Sunday night’s Lions/Saints game in primetime on WDSU was the 2nd most-watched program of the year and 7th most-watched program since New Orleans started using the overnight meter ratings system.*
The household share (percentage of televisions tuned into a certain program) was 70.3.
What I want to know is what the other 30 percent were up to Sunday night?
*WDSU Research Department
Here are today’s front pages from New Orleans and Detroit. Detroit’s papers aren’t much to see — the Detroit Free Press mentions the Lions in a box in the left sidebar page while the Detroit News mentions it on the front page banner. Win or lose, the T-P always blows up the Saints on the front page.
Here’s a sampling of some headlines the day after the Saints pounded the Giants on Monday Night Football.
Former Saints safety and five-time Pro Bowler Darren Sharper will join WDSU’s ‘Saints on 6′ coverage, beginning with Monday night’s home game against the New York Giants.
Sharper joins sports anchors Fletcher Mackel and Chris Miles and former Saints head coach Jim Mora (and me, reporting from the field) for our pregame and postgame shows.
Sharper is a free-agent who is expected to retire from the NFL in the not-too-distant future. After signing a one-year deal with the Saints for the 2009 season, Sharper had one of his most prolific years as a pro. He intercepted nine passes and returned three for touchdowns.
Sharper had micro-fracture surgery after the Super Bowl and spent the 2010 campaign in New Orleans as a backup while missing several games because of injuries.
Saints fans stand out when it comes to tweeting.
Engineers from Rice University and Motorola Mobility are monitoring each NFL team this season in the Twitterverse.
The results? The Dallas Cowboys are the top-tweeted team during games, followed by the Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints.
Saints fans tweet about nine times per second during games.
Green Bay, WI – What a day. It started at 8:00 Sunday morning and ended around 11:00. We flew from New Orleans to Chicago to Milwaukee (14 minutes on that last flight), then drove to Green Bay. We got settled in at the Packer Plex, shot something for the morning news and did our 10 p.m. live shot.
Now it’s time to take a break.
The Packer Plex is quite a place. It is decked out with Packers’ paraphernalia literally from top to bottom. Everything — pillow cases, toilet seat covers, sheets, comforters, clocks, carpet and more.
For the next several days, I’ll be looking for fun and unique things to report on around Green Bay. Sports anchor Chris Miles will cover the Packers. We’ll be live at 4, 5, 6 & 10 until Thursday. On game day, our pre game show runs from 2-6 p.m., then we’ll have post game reaction from the locker room.
Check back here for updates throughout the week.
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Kicker Morten Andersen’s 13-year run with the New Orleans Saints came to an unceremonious end when he was cut by the team following the 1994 season. Andersen then shocked everyone by signing with the rival Atlanta Falcons the day after the Saints cut him loose. Andersen ended up kicking eight seasons in Atlanta, one with the Giants and two with the Chiefs. He retired in 2008 and was inducted into the Saints Hall of Fame in 2009.
During our ‘Saints on 6′ pregame show Sunday night, former Saints head coach Jim Mora talked about his decision to release one of the most popular players in franchise history…and was very refreshingly candid about it.
Arnie Fielkow
New Orleans City Council Vice President Arnie Fielkow announced today in a statement that he is resigning from the City Council, effective Oct. 1. He says he has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of the National Basketball Retired Players Association.
[Read Fielkow's full statement HERE]
Fielkow, who arrived in New Orleans nearly 12 years ago as a New Orleans Saints executive, admits he “dearly missed” the sports field and made today’s announcement “with a mixture of both joy and sorrow.” He is widely credited for saving the Saints in a time of huge uncertainty following Hurricane Katrina.
Fielkow says he has been both honored and privileged to serve the people of New Orleans.
“I continue to be awed each and every day by the resiliency, courage and passion of New Orleanians, and, under the leadership of Mayor Landrieu and the city council, have no doubt that New Orleans will soar in the future,” Fielkow said.
In his new position, Fielkow says he will work on initiatives around the globe designed to enhance the quality of life for all former NBA, ABA and Harlem Globetrotters’ players.
A special election will be held this fall to replace Fielkow. In the interim, someone will be appointed by the Council.
Former Saint Mike McKenzie stopped by WDSU on Friday and showed off his Super Bowl XLIV hardware.
Who do you think Reggie listens to before a game to get pumped up? Watch the video to find out…and you may be surprised.
Not much was made of this play, but during the replay it was pretty clear Ben Obomanu made the catch and a “football move” before the ball was dislodged by Jabari Greer. The pass was ruled incomplete and Saints head coach Sean Payton looked incensed. But because the pass was ruled incomplete, Payton couldn’t challenge it.
The Saints/Seahawks wild card playoff game will be broadcast on WDSU. Kickoff is 3:30, but we’ll have THREE HOURS of Countdown to Kickoff coverage leading up to NBC’s coverage at 3:00.
I’ll be in-studio with our analysts John Fourcade, Brad Edelman and Tyrone Hughes, while sports anchors Fletcher Mackel and Keli Fulton are live from Qwest Field in Seattle.
The NFL released its team schedules this afternoon (without dates). The Saints catch a break from the schedule-maker by not winning the division.
Home: Atlanta, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Detroit, N.Y. Giants, Houston and Indianapolis.
Away: Atlanta, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Green Bay, Minnesota, St. Louis, Jacksonville and Tennessee.
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