TV's "biggest property" -- the NFL -- might have "hit a ceiling in commercial prices, at least for now," according to Jeanine Poggi of AD AGE. After two years of "price hikes" for a 30-second spot on NBC's "SNF," those increases have "stalled this season." Advertisers are "paying $665,677 on average for a 30-second spot in the broadcast, about $30,000 less than the $699,602 advertisers paid last year." Still, "SNF" remains "by far the most expensive TV show for advertisers (excluding Fox's late-national NFL games on Sunday afternoons, which are not technically in prime time and average over $700,000 a pop)." The "TNF" package on Fox has experienced the "same lull as Sunday nights." Advertisers are "paying $434,078 on average for a commercial" on "TNF," compared with about $550,000 for the games on CBS and NBC last year. During the '17-18 TV season, "TNF" across CBS and NBC "tied for second place among broadcast's most expensive shows, again deadlocked for No. 2, this time with NBC's 'This Is Us'" (ADAGE.com, 10/2).
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NET
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PROGRAM
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DAY/TIME (ET)
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'18 PRICE
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'17 PRICE
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% CHANGE
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NBC
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"Sunday Night Football"
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Sunday 8:00pm
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$655,677
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$699,602
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-5%
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Fox
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"Thursday Night Football"
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Thursday 8:00pm
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$434,078
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n/a
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n/a
|
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ABC
|
College football
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Saturday 8:00pm
|
$92,936
|
$97,004
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-4%
|
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Fox
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College football
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Saturday 8:00pm
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$67,277
|
$82,599
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-19%
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