San Jose Mercury News · Sep 5, 2019
‘Hard Knocks’: We’re the Raiders a hit — or flop?
Too much AB? Antonio Brown was a “Hard Knocks” star, but did viewers tire of his antics?So was “Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Oakland Raiders” a big hit for HBO — or flop?
It probably depends on who you ask.
The annual fly-on-the-wall series produced by NFL Films finished its five-week run on Tuesday with mixed reviews from fans, TV critics and NFL observers. As for the audience, HBO and Nielsen report that an estimated 749,000 viewers watched the finale — a 13 percent increase over the previous week’s audience of 664,000.
