Showbiz Sandbox 603: Sports Programming Rules The Ratings In 2022
January 3, 2023
With 2022 now officially over, Nielsen announced the 100 highest rated primetime broadcasts of the year and sports programming dominated the list. Football was a big winner taking the top nine spots. The Oscars telecast was the only non-sports broadcast in the top 31 programs. “60 Minutes,” “NCIS,” “NCIS Hawaii,” “FBI” and other similar fare fill out the list, though sports account for 66 of the 100 slots.
Maybe that’s why YouTube has struck a seven-year, $2 billion per year deal with the NFL for the Sunday Ticket Package. That’s significantly more than what DirecTV was paying for the same deal, and they were losing a fortune offering the package each year.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including another guilty verdict for Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby is planning a stand-up comedy tour and “Avatar: The Way of Water” surpasses $1 billion at the global box office.
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‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Tops $810M Overseas On Way To $1.3B+ Global Through Sunday
https://deadline.com/2022/12/avatar-the-way-of-water-box-office-1-billlion-1235207219/
Box Office: ‘Avatar 2’ Rocks New Years With $86.3M, No Redemption for ‘Babylon’
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/avatar-way-of-water-box-office-new-years-1235289535/
Indonesian Films Race Past Pre-Pandemic Admissions Record; ‘KKN Di Desa Penari’, ‘Satan’s Slaves 2’, Disney Movies Top 2022 Box Office; Theatrical Market Set For Growth
https://deadline.com/2022/12/indonesian-films-record-box-office-kkn-di-desa-penari-satans-slaves-2-disney-1235204953/
Los Angeles Jury Finds Harvey Weinstein Guilty of Rape in Mixed Verdict
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/harvey-weinstein-trial-verdict.html
‘Criminal Minds’ Producers Reach $3-million Settlement In Sexual Harassment Case
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-12-19/criminal-minds-producers-reach-3-million-settlement-in-sexual-harassment-case
F1 Drivers Banned From Making ‘Political Statements’ Without Permission
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/20/f1-drivers-banned-from-making-political-statements-without-permission
Sherlock Holmes Enters The Public Domain — Here Are The Other Works Free To Use In 2023
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2023/01/01/sherlock-holmes-enters-the-public-domain—here-are-the-other-works-free-to-use-in-2023/
YouTube Paying Roughly $2 Billion a Year for NFL Sunday Ticket
https://www.wsj.com/articles/youtube-cements-its-tv-shift-with-nfl-sunday-ticket-deal-11671711836
Top 100 Telecasts of 2022: ‘Yellowstone’ Rules, Oscars Recover, NFL Dominates and Amazon Makes History
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/top-rated-shows-2022-yellowstone-ncis-oscars-fbi-super-bowl-1235475629/
Barbara Walters, a First Among TV Newswomen, Is Dead at 93
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/business/media/barbara-walters-dead.html
Terry Hall Dies: Frontman For Seminal British Ska Band The Specials Was 63
https://deadline.com/2022/12/terry-hall-dead-the-specials-lead-singer-obit-1235203022/
James J. Murakami, Emmy-Winning Art Director on ‘Deadwood,’ Dies at 91
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/james-murakami-dead-changeling-deadwood-clint-eastwood-1235286950/
Thom Bell Dies: Grammy-Winning Producer And Architect Of “The Sound Of Philadelphia” Was 79
https://deadline.com/2022/12/thom-bell-dead-grammy-winning-producer-architect-of-the-sound-of-philadelphia-was-79-1235205450/
Bill Pence, Original Telluride Co-Founder, Has Died at 82
https://www.indiewire.com/2022/12/bill-pence-telluride-founder-dead-1234795101/
Anita Pointer, of the Pointer Sisters, Dead at 74
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/anita-pointer-sisters-dead-obituary-1234654976/
Mike Hodges, British Director of ‘Get Carter,’ ‘Croupier,’ Dies at 90
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/mike-hodges-dead-get-carter-croupier-1235466719/
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