TV ratings for game 3?
thought some of you may be interested in this.
"VERSUS, the exclusive cable television home of the National Hockey League (NHL), garnered a 2.6 national HH rating and averaged 2,955,348 viewers for its Game 3 telecast of the 2009 Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday, June 2, with the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-2 defeat over the Detroit Red Wings at Mellon Arena. The game, which peaked at a 3.5 HH rating between 10:15 and 10:30 p.m., was the highest-rated and most-watched Stanley Cup Final game on cable since 2002. VERSUS, for the 8:00-10:45 p.m. time period, was the most-viewed cable network in the country and the top-rated network overall (broadcast and cable) among all key male demos.
The 2.6 national HH rating is the best rating ever in the history of the network, beating both Lance Armstrong’s final ride (7/24/05) and Game 5 between the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks in the Conference Finals (5/27/09) which both earned a 2.1 HH rating. Among average viewers, the Game 3 telecast topped the network’s previous high set during Game 2 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final (2,608,371). VERSUS’ Game 3 telecast showed a 37-percent increase in HH rating (2.6 vs 1.9) and 19-percent growth (2,955,348 vs 2,479,977) in average viewership over the average of Games 1 and 2 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final between the Red Wings and Penguins.
Locally, VERSUS garnered a 15.1 HH rating in Detroit and a 26.1 HH rating in Pittsburgh, making VERSUS the top-rated network (broadcast and cable) for the time period in both markets. VERSUS was also a top 5 cable network for the time period in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington, DC and Philadelphia, among others.
VERSUS entered the 2009 Stanley Cup Final with tremendous momentum based on ratings and viewership gains in the regular season and through each round of the playoffs. The network’s coverage of the 2009 Conference Final round was the highest-rated third round on cable since 1998 with HH ratings up 25 percent and average viewership up 30 percent from 2008. The third-round growth came on the heels of VERSUS airing the highest-rated Conference Semifinals on cable since 1997 and seeing 32-percent viewership growth in that round, 22-percent viewership growth in the Conference Quarterfinals and a 21-percent increase in viewership during the regular season."
This is a big step for the NHL. How do you think the ratings for game 4 will be going up against game 1 of the NBA?
Bob- This is the only night where there is a conflict. The NBA is skipping 2 nights so their Game 2 is Sunday.
Bob- This is the only night where there is a conflict. The NBA is skipping 2 nights so their Game 2 is Sunday.
James- I would watch the NBA if it was tomorrow night, but they have it on the same night as the NHL, so I will not be watching.
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those ratings are inaccurate because theey dont account for all the people watching the broadcast online illegally( like me)
The only thing that will bring down game 4 is the game being on versus. If the game was on NBC the NBA would get killed in the ratings.
As long I get to watch the NHL I don’t care about ratings. As far as I’m concerned Basketball is a sissy sport PERIOD.
The NHL will get a 0.1 rating thanks to the NBA. If only hockey would let in black people. But I guess they’re too scared the black players would rough up all them Europeans and Canadians.
Read it yesterday……..The NBA would have to have some negative effect on the ratings I would think.
Makes one wonder……..why the hell wouldn’t they (BOTH leagues) run their games on separate nights….NHL tonight, NBA tomorrow, NHL Saturday, NBA Sunday and keep playing every second night???????????
You would think that NEITHER would want to compete against the other because they BOTH lose viewers.
That’s good news. No question that the NBA will draw better ratings, but among those few that watch both the NHL and NBA, I think hockey has the better match-up this year, plus this is a pivotal game for Pittsburgh.
That’s good news for the game, indeed. I wonder how much of it comes from the constant drumbeat of Crosby Crosby Crosby Crosby Crosby from the NHL and the networks. I’m sick of it, but I guess if it helps the game …
I imagine the ratings will slip if tonight’s game goes up against the NBA Final (didn’t even know that, as I pay no attention to basketball). I really wish the NHL would shift its entire season to ensure that the SCF doesn’t fall during the same time as the NBA Final. It’s just too hard (right now anyway) for the NHL to compete against the NBA in the United States. It needs its own exclusive forum, where people aren’t distracted by other big sporting events going on at the same time.
EDIT: Soo-Kim J, do me a favor and look up Jarome Iginla … CAPTAIN of the Calgary Flames. The NHL isn’t barring anyone from playing. That’s about the most ignorant thing I’ve read on here yet today.
I’m going to rant. I don’t usually do this but here I go. Every time, I go into Chicago Crazy Chicken (I changed the name to protect the guilty) to watch hockey; they will NEVER change any of the TVs to hockey because hockey gets no love in my hood(TX). I have quit going to C.C.C. because of this and started going to another place down the street.
no,not really.alot of reading
thanks for the information sadly the NBA will blow the NHL out of the water even though that don’t have the Lebron v Kobe match up they wanted.
Why would the NBA try and run on a seperate night on purpose? I don’t think they lose any fans. It’s just simple fact that the majority of people prefer basketball to hockey.