Wednesday, January 18, 2006
The Numbers Are In
The weekend's NHL on NBC broadcasts may drawn some good reviews, but unfortunately, the same cannot be said of its TV numbers:
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NBC's regionalized NHL coverage premiered Saturday and drew a 1.5 overnight rating. That translates to 1.5% of households in 56 urban TV markets, down from the 1.7 ABC drew for its opener two years ago.For comparison's sake:
None of the four NFL playoff games last weekend drew ratings that matched the 24.3 overnight for New England Patriots-Indianapolis Colts in the comparable weekend last year. The four weekend games this year drew a total of 78.6 ratings points, just down from the 80 total points for the comparable games last year.Admittedly, it may not be fair to compare hockey to football (especially playoff football) down in the States, but these numbers really make you realize the work the NHL has ahead to re-establish itself as a major sport. It'll be interesting to hear the league's spin on it.
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4 Comments:
Well, since last year was 0.0%, I'm sure Bettman can say that they increased their share by 1.5 over a year ago :)
hahaha! 3000 more people are watching NHL hockey than last season. :)
NBC is not promoting their NHL games at all. Try finding any mention of them on NBC.com. They don't appear on the program schedule. And if you do a search for 'NHL' you get this:
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I'm glad you mentioned that, Chet. I was looking through the NBC website myself and wasn't sure if I just missed it. I wonder if this is because neither the NBC or the NHL is guaranteed to profit from the broadcasts.
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