The ol' CFL double standard at work yet again. Johnny "Canadian" Football's debut (for one of the worst teams in recent memory) gets a very solid 730k total eyeballs (TSN/RDS) but it doesn't meet the imaginary "expectations"
And the huge Saskatchewan number is conveniently downplayed to the supposed Manziel "failure"
TSN ratings for Manziel’s debut fall short of expectations
Drew Edwards 3downnation August 7, 2018
While Johnny Manziel may have posted a big TV number for ESPN in the United States – relative to their usual audience – the ratings in Canada were far less impressive.
Manziel’s debut as the starting quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last Friday drew just 575,200 viewers for TSN. According to the CFL, another 155,000 people watched on RDS.
While the TSN audience was almost 13 per cent higher than the league average through the first seven weeks of the season, it is far less than the massive number most people were anticipating.
It wasn’t even the most-watched CFL game of the week. Saskatchewan’s matchup with Edmonton on Thursday evening did a huge 907,800 on TSN making it the top-rated game of the season by a wide margin.
Week 8 TSN English-language ratings
Thursday
Ottawa at Toronto: 428,000
Thursday
Saskatchewan at Edmonton: 907,800
Friday
Hamilton at Montreal: 730,000 (575,200 TSN plus 155,000 RDS)
Saturday
B.C. at Calgary: 462,700