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Mike and the Mad Dog show (Not Done!) (2 Viewers)

The increasingly frosty relationship between Mike Francesa and syndication partner Fox Sports 1 is back in the headlines. Francesa has been MIA on FS1 airwaves this week as he has been preempted by European soccer Tuesday-Thursday and today, NASCAR qualifying. Four out of five days this week Francesa has not been seen on Fox Sports 1.

The pope has not been shy about voicing his frustration with the preemption situation. Either he’s been bumped from Fox Sports entirely or the majority of his show has been relegated to the poorly distributed, lightly watched Fox Sports 2. The situation is ugly and getting uglier.

Francesa’s show is supposed to be scheduled to air from 1-5 PM ET on Fox Sports 1 and from 5-6:30 on Fox Sports 2. The days that actually happens are few and far between. The reason why is obvious – whatever replaces Francesa does infinitely better in the ratings.

Over the course of the last month, since August 25th, The Mike Francesa Show has aired on Fox Sports 1 just seven times out of twenty weekdays. In that span, Francesa’s replacement programming has outrated him by almost a 3-1 margin.

Last Month’s Ratings

Mike Francesa Show on FS1: 40k average viewers

Preemption Programming: 111k average viewers

For live events like Champions League soccer or NASCAR practice, the disparity is much, much greater. This week Francesa’s Monday show averaged 54,000 viewers. The Champions League game on Tuesday (Borussia Dortmund-Arsenal) drew 316,000. That’s almost a 6-1 margin. Manchester City-Bayern Munich was seen by 221,000 viewers. Given Francesa’s much-publicized disdain for soccer, it has to be a doubly embarrassing scenario. The most-watched program on FS1 afternoons in the last month is actually a NASCAR practice session from Atlanta on August 29th that reached 354,000 viewers.

The numbers state the obvious – the relationship between Mike Francesa and Fox Sports 1 has not worked. Fox dropped Francesa’s heavily promoted live audience show when he did the ice bucket challenge this summer and he’s been relegated to FS2 on big news days, like LeBron James announcing his return to Cleveland. Quite frankly, it’s only a matter of time before the lawyers on both sides find a way out of the contract to put this matter behind them. One would expect that to happen much sooner rather than later.

Revisionist history aside, it was always a bit of a fool’s errand to think that a New York radio host could reach a national audience. While Francesa might be a draw in New York and a “viral sensation” in the blogosphere due to his prank callers and #MongoNation, that doesn’t translate to sports fans in Chicago caring about the Mets and Yankees.

Radio simulcasts are all the rage to fill hours of programming voids on sports networks all over the place. They’re inexpensive, live, and easy to put on the air. But live events will always take precedence. Live events will always outrate radio simulcasts and should always take priority. If Francesa and his people could tolerate that and being the default option when live sports aren’t taking place, then maybe this arrangement could have succeeded. Given Francesa’s ego and how many times he’s been preempted by sports he cares nothing about, there was really no other realistic outcome than what we’re seeing play out right now. A crash and burn.
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Heard this gem as I got in my truck Friday, i believe he was talking about the Ravens owner or Goodell. 'He lied, he lied, he uhhhhhh, mmmmmmm, uhhhhhh, he uhhhhh, he didn't tell the truth."

 
Listened to his Sunday show driving to the stadium. Got in a fight with Nance and wouldn't let him talk. And Nance was making a good point.

He has definitely lost a few steps since I listened to him and doggy regularly.

 
Yankee23Fan said:
Listened to his Sunday show driving to the stadium. Got in a fight with Nance and wouldn't let him talk. And Nance was making a good point..
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That conversation made me think of this thread. It was barely a fight, though, because Mike wouldn't let him talk. Maybe he got some flak because he came back after commercial and said Jim knows he can come back any time to talk about it. He can come back tomorrow if he wants.

 
Raider Nation said:
17seconds said:
QuizGuy66 said:
The stuff of RN's nightmares:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwDCqmPHth8

-QG
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Lips moving while tuna was saying his lines was a nice touch
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:lmao: :lmao:

Great catch. I was too busy vomiting after the closeup of Tubby's mouth.
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Thought that was going to be your new avatar, RN :)

1980s local cable commercial directorial skills never cease to amaze. Somebody actually thought that was a good way to start off a commercial :lmao:

-QG

 
Holy crap...holy crap...Sol Rosenberg just crank called Mike. I'm shaking. No 20 seconds will ever be that perfect.

RN, you gotta get this up on the youtubes stat.

 
shadyridr said:
Raider Nation said:
shadyridr said:
http://ianoconnor.blogspot.com/2011/06/from-captain-journey-of-derek-jeter.html
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"The assignment of a single-digit jersey was no small matter in Yankeedom."Pffffffftttttt....... See the list of players above who wore it before Jeter.
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it sounded like according to that story it was a Buck showalter thing. Everyone knows what a stickler for details showalter was. All those guys played before showalter.
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Yup - and based on the list that wore 2 it was a shortstop number for the years before Buck. Now was Jeter mindful of all the single digit retired Yankees? I'm sure he was. Surely a lot of that goes on the manager and general manager too - look at the string of guys that wore #3 after the Babe.

-QG

 
Mike said today, "There's a reason QBs throw for 400 yards in the NFL. They are always behind. They usually lose when they do that."

I was immediately skeptical. Sure enough, "Of the 296 times a quarterback has earned 400 passing yards, only 53% have resulted in a win: 156 wins, 136 losses, 4 ties." Wikipedia.

I know what he is going to say when I call (if I can get through tomorrow). He will say that he meant lately since the percentage is 39% since 2006. Of course, he'd be right if he said that originally, but he didn't. He's the king of misinformation.

 
Not sure why people call. It's got to be tedious as hell to keep redialing, then wait on hold, then make your point until he feels like dumping the call, then he tells the audience you're an idiot and you can't defend yourself.

 
Why would I not call that miserable *******? He makes himself look dumber and more bitter with every jerk comment he makes. It's more about getting him going than anything else.

When someone said that Luck wasn't the best player in the league yesterday (or the day before) he literally called the guy stupid because he wasn't aware that he was so mobile. "What's the next stupid thing you're going to say?" What an #######. That's why I call. Also, I sometimes get bored.

 
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