Submitted by bluenowait t3_11eenzs in television
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Reading_Rainboner t1_jadlksv wrote
Where’s Steph curry when you need him?
The_Lone_Apple t1_jadnjzz wrote
The only time I watch any PGA golf (not this LIV crap) is the back nine on the last day. Just get me to that point and I'll tune in.
andupitt t1_jadr3pn wrote
Shouldn't subpar be a good thing?
mickeyflinn t1_jadrao0 wrote
I don't really see a strong nexus between the target demographic of the CW and Golf.
listyraesder t1_jadvzzo wrote
Midwestern suburbanites?
hung__sheldon t1_jae20ub wrote
You are so incredibly wrong
Buckowski66 t1_jae2wjz wrote
Ok, how so?, I'm hardly a golf expert, educate me.
verrius t1_jae2zu6 wrote
Golf isn't a mainstream sport. The only reason broadcast even cares about it is its a small audience that's very, very lucrative to target advertising at, since they're willing to throw lots of money away at random luxury goods. So viewing numbers are pretty much always going to be terrible for it; most people don't care, and if anything despise the sport.
Dennyisthepisslord t1_jae5bzj wrote
I'll watch an occasional majors final day and the Ryder cup and that's about it. Hating a pretty tame relaxing sport is kinda funny. It's not like it's hard to ignore if it's not for you
verrius t1_jae6fom wrote
As a kid, its very bored dudes looking at fields all day and slowly shuffling around when I'd rather they were showing anything else. It didn't help that "Sunday after cartoons" was prime Golf time.
TimBurtonSucks t1_jae6qz5 wrote
I mean, it's golf
bluenowait OP t1_jaediun wrote
It’s “Golf, but louder”! No joke, that’s their actual slogan
reddig33 t1_jaem63d wrote
CW has different owner now and a different focus. Think “people who watch News Nation”.
monchota t1_jaenvo6 wrote
CW was losing money hand over fist for several years. There demo wasn't watching much either. The CWDC universe lost viewers every year and every new show was a bomb. It's amazing, they were not changed before this.
tapufiniraid t1_jaeqawe wrote
If you pay 40 golfers $3m each to play a tournament and then pay a TV network to broadcast it - and no-one watches, can it still be called sports washing?
mikeymiggz t1_jaewhba wrote
dragonmp93 t1_jaf2g0u wrote
And reruns of shows so old that they were references on Seinfeld.
dragonmp93 t1_jaf2map wrote
Eh, the CW never made money as a network since the second season of Supernatural, it was never their model.
The money came from selling their programming to the local stations and streaming.
dragonmp93 t1_jaf2p1n wrote
So they actually applaud ?
Buckowski66 t1_jadk22m wrote
Was Tiger in it because other then him pretty much everyone under 50 doesn't care about golf. Minuture golf? Now that's a different story