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  • #1

    The NHL still has a long way to go...

    It's obvious that the American public still has little interest in Hockey.

    With Little Competition, NHL Fails To Score
    by Wayne Friedman, Yesterday, 6:06 PM

    On a night when the broadcast networks were heavily into repeats, fresh programming via NBC's "NHL Stanley Cup Finals" wasn't even the top-rated show.

    NBC's Sunday night hockey finals -- game two -- only got to a Nielsen preliminary 2.4 rating/6 share among 18-49 viewers and 5 million viewers. The best show of the night was Fox's "Family Guy" repeat, which ran against hockey at 9 p.m. and earned a 2.7/7.
    It's pretty sad that a rerun of "Family Guy" got better ratings.
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    Gary Bettman should be flayed alive.
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    • #3
      Hockey is too fast for Americans.

      Disband all of the American teams.

      Time for DHL, Dominion Hockey League.
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      • #4
        It's never done great in the US, but it's recovering:



        ACK!
        Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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        • #5
          It's easy to "improve" when you have sunk soooooooooooooooooo low.
          A championship series being outwatched by a rerun of a cartoon pretty much says it all
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Ming View Post
            It's easy to "improve" when you have sunk soooooooooooooooooo low.
            A championship series being outwatched by a rerun of a cartoon pretty much says it all

            Why?

            It's not like it would be an event that large numbers of people would plan around viewing.

            I'm impressed it was that close to the top rating.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Asher View Post
              Hockey is too fast for Americans.

              Disband all of the American teams.

              Time for DHL, Dominion Hockey League.

              Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought two U.S. teams were in the finals.
              I'm NOT mistaken. You're mistaken. Son of a gun!
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Tuberski View Post
                It's never done great in the US, but it's recovering:



                ACK!
                Peak years seem to be when Detroit wins the cup.
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                • #9
                  That's what's called fairweather fans.
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by OzzyKP View Post
                    Peak years seem to be when Detroit wins the cup.
                    Yeah, imagine what the ratings (in the US) would be if there were two Canadian teams in the finals.
                    It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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                    • #11
                      Tuberski's chart doesn't go far enough back, but that happened in both '89 and '86 (both Calgary versus Montreal) I wonder what kind of ratings there were then in the US?

                      Not sure it will ever happen again though

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                      • #12
                        Calgary v Montreal
                        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                        • #13
                          An exciting finals so far... but I guess the US doesn't think so...

                          TV ratings for Stanley Cup Game 6 down from 2008
                          Associated Press, 06.11.09, 10:19 AM EDT

                          NEW YORK -- The Stanley Cup finals are going to a Game 7 for the first time since 2006, giving the series a chance to build on strong television ratings.

                          NBC said Wednesday that the Pittsburgh Penguins' 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 6 on Tuesday night earned a 4.1 overnight rating and 7 share. That's down 7 percent from the 4.4 for last year's Game 6, when the Red Wings clinched the title. Unlike in 2008, this season's game went up against the NBA finals.
                          Keep on Civin'
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                          • #14
                            You bolded the wrong sentence.

                            Unlike in 2008, this season's game went up against the NBA finals.




                            Stupid ****ing Bettman.
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                            • #15
                              What were the ratings for the NBA game?
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