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re: Wake Up Barstool is trending towards being one of the lowest rated shows in FS1 history

Posted on 9/19/25 at 4:58 pm to
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 9/19/25 at 4:58 pm to
Well he's getting paid no matter what and I don't think their contract is getting pulled anytime soon regardless of ratings
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
55300 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 4:59 pm to
Did they reuse the set from Best Damn Sports Show Period?
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
31976 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:01 pm to
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I don’t but those ratings are depths of hell bad. There’s no spinning it as “no one watches a morning sports show.”

It's about the social media clips. The ones you see on Facebook, Instagram. Etc. Those are the views that pay. Dana White has perfected this method with his business model
This post was edited on 9/19/25 at 5:02 pm
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
Member since Oct 2011
47418 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:13 pm to
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Barstool is past their prime and the ratings prove it.

TV ratings prove nothing about Barstool. Barstool has always been online not TV. They’re bigger than ever on social.

Fox is trying to get online presence although I’m not sure how exactly this show helps that. Not exactly sure why Barstool wants a TV presence either. Not their bread and butter and don’t think there’s any real crossover potential.
This post was edited on 9/19/25 at 5:14 pm
Posted by LSBoosie
Member since Jun 2020
16401 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:18 pm to
What numbers was the show that was in that time slot before doing? Having a show targeted at males in the 20-35 age range starting at 6am ET doesn't sound like a great idea in general. Also, comparing it to First Take is just ignorant.
Posted by Jebadeb
Member since Oct 2017
5628 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:19 pm to
How does one even get FS1?

The only way I would watch is replay on YouTube or something. Saying this as someone who listened to Tbob on the radio most morning for years.
Posted by hg
Member since Jun 2009
127204 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:26 pm to
I highly doubt Barstool cares
Posted by AHM21
Member since Feb 2008
29802 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:35 pm to
You’re right. Their audience is clamoring to watch Portnoy review bookstores.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
78074 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:47 pm to
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What numbers was the show that was in that time slot before doing?

Breakfast Balls' ratings were awful but still better by like 10K viewers. First Things First is the only show they've created from the ground up that's succeeded.
Posted by PP7 for heisman
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2011
8686 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:55 pm to
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Barstool sucks and it’s fans are the lowest common denominator that are easily humored by dumb shite.

Wake up Barstool is not the Barstool instagram or twitter page that most of you know Barstool as. It's a good show that is outpacing it's predecessors in the same time slot on everything but cable.
Posted by GeauxPanthers2
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member since Dec 2024
882 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 6:06 pm to
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Who wakes up and watches any tv show in the morning these days?

Liberals
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
14774 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 6:08 pm to
I’ve always heard any ratings lower than 100k viewers is basically zero. They are just guessing at the real numbers because they are so low.

Surely a few people are tuning in, but it’s no guarantee, especially with numbers that low.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
35754 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 6:15 pm to
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I'd say in general Barstool is tanking. Their content is just bad. They lose their best talent and haven't come close to replacing them well. I don't know a single person that watches all their crap anymore.


Their demo from 2012 has aged out, but some of their gen Z shite is huge. That Briana girl who used to date Zach Bryan is like famous famous
Posted by Honkus
Member since Aug 2005
56155 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 6:28 pm to
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Who wakes up and watches any tv show in the morning these days?


Give me Tingle and Co. 5 days a week over those no talent arse clowns
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
287652 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 6:29 pm to
Any show like this needs an antagonist
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
64154 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 6:30 pm to
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That Briana girl who used to date Zach Bryan is like famous famous


She's a has been at this point. She had a big falling out with her best friend and her podcast with Dave Portnoy and Josh whatever his last name is got cancelled.
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
31976 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 6:32 pm to
Barstool being limited to what they can say on TV also probably holds them back. Brandon Walker getting pissed and arguing with TBob does great online but you get the PG version on television
Posted by Tifway419
Member since Sep 2022
1569 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 7:04 pm to
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Who wakes up and watches any tv show in the morning these days?
It was an option on a flight I took this week and turned it on to see T-Bob, and it wasn’t terrible. If I had no interest in T-Bob, I wouldn’t have tuned in. I did enjoy the segment they had of the Tulane FB Coach.
Posted by John Casey
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2016
3620 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 7:14 pm to
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Breakfast Balls' ratings were awful but still better by like 10K viewers.


I think they are conceding that nothing will really work in that TV timeslot and with TV show being bad, may as well go for something that will do numbers on social media or YouTube.
Posted by John Casey
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2016
3620 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 7:19 pm to
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They lose their best talent and haven't come close to replacing them well.


Hard to keep the talent around when gambling companies throw absurd amounts of money at them for not much at all.
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