Tiger Woods, a ratings-challenged sports TV industry turns its lonely eyes to you.One of the sports world's greatest all-time TV draws is returning toaction Minnesota Vikings T Shirts as Woods tees it up at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas on Thursday.It will be the 40-year old's first tournamentin nearly 16 months.MORE: The NBC Sports Group is covering Woods' comebacklike it'sthe golfequivalent of a moon landing.Who can blame them? Sports TV ratings have been soft acro s the board this year as networks lost viewers to U.S. presidential election coverage and other draws.The mighty NFL is suffering double-digit ratings drops. That's impacting "Sunday Night Football," the top-rated prime-time program for five years in a row.Overnight Sheldon Richardson Jersey ratings for Sunday night's Chiefs-Broncos 30-27 overtime thriller fell 27 percent last year's Week 12 matchup.So NBC and the Golf Channel are rolling out the A-Team for the PGA Tour-sanctioned Hero World Challenge, a no-cut event played fora $1 million first-place prize at Albany Resort in the Bahamas.MORE: It's an open question as to how much Woods hasleft in the tank afterthree back surgeries and four knee surgeries. There's Rashod Hill Jersey also his after the infamous Thanksgiving car crash in 2009that unleashed a wave of revelations about his extramarital affairs.Woods hasn't won a major since the 2008 U.S. Openwhen he was 32 years old. He hasn't won any tournament since 2013. Last season wasthe first time he hadmi sed all four majors in a single year.But if Woods is healthy, in body and soul, hungry TV viewers will tune in as the 14-time major winner renews his chase of Jack Nicklaus' record 18 profe sional major titles.Nothing's better than watching Tiger on the prowl on Sundays. Golf Channel whet the appetite of viewers for Woods' return with featuring a dozen current and former PGA pros who've teed it up at least once with Woods.The extensive coverage plans Lewis Cine Jersey for Woods' return:Broadcast team: With the exception of Johnny Miller, NBC/Golf Channel will have all of its heavy hitters, including Dan Hicks, David Feherty, Steve Sands, Curt Byrum, Gary Koch, Mark Rolfing, Notah Begay and Jerry Foltz.Thursday-Friday: Golf Channel will air live coverage from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET.Saturday-Sunday: Golf Channel will handle coveragefrom noon to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. NBC will take over from 2:30 to 5 p.m. On Sunday, Golf Channel will cover from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. NBC will takethe call from 1 to 4 p.m.ESPN.com and "SportsCenter" will also be on Greg Joseph Jersey hand in the Bahamas. Senior golf writers Bob Harig and Jason Sobel, and golf analyst Michael Collins, will cover Woods' long-awaited return to tournament action.