Stanley Cup Game 7 Ratings Were Impressive
1-liner, NHL June 15th. 2009, 11:45amNHL Ratings: “… the 7.51 million average represented an enormous gain for a hockey telecast in the U.S. On Thursday, Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals attracted 16 million viewers on ABC — meaning the N.H.L. telecast drew almost half the viewership of the most recent N.B.A. telecast. Traditionally, N.H.L. games draw a TV audience only one-third to one-quarter the size of the N.B.A.’s.” Someone emailed us the hourly breakdown, and it started at 5.78 million at 8 pm, rose to 7.27 million at 9 pm, and at 10:30 the audience swelled to 9.07 million. (NYT)
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June 15th, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Imagine how much the ratings will increase when Sidney Crosby signs a free agent contract with the Rangers.
/LeBron’d
June 15th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Considering the entire country of Canada probably watched as well, as well as a lot of people in Europe, not too bad.
June 15th, 2009 at 12:00 PM
NHL is creepin’ back.
June 15th, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Good work hockey. It’s about time.
Are we going to see a return to Hockey Night in America?
I’m attempting to watch this soccer match. I still don’t get the rules but I’m learning. The pace is slow but at least there is scoring.
June 15th, 2009 at 12:10 PM
HA-KEY!
June 15th, 2009 at 12:20 PM
quite similar to hockey rules really, fundamentally at least.
June 15th, 2009 at 12:35 PM
That’s great… now get hockey back on ESPN and then they can start building something. Versus is horrible. If ESPN had a drunken night of sex with Spike TV, then Versus would be the result.
June 15th, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Game 7 Stanley Cup Finals > Game 5 NBA Finals.
/still waiting on the live thread for the US v Italy and the UFC 99 Report Card from CRM.
June 15th, 2009 at 1:05 PM
I know that I got into the final series and I am not a hockey fan at all. I thought it looked great in HD.
June 15th, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Listening to the Pens victory parade speeches now – what a great year for sports in western PA.
June 15th, 2009 at 1:31 PM
worst thing the league could do.
June 15th, 2009 at 1:54 PM
I’m a casual fan at best, but once I turned on Game 7, I couldn’t stop watching. But you couldn’t pay me to watch a regular season game unless it was a major rivalry.
Not sure how the money would work out, but the NHL might be better off going with a network that will promote the hell out of them, then putting their absolute best on a major net.
June 15th, 2009 at 2:06 PM
now get hockey back on ESPN
worst thing the league could do.</em
NHL renewed w/ Versus & NBC last week
@BFF: tyduffy said he was going to Italy for two weeks. Email him to do one