Stanley Cup final game 3 had the lowest TV rating ever for NBC prime time programing

Wrigley · Jun 6, 2007

Game 3 equals NBC's lowest rating ever for prime-time program
Associated Press
June 6, 2007

NEW YORK -- The Stanley Cup finals have brought record low ratings to NBC for a prime-time program, sports or otherwise.

Ottawa's 5-3 victory over Anaheim in Game 3 Saturday night received a 1.1 national rating and a 2 share, the network said Tuesday. That matched a rerun of "The West Wing" on July 23, 2005, which also drew a 1.1 rating.

Saturday's rating was down 31 percent from last year's Game 3 between Edmonton and Carolina, which had a 1.6/3.

The national ratings for Monday night's Game 4 declined less sharply from last year. The Ducks' 3-2 victory received a 1.9/3, down 5 percent from the 2.0/3 for Game 4 in 2006.

The rating is the percentage watching a telecast among all homes with televisions, and the share is the percentage tuned in to a broadcast among those households with televisions on at the time. A ratings point represents 1,114,000 households.

steaktartar · Jun 6, 2007

lower than Hello Larry??

Mr.Smith · Jun 6, 2007

taking teams out of places like Hartford and Quebec and putting teams in places like downtown Atlanta and Nashville was a joke it was so retarded.

NHL should just fade themselves whenever they make a decision. grossly mismanaged league

PO69 · Jun 6, 2007

Who even knew that the playoffs were at the finals right now???

RupertPupkin · Jun 6, 2007

Move Hockey to Canada for good already and be done with it .....

Buster · Jun 6, 2007

steak tartar said:
lower than Hello Larry??

Journeyman · Jun 6, 2007

I can see why, half the people who may have watched 15-20 years ago probably didn't even know where to find it.

Buster · Jun 6, 2007

to me that is just a cop out. any fan that says they don't know where to find it in this age of information at your fingertips,is just wrong.if you or anyone else is a fan of anything and want to watch you can find out within.......02 seconds where and when it is.you could put any other sport on the oprah channel and people that want to watch would find it.

Wrigley · Jun 6, 2007

buster said:

ToddInVegas · Jun 6, 2007

Pathetic. Today I heard they are thinking of expanding to Las Vegas and Kansas City...am I missing something?

Brock Landers · Jun 6, 2007

how do they get ratings numbers anyway? Aren't they just a sampling?

gtc08 · Jun 6, 2007

why doesnt the nhl just close up shop for good. gahhhhhhhhhh why did they have to come back

ToddInVegas · Jun 6, 2007

So basically 1.3 million people watched a crucial Stanley Cup final game on a Coast to Coast National Television network. That is pathetic. I'm certain the NFL combine would have had more people watching guys bench press and run the 40.

Very sad reality for the NHL

Wrigley · Jun 6, 2007

Brock Landers said:
how do they get ratings numbers anyway? Aren't they just a sampling?

yes, but those 5,000 it gets it's data from decide the cost of ads a network can charge a advertiser and will make or break a program as far as if it will be renewed by the network for another season.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/question433.htm

This research is worth billions of dollars. Advertisers pay to air their commercials on TV programs using rates that are based on Nielsen's data. Programmers also use Nielsen's data to decide which shows to keep and which to cancel. A show that has several million viewers may seem popular to us, but a network may need millions more watching that program to make it a financial success. That's why some shows with a loyal following still get canceled.

Dr.Knowitall · Jun 6, 2007

Wrigley said:
yes, but those 5,000 it gets it's data from decide the cost of ads a network can charge a advertiser and will make or break a program as far as if it will be renewed by the network for another season.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/question433.htm

This research is worth billions of dollars. Advertisers pay to air their commercials on TV programs using rates that are based on Nielsen's data. Programmers also use Nielsen's data to decide which shows to keep and which to cancel. A show that has several million viewers may seem popular to us, but a network may need millions more watching that program to make it a financial success. That's why some shows with a loyal following still get canceled.

And it drives up the price of everything.

Great invention humans?

Polaris · Jun 6, 2007

The people who don't hockey may not believe this, but it seems to me the NHL has never been in better shape than it is today.

Hockey is an easy sell in Canada. In fact, it probably is an easy sell to fan in European countries that snow a lot.

In the USA, apparently it don't very much in most places.

However, even in places like California, and Dallas Texas, those teams there are doing good in attendance.

That's why the NHL will never stop trying to sell the game to Americans. Even in places you don't expect hockey to suceed, it has suceeded in drawing a stable hard-core fan base. That is the thing here.

It is not Canadians trying to sell the game in the USA. Frankly I couldn't care less. It is the Americans trying to sell the NHL game to fellow Americans. I don't thing they will ever stop trying.

As for the hockey haters at the Rx forum. Well obviously they must have had a hockey shoved up their ass at one time or another. Only explanation that is reasonable for their dislike of something they little cared for in the first place.

I think they call this "mis-placed" anger. If someone shoved a hockey stick up their ass, they should be angry at that individual(s) who shoved that hockey stick up their ass, and not the NHL.

Who knows!? Maybe it was a goalie stick.

Game 5 tonight, Stanley Cup finals!

FairWarning · Jun 6, 2007

And to think Cop Rock had higher ratings.

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ToddInVegas · Jun 6, 2007

Polaris said:
The people who don't hockey may not believe this, but it seems to me the NHL has never been in better shape than it is today.

While I agree with a lot of what you are saying, its too bad hockey has become an attendance driven sport. They are getting no money from their US t.v. deal. I cant see how they can keep up with a 40+ million salary cap on Tickets alone.

I personally love hockey, I have seasons tickets for the Maple Leafs that have been in the family for decades. What frustrates me is that we lost a whole season of hockey with the promise that when the league came back it would be fixed on the ice and off. It can be argued that the play on the ice is better, maybe faster and more offence. But I dont think the league is better off financially.

FairWarning · Jun 6, 2007

Maybe Bettman should spend more time trying to strengthen the Chicago, Boston, New York, LA, and other existing markets instead of wasting money on the southern markets.

C.P. · Jun 6, 2007

Journeyman said:
I can see why, half the people who may have watched 15-20 years ago probably didn't even know where to find it.

I had season tix over 25yrs ago..for the

at the old stadium..(what a grand building)...

but your right, this league is a shell of it's self..Oh well

(still think this is the best LOGO in the NHL)

as of today, I only go to a game if:

I have FREE suite tix w/a parking pass and someone drives..

Fvck Mr. Wirtz..

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