The AFL on NBC saw only one week this year with higher ratings than in 2004. Aside from that week 16 increase, ratings were either down or flat when compared with the comparable weeks coverage last year. For more on the AFLs recently concluded 2005 regular season, see AFL wants to focus on moving ratings needle.
| | Avg. rating/share |
Week | Date (2005) | 2005 | 2004 | Change |
1 | Jan. 30 | 1.3/3 | NA | NA |
| Jan. 30 | 1.7/4 | 2.1/5 | -19.0% |
2 | Feb. 6 | 1.2/3 | 1.7/4 | -29.4% |
3 | Feb. 13 | 1.1/2 | 1.4/3 | -21.4% |
4 | Feb. 20 | 1.1/3 | 1.5/4 | -26.7% |
5 | Feb. 27 | 1.1/2 | 1.2/3 | -8.3% |
6 | March 6 | 1.0/3 | 1.0/3 | 0.0% |
7 | March 13 | 1.0/3 | 1.0/3 | 0.0% |
8 | March 20 | 0.9/2 | 1.0/3 | -10.0% |
9 | March 27 | No games televised | | |
10 | April 3 | 0.7/2 | 0.7/2 | 0.0% |
11 | April 10 | 0.7/2 | 0.8/2 | -12.5% |
12 | April 17 | NA | 1.0/3 | NA |
| | 0.6/2 | 0.7/2 | -14.3% |
13 | April 24 | 0.7/2 | 0.7/2 | 0.0% |
14* | May 1 | 0.7/2 | 0.7/2 | 0.0% |
15 | May 8 | 0.7/2 | 0.8/2 | -12.5% |
16* | May 15 | 1.0/3 | 0.9/2 | 11.1% |
17 | May 22 | 0.7/2 | 0.9/2 | -22.2% |
SEASON | 1.0/3 | 1.1/3 | -9.10% |
NA: Not applicable; no comparable doubleheader game was broadcast.
* 2004 coverage was regional while 2005 coverage was national.
Research by Katherine Johnson-Reid, SportsBusiness Daily
Sources: NBC, SportsBusiness Daily archives