?

and your not smart enough to pay enough attention to the flow of a thread... who said what when etc...

your right.....dont join a discussion if your not going to pay attention

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Originally Posted by chuck34

That's class. When did I take a swipe at you? Never ment to, if your little feelings got hurt then I'm sorry, or maybe not.

You really can't take anyone questioning anything you do or say can you? You MUST be right all the time. Even your posts can not be questioned. If someone doesn't quite understand EXACTLY what you are saying, then it MUST be THEIR fault because the great and all mighty Ken MUST be right 100% of the time.

Get over yourself. And don't expect any further response from me. I don't like to give attention to people as "classy" as you.

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Ok Girls...Back on topic.




So. If somebody had told you 3 years ago that F1 would get better ratings on TV than a Indy Car race would you have believed him?

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

Ok Girls...Back on topic.




So. If somebody had told you 3 years ago that F1 would get better ratings on TV than a Indy Car race would you have believed him?

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3 years ago.. Maybe

the day they signed with VS.... Ya I would have

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Originally Posted by SarahFan

Rtg (H-holds) Ntwk Race [2009 rtg]

0.4 (411,000) VS Sao Paulo [n/a]
0.6 (???,???) ABC St. Pete rainout show [VS 0.3]
0.4 (310,000) VS Barber [n/a]
0.5 (490,000) VS Long Beach [VS 0.5]
0.7 (???,???) ABC Kansas [VS .15]
3.6 (???,???) ABC Indy 500 [ABC 4.0]
0.3 (518,000) VS Texas [VS .36]

Just so Im clear.....this years texas rating was the lowest rated Versus race this season.... not to mention that it was lower than long beach last year as well as lower than than the texas race last year...

yet it was the most watched race ever on Versus...

color me a little skeptical

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what part of the last line did you struggle with Chuck?

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

So. If somebody had told you 3 years ago that F1 would get better ratings on TV than a Indy Car race would you have believed him?

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F1 is putting on a heck of a show this year.

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Originally Posted by e2mtt

F1 is putting on a heck of a show this year.

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They put on a heck of a show every year.

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Originally Posted by Starter

Nope. Some years are real snoozers. This year is an exception. Last year also to a certain point because of the competitiveness of Jenson and Rubens.

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To each their own.
If anything the later half of 2009 was more exciting than the first 1/2.

Here's how I see the TV ratings improving:

1) Versus and NBC are now under the same tent. Rework the Versus contract to get some non- Indy marquee events on the big channel and schedule them when there's little other competition (like Fox's F1 coverage this past weekend).

2) Keep the Versus announcing booth (with the exception of BJ who I think stinks). Focus on the driver personality angle and start to build relationships with viewers about certain drivers like NASCAR has done.

3) Keep Versus in the fold and help the NHL build the profile by having Comcast advertise on their web site and bills they send home and their Shaq/Ben Stein commercials.

4) Work on getting away as much as possible from ABC/ESPN. Their coverage is horrible. Their announcing team in horrible (although I'd rather listen to Marty than Jerkins). Who on the planet earth wants to here anything out of Eddie Cheever's pie hole ever??? Who??? The ridiculous display at the beginning on the 500 coverage is unforgivable. That stupid, stupid drama about who is a threat to win- featuring Princess Loseagain- left me puking. The coverage of the Conway incident was some of the worst I've ever seen. If I wasn't a die hard, I would never watch this sport again based on the TV coverage that day (I was at the event and ABC in no way portrayed what was going on there).