Feb 9, 03:03 AM
Commercial Breakdown/Driver Focus Summary Report for the 2009 Sprint Cup Season
Posted by Cheryl Walker under Racing Article
Statistics need no introduction; they speak for themselves. These were culminated from my 2009 Commercial Breakdowns/Driver Focus Reports for the 2009 season.
Total number of commercials per network:
Fox (14 races): 1,836
TNT (6 races): 654
ESPN (6 races): 767
ABC (11 races): 1,253
SPEED (2 races): 183
Total for all networks: 4,693
Total number of minutes of race broadcast to minutes of commercial times per network:
Fox (14 races): 3,297 total (2,466 race/831 commercial)
TNT (6 races): 1,230 total (924 race/306 commercial)
ESPN (6 races): 1,488 total (1,160 race/328 commercial)
ABC (11 races): 2,408 total: (1,864 race/544 commercial)
SPEED (2 races): 421 total: (319 race/102 commercial)
Total for all networks: 8,844 (6733 race/2,111 commercial)
Total number of times that companies that sponsored commercials during race broadcasts were shown over the racing season:
Fox (14 races): 873
TNT (6 races): 335
ESPN (6 races): 412
ABC (11 races): 658
SPEED (2 races): 96
Total number of promos during race broadcasts and the number of minutes they were seen:
Fox (14 races): 898 (2 hrs. 49 min.)
TNT (6 races): 212 (52 minutes 40 sec.) **
ESPN (6 races): 194 (26 min. 15 sec.)
ABC (11 races): 305 (1 hr. 15 sec.)
SPEED (2 races): 35 (6 min. 35 sec.)
**This number is high due to TNT’s ‘Wide Open Coverage’ of the Coke Zero 400 race, where commercials are shown on a split-screen with the race broadcast.
Number of missed restarts per network:
Fox (14 races): 4
TNT (6 races): 0
ESPN (6 races): 1
ABC (11 races): 1
SPEED (2 races): 1
Total for all networks: 7
Number of ‘mystery cautions’:
Fox (14 races): 5
TNT (6 races): 8
ESPN (6 races): 2
ABC (11 races): 15
SPEED (2 races): 0
Total: 30
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