COMMENTARY
The Patriots haven’t been sending many self-congratulatory emails about the team breaking any Nielsen TV ratings lately. I doubt Sunday morning’s 9:30 start is going to aid any in that department.
For most of us, the Patriots will always be appointment viewing. We remember Sunday afternoon network blackouts and still have a morsel of PTSD every time the network switches to the local feed. Sunday morning? Saturday night? The Patriots are playing on the moon? What time? Odds are, unless there’s an ill-timed indoor soccer match on your family’s calendar (by the way, we need to have this discussion with too many youth leagues in this state), we’ll be watching.