Perhaps they were misinformed by the liberal news media obsessing to have them as guests, but as great as the victory in France might be, the high-charged egos might need a bit of humility before they get to the swamp in Washington, DC.
So, hold on Women’s World Cup Soccer champions, you were good but
not that good when it came to actual television ratings, which mean everything
in politics. You may be receiving the
VIP treatment from NYC which was well earned for your play, but your adoration
from the liberal television networks and Democrats is a bit over the cliff.
America may not be ready to hand over the keys to the White House
just yet, nor can Nancy Pelosi or AOC promise you any action on your causes
because they cannot deliver anything without the approval of a Republican
Senate and Republican President.
You are the pride of the pitch but do not let the progressive, liberal
news media or politicians hoodwink you, they are still far on the outside of
power looking in. I suspect you might be
caught up in the adoration which was well deserved for your play on the field
but your demands for change have little chance for success without the help of
the dastardly GOP.
Here are a few facts regarding the relative power of the performance
of the team.
The Netherlands saw record figures,
with 5.5 million people, or 88 percent of the viewing public, tuning in to
watch their side go down 2-0 to Team USA.
The United States' 2-0 victory over
the Netherlands, its second straight title and fourth overall, on Sunday
delivered an average of 13.98 million viewers on Fox.
Streaming added an average minute
audience of 289,000 (a 400 percent increase over 2015), bringing the total to
14.27 million on Fox Sports platforms. Telemundo added 1.6 million viewers —
the most ever for a Women's World Cup match on a Spanish-language network — for
a total of 15.87 million on all platforms.
Sunday's broadcast, which aired at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m.
PT, is down considerably (almost ten million) from that of the 2015 final. That
match is the most-watched in Women's World Cup history in the U.S. with 25.4
million viewers on all platforms.
The U.S. audience for this year's final is third
all-time for Women's World Cup games, behind the 2015 final and the final match
of 1999 (18 million).
What does it all mean?
The population of the Netherlands
is 17.08 million (2017), which means 32.2% of the nation’s entire
population was tuned in.
The population of the US is 327.2 million
(2018), which means just 4.2% of the entire US population was tuned in
on television.
For comparison purposes, the 2019 Super
Bowl drew a TV audience of 98.7 million viewers, which was the smallest
audience in eleven years. Still it was
seven times more than the World Cup finals.
As for the President you seem inclined
to reject, Donald Trump’s inauguration ratings were the second-highest in 36
years, according to Nielsen. The
swearing-in of the 45th president in 2017 was seen by 30.6 million viewers.
Even more ominous, the President’s State
of the Union address - TV Ratings: 46.8 million watched
Trump’s 2019 State of the Union, up slightly from
46.79 million in 2018.
Soccer team appearances on Rachel
Maddow (MSNBC) and CNN, the liberal bastions of cable news, might not help much. The June ratings tell the truth.
As for the Top 5 cable news shows, June was a lot like
last year, with the exception of Tucker Carlson moving up to the second slot
previously held by Dems debate co-moderator Rachel Maddow. Other than
Tucker’s uptick, everyone else in the Top 5 took a little hit, with the final
tally being Hannity - Fox (3.2
million), Tucker Carlson Tonight -
Fox (2.8 million), The Rachel
Maddow Show - MSNBC (2.5 million), The Ingraham
Angle - Fox (2.4 million) and The Five -
Fox (2.3 million).
Then there was lowly CNN. Down 18% in both total day and primetime
viewership from Q2 2018, not a single one of the Warner Media-owned net’s shows
made it into the cable news Top 20. Cuomo Prime
Time was the most watched CNN show, sitting at No. 25 among
cable news offerings.
Did I mention Trump got over 62 million votes for president and has 61 million followers on Twitter? That is reality.
That is the truth.
